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Gao YY, Zhao W, Huang YQ, Kumar V, Zhang X, Hao GF. In silico environmental risk assessment improves efficiency for pesticide safety management. Sci Total Environ 2024; 908:167878. [PMID: 37858821 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Pesticides are indispensable to maintain crop quality and food production worldwide, but their use also poses environmental risks. Pesticide risk assessment involves a series of complex, expensive and time-consuming toxicity tests. To improve the efficiency and accuracy for assessing the environmental impact of pesticides, numerous computational tools have been developed. However, there is a notable deficiency in critical analysis or a systematic summary of environmental risk assessment tools and their applicable contexts. Here, many of the current approaches and tools for assessing environmental risks posed by pesticides are reviewed, and the question of whether these tools are fit for use on complex multicomponent scenarios is discussed. We analyze the adaptations of these tools to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, followed by the provision of resources for predicting pesticide concentrations in environmental medias, including air, soil and water. The successful application of computational tools for risk assessment and interpretation of predicted results will also be discussed. This assessment serves as a valuable resource, enabling scientists to utilize suitable models to enhance the robustness of pesticides risk assessments.
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- Yang-Yang Gao
- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, PR China; National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
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Wollin KM, Batke M, Damm G, Freyberger A, Gundert-Remy U, Mangerich A, Hengstler JG, Partosch F, Schupp T, Sonnenburg A, Foth H. PFASs-restriction proposal commentary on ECHA's Annex XV restriction report, proposal for a restriction, March 2023. Arch Toxicol 2023; 97:3305-3312. [PMID: 37801158 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-023-03597-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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PFASs are defined as substances that contain at least one fully fluorinated methyl (CF3-) or methylene (-CF2-) carbon atom. The excellent technical properties of members of the PFAS group have led to their use in a wide range of applications. The substance group comprises more than 10,000 individual compounds. A variety of adverse effects has been described for single substances. For the majority of the PFASs, neither toxicokinetic data nor effect data is available. Hence, because of the small number of PFASs for which a full toxicological profile is available, grouping based on the existing data is not feasible. A critical problem of PFASs and their degradation products is the very high persistence, which clearly fulfils the criterion for the substance property Very Persistent (vP) according to Annex XIII of the REACH Regulation. Because of this property the European Commission is planning to take action. Defining suitable subgroups appears to be a scientifically based approach. However, to reach this goal, large data gaps would have to be closed which would take up to centuries, a time-frame, which is not defendable with respect to potential irreversible harm. Because of the time pressure resulting from the potential irreversible harm, the precautionary principle has been selected as an appropriate tool to handle PFASs and in the restriction proposal PFASs are treated as one group. This approach is justified in the view of the advisory committee of the German Society for Toxicology. ECHA's proposal received a lot of attention in the public. However, communication so far has obviously led to the misunderstanding of a proven health hazard for all PFASs. Communication should explain the justification of the broad inclusion of substances as being based on the precautionary principle. Data gaps versus current knowledge need to be clearly communicated; communication should also include the possibility for derogation of essential use. It should address the issue of suitable substitutes to avoid unintended health consequences; and it should mention that existing persistent environmental contamination calls for developing innovation in remediation techniques.
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- University of Applied Sciences Hochschule Emden/Leer, Emden, Germany
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Visceral Transplantation, University Hospital, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Research and Development, Translational Sciences-Toxicology, Bayer AG, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo), University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
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- Chemical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Muenster, Steinfurt, Germany
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- Department Pesticides Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Foth: Institute of Environmental Toxicology, University of Halle, Halle/Saale, Germany
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Cherianidou A, Kappenberg F, Seidel F, Acharya A, Papazoglou P, Srinivasan SP, Hescheler J, Peng L, Leist M, Hengstler JG, Rahnenführer J, Sachinidis A. Transcriptome-based prediction of drugs, inhibiting cardiomyogenesis in human induced pluripotent stem cells. Cell Death Discov 2023; 9:321. [PMID: 37644023 PMCID: PMC10465524 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-023-01616-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023] Open
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Animal studies for embryotoxicity evaluation of potential therapeutics and environmental factors are complex, costly, and time-consuming. Often, studies are not of human relevance because of species differences. In the present study, we recapitulated the process of cardiomyogenesis in human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) by modulation of the Wnt signaling pathway to identify a key cardiomyogenesis gene signature that can be applied to identify compounds and/or stress factors compromising the cardiomyogenesis process. Among the 23 tested teratogens and 16 non-teratogens, we identified three retinoids including 13-cis-retinoic acid that completely block the process of cardiomyogenesis in hiPSCs. Moreover, we have identified an early gene signature consisting of 31 genes and associated biological processes that are severely affected by the retinoids. To predict the inhibitory potential of teratogens and non-teratogens in the process of cardiomyogenesis we established the "Developmental Cardiotoxicity Index" (CDI31g) that accurately differentiates teratogens and non-teratogens to do or do not affect the differentiation of hiPSCs to functional cardiomyocytes.
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- Anna Cherianidou
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Physiology, Working Group Sachinidis, 50931 Cologne, Germany Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Statistics, TU Dortmund University, Vogelpothsweg 87, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors at the Technical University of Dortmund (IfADo), Ardeystrasse 67, 44139, Dortmund, Germany
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Physiology, Working Group Sachinidis, 50931 Cologne, Germany Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Physiology, Working Group Sachinidis, 50931 Cologne, Germany Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Physiology, Working Group Sachinidis, 50931 Cologne, Germany Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Physiology, Working Group Sachinidis, 50931 Cologne, Germany Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Heart Health Center, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, 200120, Shanghai and Research Units of Origin and Regulation of Heart Rhythm, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 100730, Beijing, China
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- In Vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstr. 10, PO, Box M657, 78457, Constance, Germany
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- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors at the Technical University of Dortmund (IfADo), Ardeystrasse 67, 44139, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Statistics, TU Dortmund University, Vogelpothsweg 87, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Physiology, Working Group Sachinidis, 50931 Cologne, Germany Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany.
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Diéguez-Santana K, Nachimba-Mayanchi MM, Puris A, Gutiérrez RT, González-Díaz H. Prediction of acute toxicity of pesticides for Americamysis bahia using linear and nonlinear QSTR modelling approaches. Environ Res 2022; 214:113984. [PMID: 35981614 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Globally, pesticides are toxic substances with wide applications. However, the widespread use of pesticides has received increasing attention from regulatory agencies due to their various acute and chronic effects on multiple organisms. In this study, Quantitative Structure-Toxicity Relationship (QSTR) models were established using Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) and five Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to predict pesticide toxicity in Americamysis bahia. The most influential descriptors included in the MLR model are RBF, JGI2, nCbH, nRCOOR, nRSR, nPO4 and 'Cl-090', with positive contributions to the dependent variable (negative decimal logarithm of median lethal concentration at 96-h). The Random Forest (RF) regression model was superior amongst the five ML models. We observed higher values of R2 (0.812) and lower values of RMSE (0.595) and MAE (0.462) in the cross-validation training set and external validation set. Similarly, this study had a high level of fitness and was internally robust and externally predictive compared to models presented in similar studies. The results suggest that the developed QSTR models are suitable for reliably predicting the aquatic toxicity of structurally diverse pesticides and can be used for screening, prioritising new pesticides, filling data gaps and overcoming the limitations of in vivo and in vitro tests.
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- Karel Diéguez-Santana
- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48940, Leioa, Spain; Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam, Tena, Ecuador.
