The invention provides a method for screening toxic chemicals capable of inducing
mucus to highly secrete by utilizing a three-dimensional
cell model of a
human cell line, and belongs to the technical field of biotoxicity evaluation. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, carrying out
suspension culture on 16HBE cells to obtain a three-dimensional
cell model, respectively adding a culture solution containing a series of samples to be tested with different concentrations, incubating for 48 hours, and detecting to obtain an
exposure concentration for inhibiting the
cell activity by 20%; and then exposing the three-dimensional
cell model in a culture solution containing a
test sample with the concentration for 36-50 hours, detecting the expression condition of the
mucus marker
protein MUC5AC through an
immunofluorescence chemical method, analyzing whether an experimental group and a
negative control group have
statistical difference or not, and if the experimental group and the
negative control group have
statistical difference, determining that the chemical has
mucus high
secretion toxicity. The method is easy and convenient to operate, low in cost and high in three-dimensional model construction efficiency, in-situ detection of the
cell activity and the
protein markers can be directly carried out in the culture pore plate, multiple biological index testing is facilitated, and a more comprehensive and
systematic testing system can be expanded.