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Potential Mucosal Irritation Discrimination of Surface Disinfectants Employed against SARS-CoV-2 by Limacus flavus Slug Mucosal Irritation Assay

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العنوان: Potential Mucosal Irritation Discrimination of Surface Disinfectants Employed against SARS-CoV-2 by Limacus flavus Slug Mucosal Irritation Assay
المؤلفون: Marco Alfio Cutuli, Antonio Guarnieri, Laura Pietrangelo, Irene Magnifico, Noemi Venditti, Laura Recchia, Katia Mangano, Ferdinando Nicoletti, Roberto Di Marco, Giulio Petronio Petronio
المصدر: Biomedicines, Vol 9, Iss 4, p 424 (2021)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Biology (General)
مصطلحات موضوعية: animal models, biomarkers, SARS-CoV-2, slug mucosal irritation assay, Limacus flavus, yellow pigment, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
الوصف: Preventive measures have proven to be the most effective strategy to counteract the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Among these, disinfection is strongly suggested by international health organizations’ official guidelines. As a consequence, the increase of disinfectants handling is going to expose people to the risk of eyes, mouth, nose, and mucous membranes accidental irritation. To assess mucosal irritation, previous studies employed the snail Arion lusitanicus as the mucosal model in Slug Mucosal Irritation (SMI) assay. The obtained results confirmed snails as a suitable experimental model for their anatomical characteristics superimposable to the human mucosae and the different easily observed readouts. Another terrestrial gastropod, Limacus flavus, also known as “ Yellow slug “, due to its larger size and greater longevity, has already been proposed as an SMI assay alternative model. In this study, for the first time, in addition to the standard parameters recorded in the SMI test, the production of yellow pigment in response to irritants, unique to the snail L. flavus, was evaluated. Our results showed that this species would be a promising model for mucosal irritation studies. The study conducted testing among all those chemical solutions most commonly recommended against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2227-9059
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/9/4/424; https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9059
DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9040424
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/fc2048564ed84397ada7ab68c6f44732
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.fc2048564ed84397ada7ab68c6f44732
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:22279059
DOI:10.3390/biomedicines9040424