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo, Ecuador
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48940, Leioa, Spain; Basque Center for Biophysics CSIC-UPVEH, University of Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48940, Leioa, Spain; IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011, Bilbao, Biscay, Spain
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Schupp T, Damm G, Foth H, Freyberger A, Gebel T, Gundert-Remy U, Hengstler JG, Mangerich A, Partosch F, Röhl C, Wollin KM. Long-term simulation of lead concentrations in agricultural soils in relation to human adverse health effects. Arch Toxicol 2020; 94:2319-2329. [PMID: 32372210 PMCID: PMC7367917 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-020-02762-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Lead (Pb) exposure of consumers and the environment has been reduced over the past decades. Despite all measures taken, immission of Pb onto agricultural soils still occurs, with fertilizer application, lead shot from hunting activities, and Pb from air deposition representing major sources. Little is known about the intermediate and long-term consequences of these emissions. To gain more insight, we established a mathematical model that considers input from fertilizer, ammunition, deposition from air, uptake of Pb by crops, and wash-out to simulate the resulting Pb concentrations in soil over extended periods. In a further step, human oral exposure by crop-based food was simulated and blood concentrations were derived to estimate the margin of exposure to Pb-induced toxic effects. Simulating current farming scenarios, a new equilibrium concentration of Pb in soil would be established after several centuries. Developmental neurotoxicity represents the most critical toxicological effect of Pb for humans. According to our model, a Pb concentration of ~ 5 mg/kg in agricultural soil leads to an intake of approximately 10 µg Pb per person per day by the consumption of agricultural products, the dose corresponding to the tolerable daily intake (TDI). Therefore, 5 mg Pb/kg represents a critical concentration in soil that should not be exceeded. Starting with a soil concentration of 0.1 mg/kg, the current control level for crop fields, our simulation predicts periods of ~ 50 and ~ 175 years for two Pb immission scenarios for mass of Pb per area and year [scenario 1: ~ 400 g Pb/(ha × a); scenario 2: ~ 175 g Pb/(ha × a)], until the critical concentration of ~ 5 mg/kg Pb in soil would be reached. The two scenarios, which differ in their Pb input via fertilizer, represent relatively high but not unrealistic Pb immissions. From these scenarios, we calculated that the annual deposition of Pb onto soil should remain below ~ 100 g/(ha × a) in order not to exceed the critical soil level of 5 mg/kg. We propose as efficient measures to reduce Pb input into agricultural soil to lower the Pb content of compost and to use alternatives to Pb ammunition for hunting.
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- Thomas Schupp
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Muenster University of Applied Science, Stegerwaldstrasse 39, 48565 Steinfurt, Germany
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- Department für Hepatobiliäre Chirurgie und Viszerale Transplantation, Universität Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 20, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institut für Umwelttoxikologie, Martin Luther Universität Halle, Franzosenweg 1, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Pathology and Clinical Pathology, Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Aprather Weg 18a, 421113 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Friedrich-Henkel-Weg 1-25, 44149 Dortmund, Germany
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- Charité, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Arbeitsforschung an der TU Dortmund (IfADo), Ardeystrasse 67, 44139 Dortmund, Germany
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- Molecular Toxicology Group, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Box 628, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Institut für Arbeitsmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Waldweg 37b, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Health Protection, Schleswig-Holstein State Agency for Social Services, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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Romeo D, Salieri B, Hischier R, Nowack B, Wick P. An integrated pathway based on in vitro data for the human hazard assessment of nanomaterials. Environ Int 2020; 137:105505. [PMID: 32014789 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In line with the 3R concept, nanotoxicology is shifting from a phenomenological to a mechanistic approach based on in vitro and in silico methods, with a consequent reduction in animal testing. Risk Assessment (RA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodologies, which traditionally rely on in vivo toxicity studies, will not be able to keep up with the pace of development of new nanomaterials unless they adapt to use this new type of data. While tools and models are already available and show a great potential for future use in RA and LCA, currently none is able alone to quantitatively assess human hazards (i.e. calculate chronic NOAEL or ED50 values). By highlighting which models and approaches can be used in a quantitative way with the available knowledge and data, we propose an integrated pathway for the use of in vitro data in RA and LCA. Starting with the characterization of nanoparticles' properties, the pathway then investigates how to select relevant in vitro human data, and how to bridge in vitro dose-response relationships to in vivo effects. If verified, this approach would allow RA and LCA to stir up the development of nanotoxicology by giving indications about the data and quality requirements needed in risk methodologies.
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- Daina Romeo
- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Particles-Biology Interactions Laboratory, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Technology and Society Laboratory, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Technology and Society Laboratory, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Technology and Society Laboratory, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Particles-Biology Interactions Laboratory, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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Wollin KM, Damm G, Foth H, Freyberger A, Gebel T, Mangerich A, Gundert-Remy U, Partosch F, Röhl C, Schupp T, Hengstler JG. Critical evaluation of human health risks due to hydraulic fracturing in natural gas and petroleum production. Arch Toxicol 2020; 94:967-1016. [PMID: 32385535 PMCID: PMC7225182 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-020-02758-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
The use of hydraulic fracturing (HF) to extract oil and natural gas has increased, along with intensive discussions on the associated risks to human health. Three technical processes should be differentiated when evaluating human health risks, namely (1) drilling of the borehole, (2) hydraulic stimulation, and (3) gas or oil production. During the drilling phase, emissions such as NOx, NMVOCs (non-methane volatile organic compounds) as precursors for tropospheric ozone formation, and SOx have been shown to be higher compared to the subsequent phases. In relation to hydraulic stimulation, the toxicity of frac fluids is of relevance. More than 1100 compounds have been identified as components. A trend is to use fewer, less hazardous and more biodegradable substances; however, the use of hydrocarbons, such as kerosene and diesel, is still allowed in the USA. Methane in drinking water is of low toxicological relevance but may indicate inadequate integrity of the gas well. There is a great concern regarding the contamination of ground- and surface water during the production phase. Water that flows to the surface from oil and gas wells, so-called 'produced water', represents a mixture of flow-back, the injected frac fluid returning to the surface, and the reservoir water present in natural oil and gas deposits. Among numerous hazardous compounds, produced water may contain bromide, arsenic, strontium, mercury, barium, radioactive isotopes and organic compounds, particularly benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes (BTEX). The sewage outflow, even from specialized treatment plants, may still contain critical concentrations of barium, strontium and arsenic. Evidence suggests that the quality of groundwater and surface water may be compromised by disposal of produced water. Particularly critical is the use of produced water for watering of agricultural areas, where persistent compounds may accumulate. Air contamination can occur as a result of several HF-associated activities. In addition to BTEX, 20 HF-associated air contaminants are group 1A or 1B carcinogens according to the IARC. In the U.S., oil and gas production (including conventional production) represents the second largest source of anthropogenic methane emissions. High-quality epidemiological studies are required, especially in light of recent observations of an association between childhood leukemia and multiple myeloma in the neighborhood of oil and gas production sites. In conclusion, (1) strong evidence supports the conclusion that frac fluids can lead to local environmental contamination; (2) while changes in the chemical composition of soil, water and air are likely to occur, the increased levels are still often below threshold values for safety; (3) point source pollution due to poor maintenance of wells and pipelines can be monitored and remedied; (4) risk assessment should be based on both hazard and exposure evaluation; (5) while the concentrations of frac fluid chemicals are low, some are known carcinogens; therefore, thorough, well-designed studies are needed to assess the risk to human health with high certainty; (6) HF can represent a health risk via long-lasting contamination of soil and water, when strict safety measures are not rigorously applied.
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Visceral Transplantation, University Hospital, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Toxicology, University of Halle, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Research and Development, Translational Sciences-Toxicology, Bayer AG, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Dortmund, Germany
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- Molecular Toxicology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Constance, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Health Protection, Schleswig-Holstein State Agency for Social Services, Kiel, Germany
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- Chemical Engineering, University of Applied Science Muenster, Steinfurt, Germany
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- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo), University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.
