Assessment of developmental toxicity potential of chemicals by quantitative structure-toxicity relationship models. 1995

V K Gombar, and K Enslein, and B W Blake
Health Designs, Inc., Rochester, NY 14604, USA.

Statistically significant quantitative structure-toxicity relationship (QSTR) models have been developed for assessing developmental toxicity potential (DTP) of chemicals. Three submodels, one each for aliphatic, heteroaromatic and carboaromatic compounds, have been cross-validated to ascertain their robustness. The specificities of the models range from 86% to 97%, and their sensitivities between 86% and 89%. For convenient computer-assisted application, the models are installed in a toxicity assessment software package, TOPKAT, which has been recently enhanced with algorithms to identify whether or not a query structure is inside the optimum prediction space (OPS) of a QSTR model. Different functionalities of the TOPKAT program have been explained by assessing the DTP of a number of compounds not used in the model training sets. The DTP of 18 existing drugs was assessed using these models; the DT assay results were available for 5 of these. Three of these 5 molecules were identified to be inside the OPS and their TOPKAT assessment matched their experimental assignment.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008956 Models, Chemical Theoretical representations that simulate the behavior or activity of chemical processes or phenomena; includes the use of mathematical equations, computers, and other electronic equipment. Chemical Models,Chemical Model,Model, Chemical
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011297 Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects The consequences of exposing the FETUS in utero to certain factors, such as NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; DRUGS; RADIATION; and other physical or chemical factors. These consequences are observed later in the offspring after BIRTH. Delayed Effects, Prenatal Exposure,Late Effects, Prenatal Exposure
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D003198 Computer Simulation Computer-based representation of physical systems and phenomena such as chemical processes. Computational Modeling,Computational Modelling,Computer Models,In silico Modeling,In silico Models,In silico Simulation,Models, Computer,Computerized Models,Computer Model,Computer Simulations,Computerized Model,In silico Model,Model, Computer,Model, Computerized,Model, In silico,Modeling, Computational,Modeling, In silico,Modelling, Computational,Simulation, Computer,Simulation, In silico,Simulations, Computer
D005260 Female Females
D005314 Embryonic and Fetal Development Morphological and physiological development of EMBRYOS or FETUSES. Embryo and Fetal Development,Prenatal Programming,Programming, Prenatal
D006256 Hazardous Waste Waste products which threaten life, health, or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed. Hazardous Wastes,Waste, Hazardous,Wastes, Hazardous
D006571 Heterocyclic Compounds Cyclic compounds that include atoms other than carbon in their ring structure. Heterocyclic Compound,Compound, Heterocyclic,Compounds, Heterocyclic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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