The invention provides biomarker profiles of metabolites and methods for screening chemical compounds including pharmaceutical agents, lead and candidate drug compounds and other chemicals using human stem-like cells (hSLCs) or lineage-specific cells produced therefrom. The inventive methods are useful for testing toxicity, particularly developmental toxicity and detecting teratogenic effects of such chemical compounds. Specifically, a more predictive developmental toxicity model, based on an in vitro method that utilizes both hSLCs and metabolomics to discover biomarkers of developmental toxicity is disclosed.
本发明提供了代谢物的
生物标志物图谱,以及利用类人干细胞(hSLCs)或由其产生的系特异性细胞筛选
化学化合物(包括药剂、先导药物和候选药物化合物及其他
化学品)的方法。本发明的方法可用于测试毒性,特别是发育毒性,以及检测此类化合物的致畸效应。具体来说,本发明公开了一种更具预测性的发育毒性模型,该模型基于体外方法,利用类干细胞和代谢组学发现发育毒性的
生物标志物。