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Roy J, Kumar Ojha P, Carnesecchi E, Lombardo A, Roy K, Benfenati E. First report on a classification-based QSAR model for chemical toxicity to earthworm. J Hazard Mater 2020; 386:121660. [PMID: 31784141 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
As the use of the pesticides has increased extensively in the farming fields to have a better agricultural production, the negative impacts of such use have also increased exponentially. Hence, the toxic effects of pesticides along with the targeted organisms affect the non-targeted terrestrial organisms such as earthworm. Therefore, in the present work, we have developed a classification-based quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) model using linear discriminant analysis (LDA) to capture the specific information of pesticides / diverse chemicals in order to determine the structural information responsible for toxicity manifestation towards the non-targeted organism, i.e., earthworm (Eisenia foetida). After variable selection, the model was developed using 2D descriptors only and was subjected to rigorous statistical validation. The best discriminant model obtained with 8 descriptors showed appreciable Wilks' λ value of 0.490, F (Fischer's statistics) value of 14.03, χ2 value of 79.098, canonical regression coefficient (R) value of 0.714 and ρ value of 14.63. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, precision and F-measure values of the training set are 90.00, 80.52, 83.76, 70.59 and 79.12 respectively whereas for the test set, these are 58.82, 79.31, 71.74, 62.50 and 60.61 respectively. The insights obtained from the LDA model suggested that lipophilicity, electronrichness, and lower degree of branching of the organic compounds are responsible for earthworm toxicity through various mechanisms. On the other hand, polar and bulky diverse chemicals do not have such toxic effects on earthworm. Hence, this model can be an effective tool to tailor molecular structures of the existing pesticides to develop novel compounds or pesticides which would be less toxic to the non-targeted organisms, specifically earthworm.
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- Joyita Roy
- Drug Theoretics and Cheminformatics Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Drug Theoretics and Cheminformatics Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 80177, 3508 TD Utrecht, the Netherlands; Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Istituto Di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri, 2, 20156, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Istituto Di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri, 2, 20156, Milano, Italy
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- Drug Theoretics and Cheminformatics Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India.
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Istituto Di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri, 2, 20156, Milano, Italy.
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Semenzin E, Giubilato E, Badetti E, Picone M, Volpi Ghirardini A, Hristozov D, Brunelli A, Marcomini A. Guiding the development of sustainable nano-enabled products for the conservation of works of art: proposal for a framework implementing the Safe by Design concept. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2019; 26:26146-26158. [PMID: 31280439 PMCID: PMC6717188 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-05819-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Nanotechnology provides innovative and promising solutions for the conservation of cultural heritage, but the development and application of new nano-enabled products pose concerns regarding their human health and environmental risks. To address these issues, we propose a sustainability framework implementing the Safe by Design concept to support product developers in the early steps of product development, with the aim to provide safer nano-formulations for conservation, while retaining their functionality. In addition, this framework can support the assessment of sustainability of new products and their comparison to their conventional chemical counterparts if any. The goal is to promote the selection and use of safer and more sustainable nano-based products in different conservation contexts. The application of the proposed framework is illustrated through a hypothetical case which provides a realistic example of the methodological steps to be followed, tailored and iterated along the decision-making process.
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- Elena Semenzin
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172, Venice, Italy.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172, Venice, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172, Venice, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172, Venice, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172, Venice, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172, Venice, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172, Venice, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172, Venice, Italy
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Gadaleta D, Vuković K, Toma C, Lavado GJ, Karmaus AL, Mansouri K, Kleinstreuer NC, Benfenati E, Roncaglioni A. SAR and QSAR modeling of a large collection of LD 50 rat acute oral toxicity data. J Cheminform 2019; 11:58. [PMID: 33430989 PMCID: PMC6717335 DOI: 10.1186/s13321-019-0383-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The median lethal dose for rodent oral acute toxicity (LD50) is a standard piece of information required to categorize chemicals in terms of the potential hazard posed to human health after acute exposure. The exclusive use of in vivo testing is limited by the time and costs required for performing experiments and by the need to sacrifice a number of animals. (Quantitative) structure-activity relationships [(Q)SAR] proved a valid alternative to reduce and assist in vivo assays for assessing acute toxicological hazard. In the framework of a new international collaborative project, the NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Center for Computational Toxicology compiled a large database of rat acute oral LD50 data, with the aim of supporting the development of new computational models for predicting five regulatory relevant acute toxicity endpoints. In this article, a series of regression and classification computational models were developed by employing different statistical and knowledge-based methodologies. External validation was performed to demonstrate the real-life predictability of models. Integrated modeling was then applied to improve performance of single models. Statistical results confirmed the relevance of developed models in regulatory frameworks, and confirmed the effectiveness of integrated modeling. The best integrated strategies reached RMSEs lower than 0.50 and the best classification models reached balanced accuracies over 0.70 for multi-class and over 0.80 for binary endpoints. Computed predictions will be hosted on the EPA's Chemistry Dashboard and made freely available to the scientific community.
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- Domenico Gadaleta
- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156, Milan, Italy.
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156, Milan, Italy
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 80177, 3508 TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156, Milan, Italy
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- Integrated Laboratory Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27560, USA
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- Integrated Laboratory Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27560, USA
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- NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27560, USA
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156, Milan, Italy
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He L, Xiao K, Zhou C, Li G, Yang H, Li Z, Cheng J. Insights into pesticide toxicity against aquatic organism: QSTR models on Daphnia Magna. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2019; 173:285-292. [PMID: 30776561 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The toxicities of agrochemicals to non-target aquatic organisms are key items in chemical ecological risk assessment. However, it is still an urgent need to develop new tools to assess the agrochemical aquatic toxicity efficiently and accurately. In this work, QSTR studies were performed on a data set containing 639 diverse pesticides with measured EC50 toxicity against Daphnia magna, by using five machine learning methods combined with seven fingerprints and a set of molecular descriptors. The imbalance problem of the data set was successfully solved by clustering analysis. The top-10 QSTR models displayed greater predicative abilities than ECOSAR. The optimal model, Ext-SVM, showed the best performance in 10-fold cross validation (Qhigh=0.807, Qmoderate=0.806, Qlow=0.755, Qtotal=0.794), and also in the test set verification (Qhigh=0.865, Qmoderate=0.783, Qlow=0.931, Qtotal=0.848). The relevance of the key physical-chemical properties with the toxicity was also investigated, in which the MW, a_np, logP(o/w), GCUT_SLOGP_1, chilv and SMR_VSA7 values displayed positive correlation with Daphnia magna toxicity, whereas the logS and a_don showed negative correlation. The robust QSTR models provided efficient tools for assessing agrochemical aquatic toxicity, and the revealed different physical-chemical properties between the high and low toxic compounds might be useful in the discovery and design of low aquatic toxic pesticides.
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- Lujue He
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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Kar S, Roy K, Leszczynski J. On Applications of QSARs in Food and Agricultural Sciences: History and Critical Review of Recent Developments. Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56850-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Shinde V, Perumal Srinivasan S, Henry M, Rotshteyn T, Hescheler J, Rahnenführer J, Grinberg M, Meisig J, Blüthgen N, Waldmann T, Leist M, Hengstler JG, Sachinidis A. Comparison of a teratogenic transcriptome-based predictive test based on human embryonic versus inducible pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Res Ther 2016; 7:190. [PMID: 28038682 PMCID: PMC5203708 DOI: 10.1186/s13287-016-0449-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2016] [Revised: 11/21/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) partially recapitulate early embryonic three germ layer development, allowing testing of potential teratogenic hazards. Because use of hESCs is ethically debated, we investigated the potential for human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) to replace hESCs in such tests. METHODS Three cell lines, comprising hiPSCs (foreskin and IMR90) and hESCs (H9) were differentiated for 14 days. Their transcriptome profiles were obtained on day 0 and day 14 and analyzed by comprehensive bioinformatics tools. RESULTS The transcriptomes on day 14 showed that more than 70% of the "developmental genes" (regulated genes with > 2-fold change on day 14 compared to day 0) exhibited variability among cell lines. The developmental genes belonging to all three cell lines captured biological processes and KEGG pathways related to all three germ layer embryonic development. In addition, transcriptome profiles were obtained after 14 days of exposure to teratogenic valproic acid (VPA) during differentiation. Although the differentially regulated genes between treated and untreated samples showed more than 90% variability among cell lines, VPA clearly antagonized the expression of developmental genes in all cell lines: suppressing upregulated developmental genes, while inducing downregulated ones. To quantify VPA-disturbed development based on developmental genes, we estimated the "developmental potency" (D p ) and "developmental index" (D i ). CONCLUSIONS Despite differences in genes deregulated by VPA, uniform D i values were obtained for all three cell lines. Given that the D i values for VPA were similar for hESCs and hiPSCs, D i can be used for robust hazard identification, irrespective of whether hESCs or hiPSCs are used in the test systems.
