Table 2.
Summary of test matrix production methods.
| Test exposure matrix |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total particulate matter | Aqueous extract | Whole aerosol | ||
| Aerosol generator | Borgwaldt RM2001 (3R4F cigarette) | Borgwaldt RM20H1 | Borgwaldt RM20S1 (3R4F cigarette) | Vitrocell® VC 102 |
| Cerulean CETI83 (IS1.0(TT) e-cig) | Borgwald LM4E1 (IS1.0(TT) e-cig) | |||
| Preparation procedure | TPM/ACM was captured on a Cambridge filter pad from 3R4F and IS1.0(TT) e-cig products. | Aerosol from 8 puffs of a 3R4F cigarette, or 24 puffs of IS1.0(TT) e-cig, was bubbled through 20 mL of cell culture medium in a glass impinger. | WA cytotoxicity assay - for 3R4F exposures, WA was diluted with air, while undiluted aerosol was used for IS1.0(TT) e-cig assessment. Aerosols were delivered to purpose-built Perspex chambers for exposure of H292 lung epithelial cells at the air-liquid interface. | Ames test - WA was undiluted and delivered to a Vitrocell® AMES 4 exposure module for exposure of bacteria at the air–agar interface |
| Pads were extracted with DMSO to a concentration of 24 mg/mL (3R4F cigarette), and 60 mg/mL (IS1.0(TT) e-cig). | AqE was made fresh for each individual experiment and diluted in the appropriate culture medium for specific assays | |||
| TPM/ACM was frozen at −80 °C until use. | ||||
| Extracts were diluted with cell culture medium to a range of test concentrations | ||||
Abbreviations: ACM, aerosol collected mass; AqE, aqueous extract; DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide; TPM, total particulate matter; WA, whole aerosol.
Borgwaldt KC, Hamburg, Germany.
Vitrocell® systems, Waldkirch, Germany.