PMID- 29405076 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190124 LR - 20190124 IS - 1746-045X (Electronic) IS - 1746-0441 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 5 DP - 2018 May TI - Tools to investigate and avoid drug-hypersensitivity in drug development. PG - 425-433 LID - 10.1080/17460441.2018.1437141 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHRs) are common adverse effects of pharmaceuticals that clinically resemble allergies, and which are becoming an important burden to healthcare systems. Alongside accurate diagnostic techniques, tools which can predict potential drug-inducing hypersensitivity reactions in the pre-clinical phase are critical. Despite the important adverse reactions linked to immune-mediated hypersensitivity, at present, there are no validated or required in vivo or in vitro methods to screen the sensitizing potential of drugs and their metabolites in the pre-clinical phase. Areas covered: Enhanced prediction in preclinical safety evaluation is extremely important. The purpose of this review is to assess the state of the art of tools available to assess the allergenic potential of drugs and to highlight our current understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying inappropriate immune activation. Expert opinion: The knowledge that allergenic drugs share common mechanisms of immune cell activation with chemical allergens, and of the definition of the mechanistic pathway to adverse outcomes, can enhance targeting toxicity testing in drug development and hazard assessment of hypersensitivity. Additional efforts and extensive resources are necessary to improve preclinical testing methodologies, including optimization, better design and interpretation of data. FAU - Corsini, Emanuela AU - Corsini E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6927-5956 AD - a Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Environmental Science and Policy , Universita degli Studi di Milano , Milan , Italy. FAU - Casula, Manuela AU - Casula M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5124-5361 AD - b Epidemiology and Preventive Pharmacology Centre (SEFAP), Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences , University of Milan , Milan , Italy. FAU - Tragni, Elena AU - Tragni E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9932-415X AD - b Epidemiology and Preventive Pharmacology Centre (SEFAP), Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences , University of Milan , Milan , Italy. FAU - Galbiati, Valentina AU - Galbiati V AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3380-1501 AD - a Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Environmental Science and Policy , Universita degli Studi di Milano , Milan , Italy. FAU - Pallardy, Marc AU - Pallardy M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8869-0365 AD - c Inflammation, Chemokines and Immunopathology , INSERM UMR 996, Univ Paris-Sud, Universite Paris-Saclay , Chatenay-Malabry , France. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20180206 PL - England TA - Expert Opin Drug Discov JT - Expert opinion on drug discovery JID - 101295755 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Drug Development/*methods MH - Drug Evaluation, Preclinical/methods MH - Drug Hypersensitivity/*diagnosis/immunology/prevention & control MH - Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions/*diagnosis/immunology/prevention & control MH - Humans MH - Toxicity Tests/methods OTO - NOTNLM OT - *Drug adverse reaction OT - *hypersensitivity OT - *in vitro OT - *in vivo EDAT- 2018/02/07 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/25 06:00 CRDT- 2018/02/07 06:00 PHST- 2018/02/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/02/07 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/17460441.2018.1437141 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Expert Opin Drug Discov. 2018 May;13(5):425-433. doi: 10.1080/17460441.2018.1437141. Epub 2018 Feb 6.