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- Vaibhav Shinde
- Institute of Neurophysiology and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne (UKK), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne (UKK), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne (UKK), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne (UKK), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne (UKK), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Statistics, Technical University of Dortmund University, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Statistics, Technical University of Dortmund University, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Integrative Research Institute for the Life Sciences, Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt University, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Integrative Research Institute for the Life Sciences, Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt University, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair for In Vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine, University of Konstanz, Box: M657, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair for In Vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine, University of Konstanz, Box: M657, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors at the Technical University of Dortmund (IfADo), 44139, Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne (UKK), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany.
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Heightened public awareness about the many thousands of chemicals in use and present as persistent contaminants in the environment has increased the demand for safer chemicals and more rigorous toxicity testing. There is a growing recognition that the use of traditional test models and empirical approaches is impractical for screening for toxicity the many thousands of chemicals in the environment and the hundreds of new chemistries introduced each year. These realities coupled with the green chemistry movement have prompted efforts to implement more predictive-based approaches to evaluate chemical toxicity early in product development. While used for many years in environmental toxicology and biomedicine, zebrafish use has accelerated more recently in genetic toxicology, high throughput screening (HTS), and behavioral testing. This review describes major advances in these testing methods that have positioned the zebrafish as a highly applicable model in chemical safety evaluations and sustainable chemistry efforts. Many toxic responses have been shown to be shared among fish and mammals owing to their generally well-conserved development, cellular networks, and organ systems. These shared responses have been observed for chemicals that impair endocrine functioning, development, and reproduction, as well as those that elicit cardiotoxicity and carcinogenicity, among other diseases. HTS technologies with zebrafish enable screening large chemical libraries for bioactivity that provide opportunities for testing early in product development. A compelling attribute of the zebrafish centers on being able to characterize toxicity mechanisms across multiple levels of biological organization from the genome to receptor interactions and cellular processes leading to phenotypic changes such as developmental malformations. Finally, there is a growing recognition of the links between human and wildlife health and the need for approaches that allow for assessment of real world multi-chemical exposures. The zebrafish is poised to be an important model in bridging these two conventionally separate areas of toxicology and characterizing the biological effects of chemical mixtures that could augment its role in sustainable chemistry.
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- Pamela D. Noyes
- Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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- Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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- Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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Shinde V, Hoelting L, Srinivasan SP, Meisig J, Meganathan K, Jagtap S, Grinberg M, Liebing J, Bluethgen N, Rahnenführer J, Rempel E, Stoeber R, Schildknecht S, Förster S, Godoy P, van Thriel C, Gaspar JA, Hescheler J, Waldmann T, Hengstler JG, Leist M, Sachinidis A. Definition of transcriptome-based indices for quantitative characterization of chemically disturbed stem cell development: introduction of the STOP-Tox ukn and STOP-Tox ukk tests. Arch Toxicol 2016; 91:839-864. [PMID: 27188386 PMCID: PMC5306084 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-016-1741-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Stem cell-based in vitro test systems can recapitulate specific phases of human development. In the UKK test system, human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) randomly differentiate into cells of the three germ layers and their derivatives. In the UKN1 test system, hPSCs differentiate into early neural precursor cells. During the normal differentiation period (14 days) of the UKK system, 570 genes [849 probe sets (PSs)] were regulated >fivefold; in the UKN1 system (6 days), 879 genes (1238 PSs) were regulated. We refer to these genes as 'developmental genes'. In the present study, we used genome-wide expression data of 12 test substances in the UKK and UKN1 test systems to understand the basic principles of how chemicals interfere with the spontaneous transcriptional development in both test systems. The set of test compounds included six histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis), six mercury-containing compounds ('mercurials') and thalidomide. All compounds were tested at the maximum non-cytotoxic concentration, while valproic acid and thalidomide were additionally tested over a wide range of concentrations. In total, 242 genes (252 PSs) in the UKK test system and 793 genes (1092 PSs) in the UKN1 test system were deregulated by the 12 test compounds. We identified sets of 'diagnostic genes' appropriate for the identification of the influence of HDACis or mercurials. Test compounds that interfered with the expression of developmental genes usually antagonized their spontaneous development, meaning that up-regulated developmental genes were suppressed and developmental genes whose expression normally decreases were induced. The fraction of compromised developmental genes varied widely between the test compounds, and it reached up to 60 %. To quantitatively describe disturbed development on a genome-wide basis, we recommend a concept of two indices, 'developmental potency' (D p) and 'developmental index' (D i), whereby D p is the fraction of all developmental genes that are up- or down-regulated by a test compound, and D i is the ratio of overrepresentation of developmental genes among all genes deregulated by a test compound. The use of D i makes hazard identification more sensitive because some compounds compromise the expression of only a relatively small number of genes but have a high propensity to deregulate developmental genes specifically, resulting in a low D p but a high D i. In conclusion, the concept based on the indices D p and D i offers the possibility to quantitatively express the propensity of test compounds to interfere with normal development.
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- Vaibhav Shinde
- Institute of Neurophysiology and Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne (UKK), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair for In Vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine, University of Konstanz, Box: M657, 78457, Constance, Germany.,Konstanz Graduate School Chemical Biology KORS-CB, University of Konstanz, 78457, Constance, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology and Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne (UKK), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, 10117, Berlin, Germany.,Integrative Research Institute for the Life Sciences, Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt Universität, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology and Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne (UKK), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology and Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne (UKK), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors at the Technical, University of Dortmund (IfADo), Ardeystrasse 67, 44139, Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, 10117, Berlin, Germany.,Integrative Research Institute for the Life Sciences, Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt Universität, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Statistics, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany.,Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors at the Technical, University of Dortmund (IfADo), Ardeystrasse 67, 44139, Dortmund, Germany
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- Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair for In Vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine, University of Konstanz, Box: M657, 78457, Constance, Germany
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- Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair for In Vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine, University of Konstanz, Box: M657, 78457, Constance, Germany
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- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors at the Technical, University of Dortmund (IfADo), Ardeystrasse 67, 44139, Dortmund, Germany
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- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors at the Technical, University of Dortmund (IfADo), Ardeystrasse 67, 44139, Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology and Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne (UKK), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology and Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne (UKK), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair for In Vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine, University of Konstanz, Box: M657, 78457, Constance, Germany
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- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors at the Technical, University of Dortmund (IfADo), Ardeystrasse 67, 44139, Dortmund, Germany.
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- Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair for In Vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine, University of Konstanz, Box: M657, 78457, Constance, Germany.
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- Institute of Neurophysiology and Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne (UKK), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany.
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Fan D, Liu J, Wang L, Yang X, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Shi L. Development of Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship Models for Predicting Chronic Toxicity of Substituted Benzenes to Daphnia Magna. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2016; 96:664-670. [PMID: 27016939 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-016-1787-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The chronic toxicity of anthropogenic molecules such as substituted benzenes to Daphnia magna is a basic eco-toxicity parameter employed to assess their environmental risk. As the experimental methods are laborious, costly, and time-consuming, development in silico models for predicting the chronic toxicity is vitally important. In this study, on the basis of five molecular descriptors and 48 compounds, a quantitative structure-property relationship model that can predict the chronic toxicity of substituted benzenes were developed by employing multiple linear regressions. The correlation coefficient (R (2)) and root-mean square error (RMSE) for the training set were 0.836 and 0.390, respectively. The developed model was validated by employing 10 compounds tested in our lab. The R EXT (2) and RMSE EXT for the validation set were 0.736 and 0.490, respectively. To further characterizing the toxicity mechanism of anthropogenic molecules to Daphnia, comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) and comparative molecular similarity indices analysis (CoMSIA) models were developed.
