Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22020657
Keywords
ex vivo skin model; hydroxyacids; skin barrier; skin permeability; stratum corneum
Funding
- Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea [HP20C0061]
- Korea Environment Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI) through Technology Program for establishing biocide safety management Program - Korea Ministry of Environment (MOE) [2019002490005, 1485016722, 2019002490004, 1485016253]
- R&D program of KEIT [10077291]
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The study found that the ex vivo live full-thickness porcine skin model is an excellent alternative to animal experiments for research on the safety and efficacy of cosmetic ingredients. Lactobionic acid showed the best improvement in skin barrier function, and the model could measure TEWL, confirming the significant skin barrier-protective effects of PHAs.
Since the European Union (EU) announced their animal testing ban in 2013, all animal experiments related to cosmetics have been prohibited, creating a demand for alternatives to animal experiments for skin studies. Here, we investigated whether an ex vivo live porcine skin model can be employed to study the safety and skin barrier-improving effects of hydroxyacids widely used in cosmetics for keratolytic peels. Glycolic acid (1-10%), salicylic acid (0.2-2%), and lactobionic acid (1.2-12%) were used as representative substances for alpha-hydroxyacid (AHA), beta-hydroxyacid (BHA), and polyhydroxyacid (PHA), respectively. When hydroxyacids were applied at high concentrations on the porcine skin every other day for 6 days, tissue viability was reduced to 50-80%, suggesting that the toxicity of cosmetic ingredients can be evaluated with this model. Based on tissue viability, the treatment scheme was changed to a single exposure for 20 min. The protective effects of a single exposure of hydroxyacids on skin barrier function were evaluated by examining rhodamine permeability and epidermal structural components of barrier function using immunohistochemistry (IHC) and immunofluorescence (IF) staining. Lactobionic acid (PHAs) improved skin barrier function most compared to other AHAs and BHAs. Most importantly, trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL), an important functional marker of skin barrier function, could be measured with this model, which confirmed the significant skin barrier-protective effects of PHAs. Collectively, we demonstrated that the ex vivo live full-thickness porcine skin model can be an excellent alternative to animal experiments for skin studies on the safety and efficacy of cosmetic ingredients.
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