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The threshold of toxicological concern (TTC)
- a suitable tool for mixture risk
assessment?
Thomas Backhaus University of Gothenburg [email protected]
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Generic human exposure threshold value, below which
“the probability of adverse effects on human health is
considered to be very low. “
The Threshold of Toxicological Concern (TTC)
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The TTC is the lower 5% percentile of a pool of log-normally
distributed NOELs, divided by an AF of 100.
The Threshold of Toxicological Concern (TTC)
S. Barlow, Threshold of Toxicological Concern, ISLI Monograph Series, 2005. After: Munro IC, et al.; Food Chem Tox , 34. 829-867, 1996
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5% risk that any one given compound has a NOEL/100 < TTC (risk for misclassification, risk of a false-negative)
Obviously: the more compounds, the higher the risk of misclassification
Mathematically speaking:
1-0.95n
Consequences of using the lower 5% percentile
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Consequences of using the lower 5% percentile
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5% risk that a given compound has a NOEL/100 < TTC
Obviously: the more compounds, the higher the risk of misclassification
Mathematically speaking:
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In a 14 compound mixture there is a 50% risk that at least one misclassified compound is present.
Consequences of using the lower 5% percentile
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Depends on the number of compounds
Mathematically speaking:
1-0.951/n
Which percentile to achieve an overall misclassification risk of ≤ 5%?
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Depends on the number of compounds
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In a 20 compound mixture the lower 0.26% percentile needs to be used in order to ensure an overall misclassification risk of 5%.
Which percentile to achieve an overall misclassification risk of ≤ 5%?
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Why are mixtures of specific concern?
Small, negligible single-substance effects
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Why are mixtures of specific concern?
Small, negligible single-substance effects
mixture effects
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Why are mixtures of specific concern?
Small, negligible single-substance effects
Substantial, non-negligible mixture effects
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Why are mixtures of specific concern?
Small, negligible single-substance effects
Mixture Toxicity
Observation Prediction
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Why are mixtures of specific concern?
Mixture toxicity is higher than the toxicity of each compound at the concentration present in the mixture
Compliance with individual threshold values (ADI, TDI, TTC) does not necessarily safeguard against unwanted mixture effects
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Suggested use of the TTCs in mixture risk assessment
(Scientific Opinion on Mixture Toxicity Assessment, SCHER, SCENIHR, SCCS)
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(Scientific Opinion on Mixture Toxicity Assessment, SCHER, SCENIHR, SCCS)
Suggested use of the TTCs in mixture risk assessment
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(Final Scientific Opinion on Mixture Toxicity Assessment, SCHER, SCENIHR, SCCS)
Compounds with dissimilar modes of action do not contribute to the mixture toxicity if present below their individual TTC
If exposure to compounds with dissimilar modes of action is below their individual TTC, there is no mixture risk > TTC
Suggested use of the TTCs in mixture risk assessment
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Mixture toxicity concepts
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Ei = Effect of substance i, when applied singly
Dissimilarly acting substances: Independent Action
ci = Concentration of component i in the mixture
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ECxi = Concentration of substance i provoking a
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ECx(Mix) = Predicted total concentration of the mixture, that
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TTCs and Independent Action
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TTC and IA and some pitfalls
TTC must actually describe a true zero-effect concentration if IA is supposed to safeguard against unwanted mixture effects
We know that NOELs are no true zero-effect concentrations
How about the lower 5% percentile of a log-normal distributed collection of NOELs divided by an Assessment Factor of 100?
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Truly Zero = no effect on a molecular level
Are TTCs true zero effect levels?
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TTC and IA and some pitfalls
TTC must actually describe a true zero-effect concentration,
AND the compounds must be completely independently acting
… if IA is supposed to safeguard against unwanted mixture effects at individual concentrations < TTC
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Independent Action
Bliss, 1939:
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Independent Action
One toxicant does not influence the toxicity of another one.
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Suggested use of the TTC concept in mixture risk assessment
(Scientific Opinion on Mixture Toxicity Assessment, SCHER, SCENIHR, SCCS)
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Suggested use of TTC for mixture risk assessment
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All concentrations ≤ TTC/n ? No reason for concern
Significant Interactions likely ? Case by case analysis
cMix ≤ TTCMix(CA) ? No reason for concern
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MixtoxIA << MixtoxCA ? Proof of dissimilar MoA ?
Consideration of IA
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CA based risk assessment
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The use of the lower 5% percentile leads to an inflated misclassification risk for mixtures (misclassification risk = risk that at least one of the compounds has a NOEL/100 < TTC).
In order to keep the misclassification risk at 5%, the percentile needs to be adjusted accordingly (roughly divided by n).
Summary and conclusions
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Mode of Action driven mixture assessments are very data demanding.
IA is of very limited use
The application of IA does not allow the conclusion that mixture effects are absent at low doses
Use CA for estimating the mixture TTC ( ~ TTC/n)
Incorporation into a tiered approach
Summary and conclusions
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The threshold of toxicological concern (TTC)
- a suitable tool for mixture risk
assessment?
Thomas Backhaus University of Gothenburg [email protected]