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- Deling Fan
- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences of MEP, Jiang-Wang-Miao Street, Nanjing, 210042, People's Republic of China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences of MEP, Jiang-Wang-Miao Street, Nanjing, 210042, People's Republic of China.
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences of MEP, Jiang-Wang-Miao Street, Nanjing, 210042, People's Republic of China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences of MEP, Jiang-Wang-Miao Street, Nanjing, 210042, People's Republic of China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences of MEP, Jiang-Wang-Miao Street, Nanjing, 210042, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210032, People's Republic of China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences of MEP, Jiang-Wang-Miao Street, Nanjing, 210042, People's Republic of China
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Das RN, Roy K. Computation of chromatographic lipophilicity parameter logk0 of ionic liquid cations from “ETA” descriptors: Application in modeling of toxicity of ionic liquids to pathogenic bacteria. J Mol Liq 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2016.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Zhu H, Bouhifd M, Donley E, Egnash L, Kleinstreuer N, Kroese ED, Liu Z, Luechtefeld T, Palmer J, Pamies D, Shen J, Strauss V, Wu S, Hartung T. Supporting read-across using biological data. ALTEX 2016; 33:167-82. [PMID: 26863516 PMCID: PMC4834201 DOI: 10.14573/altex.1601252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Read-across, i.e. filling toxicological data gaps by relating to similar chemicals, for which test data are available, is usually done based on chemical similarity. Besides structure and physico-chemical properties, however, biological similarity based on biological data adds extra strength to this process. In the context of developing Good Read-Across Practice guidance, a number of case studies were evaluated to demonstrate the use of biological data to enrich read-across. In the simplest case, chemically similar substances also show similar test results in relevant in vitro assays. This is a well-established method for the read-across of e.g. genotoxicity assays. Larger datasets of biological and toxicological properties of hundreds and thousands of substances become increasingly available enabling big data approaches in read-across studies. Several case studies using various big data sources are described in this paper. An example is given for the US EPA's ToxCast dataset allowing read-across for high quality uterotrophic assays for estrogenic endocrine disruption. Similarly, an example for REACH registration data enhancing read-across for acute toxicity studies is given. A different approach is taken using omics data to establish biological similarity: Examples are given for stem cell models in vitro and short-term repeated dose studies in rats in vivo to support read-across and category formation. These preliminary biological data-driven read-across studies highlight the road to the new generation of read-across approaches that can be applied in chemical safety assessment.
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- Hao Zhu
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, USA
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Stemina Biomarker Discovery Inc., Madison, WI, USA
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- National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Risk Analysis for Products in Development, TNO Zeist, The Netherlands
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc. Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, USA
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- BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Experimental Toxicology and Ecology, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), Baltimore, MD, USA
- University of Konstanz, CAAT-Europe, Konstanz, Germany
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Zhang C, Cheng F, Sun L, Zhuang S, Li W, Liu G, Lee PW, Tang Y. In silico prediction of chemical toxicity on avian species using chemical category approaches. Chemosphere 2015; 122:280-287. [PMID: 25532772 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2014] [Revised: 11/28/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Avian species are sensitive to pesticides and industrial chemicals, and hence used as model species in evaluation of chemical toxicity. In present study, we assessed the toxicity of more than 663 diverse chemicals on 17 avian species. All the chemicals were classified into three categories, i.e. highly toxic, slightly toxic and non-toxic, based on the toxicity classification criteria of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). To evaluate these chemicals, the toxicity prediction models were built using chemical category approaches with molecular descriptors and five commonly used fingerprints, in which five machine learning methods were performed on two standard test species: aquatic bird mallard duck and terrestrial bird northern bobwhite quail. The support vector machine (SVM) method with Pubchem fingerprint performed best as revealed by 5-fold cross-validation and the external validation set on Japanese quail. No species difference existed in our database despite several chemicals with different toxicity on some avian species. The best model had an overall accuracy at 0.851 for the prediction of toxicity on avian species, which outperformed the work of Mazzatorta et al. Furthermore, several representative substructures for characterizing avian toxicity were identified via information gain (IG) method. This study would provide a new tool for chemical safety assessment.
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- Chen Zhang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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Perrichon P, Le Bihanic F, Bustamante P, Le Menach K, Budzinski H, Cachot J, Cousin X. Influence of sediment composition on PAH toxicity using zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryo-larval assays. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2014; 21:13703-19. [PMID: 25175355 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3502-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Due to hydrophobic and persistent properties, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have a high capacity to accumulate in sediment. Sediment quality criteria, for the assessment of habitat quality and risk for aquatic life, include understanding the fate and effects of PAHs. In the context of European regulation (REACH and Water Framework Directive), the first objective was to assess the influence of sediment composition on the toxicity of two model PAHs, benzo[a]pyrene and fluoranthene using 10-day zebrafish embryo-larval assay. This procedure was undertaken with an artificial sediment in order to limit natural sediment variability. A suitable sediment composition might be then validated for zebrafish and proposed in a new OECD guideline for chemicals testing. Second, a comparative study of toxicity responses from this exposure protocol was then performed using another OECD species, the Japanese medaka. The potential toxicity of both PAHs was assessed through lethal (e.g., survival, hatching success) and sublethal endpoints (e.g., abnormalities, PMR, and EROD) measured at different developmental stages, adapted to the embryonic development time of both species. Regarding effects observed for both species, a suitable artificial sediment composition for PAH toxicity testing was set at 92.5 % dry weight (dw) silica of 0.2-0.5-mm grain size, 5 % dw kaolin clay without organic matter for zebrafish, and 2.5 % dw blond peat in more only for Japanese medaka. PAH bioavailability and toxicity were highly dependent on the fraction of organic matter in sediment and of the K ow coefficients of the tested compounds. The biological responses observed were also dependent of the species under consideration. Japanese medaka embryos appeared more robust than zebrafish embryos for understanding the toxicity of PAHs following a sediment contact test, due to the longer exposure duration and lower sensitivity of sediment physical properties.
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- Prescilla Perrichon
- Ifremer, Laboratoire d'Ecotoxicologie, Place Gaby Coll, BP7, 17137, L'Houmeau, France,
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Singh KP, Gupta S, Basant N. Predicting toxicities of ionic liquids in multiple test species – an aid in designing green chemicals. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra11252k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Annys E, Billington R, Clayton R, Bremm K, Graziano M, Mckelvie J, Ragan I, Schwarz M, van der Laan JW, Wood C, Öberg M, Wester P, Woodward KN. Advancing the 3Rs in regulatory toxicology – Carcinogenicity testing: Scope for harmonisation and advancing the 3Rs in regulated sectors of the European Union. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2014; 69:234-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2014.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2014] [Revised: 04/17/2014] [Accepted: 04/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Das RN, Roy K. Predictive modeling studies for the ecotoxicity of ionic liquids towards the green algae Scenedesmus vacuolatus. Chemosphere 2014; 104:170-176. [PMID: 24296027 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2013] [Revised: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Hazardous potential of ionic liquids is becoming an issue of high concern with increasing application of these compounds in various industrial processes. Predictive toxicological modeling on ionic liquids provides a rational assessment strategy and aids in developing suitable guidance for designing novel analogues. The present study attempts to explore the chemical features of ionic liquids responsible for their ecotoxicity towards the green algae Scenedesmus vacuolatus by developing mathematical models using extended topochemical atom (ETA) indices along with other categories of chemical descriptors. The entire study has been conducted with reference to the OECD guidelines for QSAR model development using predictive classification and regression modeling strategies. The best models from both the analyses showed that ecotoxicity of ionic liquids can be decreased by reducing chain length of cationic substituents and increasing hydrogen bond donor feature in cations, and replacing bulky unsaturated anions with simple saturated moiety having less lipophilic heteroatoms.
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- Rudra Narayan Das
- Drug Theoretics and Cheminformatics Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Drug Theoretics and Cheminformatics Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India.
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Das RN, Roy K. Predictive in silico Modeling of Ionic Liquids toward Inhibition of the Acetyl Cholinesterase Enzyme of Electrophorus electricus: A Predictive Toxicology Approach. Ind Eng Chem Res 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/ie403636q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Rudra Narayan Das
- Drug Theoretics and Cheminformatics
Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department
of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Drug Theoretics and Cheminformatics
Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department
of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India
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Roy K, Das RN. QSTR with extended topochemical atom (ETA) indices. 16. Development of predictive classification and regression models for toxicity of ionic liquids towards Daphnia magna. J Hazard Mater 2013; 254-255:166-178. [PMID: 23608063 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Ionic liquids have been judged much with respect to their wide applicability than their considerable harmful effects towards the living ecosystem which has been observed in many instances. Hence, toxicological introspection of these chemicals by the development of predictive mathematical models can be of good help. This study presents an attempt to develop predictive classification and regression models correlating the structurally derived chemical information of a group of 62 diverse ionic liquids with their toxicity towards Daphnia magna and their interpretation. We have principally used the extended topochemical atom (ETA) indices along with various topological non-ETA and thermodynamic parameters as independent variables. The developed quantitative models have been subjected to extensive statistical tests employing multiple validation strategies from which acceptable results have been reported. The best models obtained from classification and regression studies captured necessary structural information on lipophilicity, branching pattern, electronegativity and chain length of the cationic substituents for explaining ecotoxicity of ionic liquids towards D. magna. The derived information can be successfully used to design better ionic liquid analogues acquiring the qualities of a true eco-friendly green chemical.
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- Kunal Roy
- Drug Theoretics and Cheminformatics Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India.
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- Drug Theoretics and Cheminformatics Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India
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Despite the fact that toxicology uses many stand-alone tests, a systematic combination of several information sources very often is required: Examples include: when not all possible outcomes of interest (e.g., modes of action), classes of test substances (applicability domains), or severity classes of effect are covered in a single test; when the positive test result is rare (low prevalence leading to excessive false-positive results); when the gold standard test is too costly or uses too many animals, creating a need for prioritization by screening. Similarly, tests are combined when the human predictivity of a single test is not satisfactory or when existing data and evidence from various tests will be integrated. Increasingly, kinetic information also will be integrated to make an in vivo extrapolation from in vitro data. Integrated Testing Strategies (ITS) offer the solution to these problems. ITS have been discussed for more than a decade, and some attempts have been made in test guidance for regulations. Despite their obvious potential for revamping regulatory toxicology, however, we still have little guidance on the composition, validation, and adaptation of ITS for different purposes. Similarly, Weight of Evidence and Evidence-based Toxicology approaches require different pieces of evidence and test data to be weighed and combined. ITS also represent the logical way of combining pathway-based tests, as suggested in Toxicology for the 21st Century. This paper describes the state of the art of ITS and makes suggestions as to the definition, systematic combination, and quality assurance of ITS.
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- Thomas Hartung
- Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, CAAT, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Maire MA, Pant K, Poth A, Schwind KR, Rast C, Bruce SW, Sly JE, Kunz-Bohnenberger S, Kunkelmann T, Engelhardt G, Schulz M, Vasseur P. Prevalidation study of the Syrian hamster embryo (SHE) cell transformation assay at pH 7.0 for assessment of carcinogenic potential of chemicals. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis 2012; 744:64-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2011.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2011] [Accepted: 12/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Shintu L, Baudoin R, Navratil V, Prot JM, Pontoizeau C, Defernez M, Blaise BJ, Domange C, Péry AR, Toulhoat P, Legallais C, Brochot C, Leclerc E, Dumas ME. Metabolomics-on-a-chip and predictive systems toxicology in microfluidic bioartificial organs. Anal Chem 2012; 84:1840-8. [PMID: 22242722 DOI: 10.1021/ac2011075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The world faces complex challenges for chemical hazard assessment. Microfluidic bioartificial organs enable the spatial and temporal control of cell growth and biochemistry, critical for organ-specific metabolic functions and particularly relevant to testing the metabolic dose-response signatures associated with both pharmaceutical and environmental toxicity. Here we present an approach combining a microfluidic system with (1)H NMR-based metabolomic footprinting, as a high-throughput small-molecule screening approach. We characterized the toxicity of several molecules: ammonia (NH(3)), an environmental pollutant leading to metabolic acidosis and liver and kidney toxicity; dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), a free radical-scavenging solvent; and N-acetyl-para-aminophenol (APAP, or paracetamol), a hepatotoxic analgesic drug. We report organ-specific NH(3) dose-dependent metabolic responses in several microfluidic bioartificial organs (liver, kidney, and cocultures), as well as predictive (99% accuracy for NH(3) and 94% for APAP) compound-specific signatures. Our integration of microtechnology, cell culture in microfluidic biochips, and metabolic profiling opens the development of so-called "metabolomics-on-a-chip" assays in pharmaceutical and environmental toxicology.
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- Laetitia Shintu
- Université de Lyon, UMR 5280 CNRS/ENS-Lyon/UCBL1 Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs, 5 rue de la Doua, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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Dom N, Knapen D, Blust R. Assessment of aquatic experimental versus predicted and extrapolated chronic toxicity data of four structural analogues. Chemosphere 2012; 86:56-64. [PMID: 21944038 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.08.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2011] [Revised: 08/24/2011] [Accepted: 08/28/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The present study was developed to assess the chronic toxicity predictions and extrapolations for a set of chlorinated anilines (aniline (AN), 4-chloroaniline (CA), 3,5-dichloroaniline (DCA) and 2,3,4-trichloroaniline (TCA)). Daphnia magna 21 d chronic experimental data was compared to the chronic toxicity predictions made by the US EPA ECOSAR QSAR tools and to acute-to-chronic extrapolations. Additionally, Species Sensitivity Distributions (SSDs) were constructed to assess the chronic toxicity variability among different species and to investigate the acute versus chronic toxicity in a multi-species context. Since chlorinated anilines are structural analogues with a designated polar narcotic mode of action, similar toxicity responses were assumed. However, rather large interchemical and interspecies differences in toxicity were observed. Compared to the other three test compounds, TCA exposure had a significantly larger impact on growth and reproduction of D. magna. Furthermore, this study illustrated that QSARs or a fixed ACR are not able to account for these interchemical and interspecies differences. Consequently, ECOSAR was found to be inadequate to predict the chronic toxicity of the anilines and the use of a fixed ACR (of 10) led to under of certain species. The experimental ACRs determined in D. magna were substantially different among the four aromatic amines (ACR of 32 for AN, 16.9 for CA, 5.7 for DCA and 60.8 for TCA). Furthermore, the SSDs illustrated that Danio rerio was rather insensitive to AN in comparison to another fish species, Phimphales promelas. It was therefore suggested that available toxicity data should be used in an integrative multi-species way, rather than using individual-based toxicity extrapolations. In this way, a relevant overview of the differences in species sensitivity is given, which in turn can serve as the basis for acute to chronic extrapolations.
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- Nathalie Dom
- University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Laboratory for Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium.
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Boehme K, Dietz Y, Hewitt P, Mueller SO. Genomic Profiling Uncovers a Molecular Pattern for Toxicological Characterization of Mutagens and Promutagens In Vitro. Toxicol Sci 2011; 122:185-97. [DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Cheng F, Shen J, Yu Y, Li W, Liu G, Lee PW, Tang Y. In silico prediction of Tetrahymena pyriformis toxicity for diverse industrial chemicals with substructure pattern recognition and machine learning methods. Chemosphere 2011; 82:1636-43. [PMID: 21145574 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.11.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2010] [Revised: 11/08/2010] [Accepted: 11/16/2010] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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There is an increasing need for the rapid safety assessment of chemicals by both industries and regulatory agencies throughout the world. In silico techniques are practical alternatives in the environmental hazard assessment. It is especially true to address the persistence, bioaccumulative and toxicity potentials of organic chemicals. Tetrahymena pyriformis toxicity is often used as a toxic endpoint. In this study, 1571 diverse unique chemicals were collected from the literature and composed of the largest diverse data set for T. pyriformis toxicity. Classification predictive models of T. pyriformis toxicity were developed by substructure pattern recognition and different machine learning methods, including support vector machine (SVM), C4.5 decision tree, k-nearest neighbors and random forest. The results of a 5-fold cross-validation showed that the SVM method performed better than other algorithms. The overall predictive accuracies of the SVM classification model with radial basis functions kernel was 92.2% for the 5-fold cross-validation and 92.6% for the external validation set, respectively. Furthermore, several representative substructure patterns for characterizing T. pyriformis toxicity were also identified via the information gain analysis methods.
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- Feixiong Cheng
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Yuan X, Jonker MJ, de Wilde J, Verhoef A, Wittink FR, van Benthem J, Bessems JG, Hakkert BC, Kuiper RV, van Steeg H, Breit TM, Luijten M. Finding maximal transcriptome differences between reprotoxic and non-reprotoxic phthalate responses in rat testis. J Appl Toxicol 2010; 31:421-30. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.1601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2010] [Revised: 08/30/2010] [Accepted: 08/31/2010] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Jaworska J, Gabbert S, Aldenberg T. Towards optimization of chemical testing under REACH: A Bayesian network approach to Integrated Testing Strategies. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2010; 57:157-67. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2010.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2009] [Revised: 02/08/2010] [Accepted: 02/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Zhu H, Martin TM, Ye L, Sedykh A, Young DM, Tropsha A. Quantitative structure-activity relationship modeling of rat acute toxicity by oral exposure. Chem Res Toxicol 2009; 22:1913-21. [PMID: 19845371 PMCID: PMC2796713 DOI: 10.1021/tx900189p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Few quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) studies have successfully modeled large, diverse rodent toxicity end points. In this study, a comprehensive data set of 7385 compounds with their most conservative lethal dose (LD(50)) values has been compiled. A combinatorial QSAR approach has been employed to develop robust and predictive models of acute toxicity in rats caused by oral exposure to chemicals. To enable fair comparison between the predictive power of models generated in this study versus a commercial toxicity predictor, TOPKAT (Toxicity Prediction by Komputer Assisted Technology), a modeling subset of the entire data set was selected that included all 3472 compounds used in TOPKAT's training set. The remaining 3913 compounds, which were not present in the TOPKAT training set, were used as the external validation set. QSAR models of five different types were developed for the modeling set. The prediction accuracy for the external validation set was estimated by determination coefficient R(2) of linear regression between actual and predicted LD(50) values. The use of the applicability domain threshold implemented in most models generally improved the external prediction accuracy but expectedly led to the decrease in chemical space coverage; depending on the applicability domain threshold, R(2) ranged from 0.24 to 0.70. Ultimately, several consensus models were developed by averaging the predicted LD(50) for every compound using all five models. The consensus models afforded higher prediction accuracy for the external validation data set with the higher coverage as compared to individual constituent models. The validated consensus LD(50) models developed in this study can be used as reliable computational predictors of in vivo acute toxicity.
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- Hao Zhu
- Laboratory for Molecular Modeling, Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, Carolina Environmental Bioinformatics Research Center, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7568, USA
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Fernández Freire P, Peropadre A, Pérez Martín JM, Herrero O, Hazen MJ. An integrated cellular model to evaluate cytotoxic effects in mammalian cell lines. Toxicol In Vitro 2009; 23:1553-8. [PMID: 19540333 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2009.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2008] [Revised: 05/07/2009] [Accepted: 06/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The ever growing anthropogenic pressure to the environment has lead in 2007 to the revision of the existing legislation and the approval of the new European law regarding the production and importation of chemicals, known as REACH. This new legal framework supports the development of alternative methods to animal experimentation encouraging the improvement and/or design of new methodological strategies for the toxicological evaluation of chemical compounds. Even though cytotoxicity studies are a reductionist approach to acute toxicity in vivo, they offer the best agreement between obtaining relevant information about the mechanism of toxic action and the use of alternative methods. Following this trend, this work presents an integrated cellular strategy in order to know the toxicity and mechanism of action of chemical compounds, using simple and reproducible in vitro systems. The experimental procedures are performed in two steps. The first one involves the systematic analysis of the main cellular targets using proliferation, viability and morphological probes. The second step relies upon the results obtained in the first step, including specific assays that focus on the mechanism of toxic action and the cellular response. The benefits of this strategy are exemplified with two real cases: pentachlorophenol and rotenone.
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- P Fernández Freire
- Cellular Toxicology Group, Department of Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Boehme K, Simon S, Mueller SO. Gene expression profiling in Ishikawa cells: A fingerprint for estrogen active compounds. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2009; 236:85-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2009.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2008] [Revised: 01/13/2009] [Accepted: 01/14/2009] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Lammer E, Carr GJ, Wendler K, Rawlings JM, Belanger SE, Braunbeck T. Is the fish embryo toxicity test (FET) with the zebrafish (Danio rerio) a potential alternative for the fish acute toxicity test? Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2009; 149:196-209. [PMID: 19095081 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2008.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2008] [Revised: 11/17/2008] [Accepted: 11/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The fish acute toxicity test is a mandatory component in the base set of data requirements for ecotoxicity testing. The fish acute toxicity test is not compatible with most current animal welfare legislation because mortality is the primary endpoint and it is often hypothesized that fish suffer distress and perhaps pain. Animal alternative considerations have also been incorporated into new European REACH regulations through strong advocacy for the reduction of testing with live animals. One of the most promising alternative approaches to classical acute fish toxicity testing with live fish is the fish embryo toxicity (FET) test. The FET has been a mandatory component in routine whole effluent testing in Germany since 2005 and has already been standardized at the international level. In order to analyze the applicability of the FET also in chemical testing, a comparative re-evaluation of both fish and fish embryo toxicity data was carried out for a total of 143 substances, and statistical approaches were developed to evaluate the correlation between fish and fish embryo toxicity data. Results confirm that fish embryo tests are neither better nor worse than acute fish toxicity tests and provide strong scientific support for the FET as a surrogate for the acute fish toxicity test.
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- E Lammer
- Aquatic Ecology and Toxicology Section, Department of Zoology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Schaafsma G, Kroese E, Tielemans E, Van de Sandt J, Van Leeuwen C. REACH, non-testing approaches and the urgent need for a change in mind set. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2009; 53:70-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2008.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2008] [Revised: 11/10/2008] [Accepted: 11/12/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bolt HM. Europäische Chemikaliengesetzgebung. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2008; 51:1381-6. [DOI: 10.1007/s00103-008-0711-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Lilienblum W. Alternativmethoden zum Tierversuch. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2008; 51:1434-43. [DOI: 10.1007/s00103-008-0717-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Krishnamurthi K, Saravana Devi S, Hengstler JG, Hermes M, Kumar K, Dutta D, Muhil Vannan S, Subin TS, Yadav RR, Chakrabarti T. Genotoxicity of sludges, wastewater and effluents from three different industries. Arch Toxicol 2008; 82:965-71. [DOI: 10.1007/s00204-008-0380-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2008] [Accepted: 10/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Schug M, Heise T, Bauer A, Storm D, Blaszkewicz M, Bedawy E, Brulport M, Geppert B, Hermes M, Föllmann W, Rapp K, Maccoux L, Schormann W, Appel KE, Oberemm A, Gundert-Remy U, Hengstler JG. Primary rat hepatocytes as in vitro system for gene expression studies: comparison of sandwich, Matrigel and 2D cultures. Arch Toxicol 2008; 82:923-31. [PMID: 18987846 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-008-0375-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2008] [Accepted: 10/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Recent studies have presented evidence that in vivo obtained gene expression data can be used for carcinogen classification, for instance to differentiate between genotoxic and non-genotoxic carcinogens. However, although primary rat hepatocytes represent a well-established in vitro system for drug metabolism and enzyme induction, they have not yet been systematically optimized for toxicogenomic studies. The latter may be confounded by the fact that cultured hepatocytes show strong spontaneous alterations in gene expression patterns. Therefore, we addressed the following questions: (1) which culture system is optimal, comparing sandwich, Matrigel and 2D cultures, (2) how critical is the impact of culture period on substance-induced alterations in gene expression and (3) do these substance-induced alterations in cultured hepatocytes occur already at in vivo relevant concentrations? For this purpose we analyzed the expression of four genes, namely Abat, Gsk3beta, Myd116 and Sult1a1 that recently have been reported to be influenced by the antihistamine and non-genotoxic carcinogen methapyrilene (MPy). The most reproducible effects of MPy were observed in sandwich cultures. Induction factors of Gsk3beta and Myd116 at 100 microM MPy were 2 and 4 (medians), respectively, whereas expression of Abat and Sult1a1 were inhibited by factors of 7 and 5, respectively. Similar results were observed in hepatocytes maintained for 24 h or 3 weeks in sandwich culture with respect to the influence of MPy on the expression of Abat, Gsk3beta, Myd116 and Sult1a1. To determine whether MPy influences gene expression at in vivo relevant concentrations, 3.5 mg/kg MPy were administered to male Wistar rats intraperitoneally, resulting in plasma concentrations ranging between 1.72 and 0.32 microM 5 and 80 min after injection. Inhibition of Abat and Sult1a1 expression in vitro already occurred at in vivo relevant concentrations of 0.39 microM MPy. Induction of Myd116 was observed at 6.25 microM which is higher but in the same order of magnitude as in vivo relevant concentrations. In conclusion, the presented data strongly suggest that sandwich cultures are most adequate for detection of MPy-induced gene expression alterations and the effect of MPy was detected at in vivo relevant concentrations.
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- M Schug
- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo), Ardeystrasse 67, 44139 Dortmund, Germany.
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Laamanen I, Verbeek J, Franco G, Lehtola M, Luotamo M. Finding toxicological information: An approach for occupational health professionals. J Occup Med Toxicol 2008; 3:18. [PMID: 18700959 PMCID: PMC2551601 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-3-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2008] [Accepted: 08/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background It can be difficult for occupational health professionals to assess which toxicological databases available on the Internet are the most useful for answering their questions. Therefore we evaluated toxicological databases for their ability to answer practical questions about exposure and prevention. We also propose recommended practices for searching for toxicological properties of chemicals. Methods We used a systematic search to find databases available on the Internet. Our criteria for the databases were the following: has a search engine, includes factual information on toxic and hazardous chemicals harmful for human health, and is free of charge. We developed both a qualitative and a quantitative rating method, which was used by four independent assessors to determine appropriateness, the quality of content, and ease of use of the database. Final ratings were based on a consensus of at least two evaluators. Results Out of 822 results we found 21 databases that met our inclusion criteria. Out of these 21 databases 14 are administered in the US, five in Europe, one in Australia, and one in Canada. Nine are administered by a governmental organization. No database achieved the maximum score of 27. The databases GESTIS, ESIS, Hazardous Substances Data Bank, TOXNET and NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards all scored more than 20 points. The following approach was developed for occupational health professionals searching for the toxicological properties of chemicals: start with the identity of the chemical; then search for health hazards, exposure route and measurement; next the limit values; and finally look for the preventive measures. Conclusion A rating system of toxicological databases to assess their value for occupational health professionals discriminated well between databases in terms of their appropriateness, quality of information, and ease of use. Several American and European databases yielded high scores and provide a valuable source for occupational health professionals.
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- Irja Laamanen
- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, 00250, Helsinki, Finland.
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Industrial chemicals have been in use for many decades and new products are regularly invented and introduced to the market. Also for decades, many different chemical laws have been introduced to regulate safe handling of chemicals in different use patterns. The patchwork of current regulation in the European Union is to be replaced by the new regulation on industrial chemical control, REACH. REACH stands for registration, evaluation, and authorization of chemicals. REACH entered force on June 1, 2007. REACH aims to overcome limitations in testing requirements of former regulation on industrial chemicals to enhance competitiveness and innovation with regard to manufacture safer substances and to promote the development of alternative testing methods. A main task of REACH is to address data gaps regarding the properties and uses of industrial chemicals. Producers, importers, and downstream users will have to compile and communicate standard information for all chemicals. Information sets to be prepared include safety data sheets (SDS), chemical safety reports (CSR), and chemical safety assessments (CSA). These are designed to guarantee adequate handling in the production chain, in transport and in use and to prevent the substances from being released to and distributed within the environment. Another important aim is to identify the most harmful chemicals and to set incentives to substitute them with safer alternatives. On one hand, REACH will have substantial impact on the basic understanding of the evaluation of chemicals. However, the toxicological sciences can also substantially influence the workability of REACH that supports the transformation of data to the information required to understand and manage acceptable and non acceptable risks in the use of industrial chemicals. The REACH regulation has been laid down in the main document and 17 Annexes of more than 849 pages. Even bigger technical guidance documents will follow and will inform about the rules for application and work out of dossiers. The following article gives a comprehensive overview on the concept of REACH to give deeper insight into this document. Members of the scientific community will have to define their own position as researchers, teachers, and experts to support the efforts to protect human health and the environment. The concept of REACH as well as new approaches to adapt standard testing regimes to foster a risk oriented approach in required work load to decrease animal based tests and to strengthen weight of evidence are explained in detail in this article.
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- Medical Faculty, Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany.
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Hoffmann S, Saliner AG, Patlewicz G, Eskes C, Zuang V, Worth AP. A feasibility study developing an integrated testing strategy assessing skin irritation potential of chemicals. Toxicol Lett 2008; 180:9-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2007] [Revised: 03/05/2008] [Accepted: 05/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Industrial chemicals are needed for chemical synthesis or technical purposes. These beneficial effects are counterbalanced by the potential health risks for all who come into contact with them. The new chemical legislation of the EU, Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) will force the responsibility of manufacturers and importers of chemical substances to gather the right information needed to decide on the right circumstances of use and control of chemical substances and products. In order to understand the roots of REACH, experiences gained with regard to existing chemicals legislation, particularly in Germany, will be reviewed. Since Council Directive 67/548/EEC all chemicals placed on the market need a set of standard information and provisions for safe transportation. This directive and its amendments (Council Directive(s) 79/831/EEC and 92/32/EEC) have established for new substances a sound information data basis for classification of dangerous properties. Under Council Regulation 793/93/EEC, regulations and administrative provisions have established the requirement to assess the risk to man and the environment of existing substances. So far, only 119 substances have been evaluated under the forces of this regulation. This separation has led to a substantial imbalance between existing substances and new substances with respect to available data needed to recognize hazards for health. The register of produced and imported chemical substances under REACH should eliminate some of this separation and will also be the key for selection of substances of very high concern by the authorization process to restrict the use and distribution accordingly.
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- Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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Lilienblum W, Dekant W, Foth H, Gebel T, Hengstler JG, Kahl R, Kramer PJ, Schweinfurth H, Wollin KM. Alternative methods to safety studies in experimental animals: role in the risk assessment of chemicals under the new European Chemicals Legislation (REACH). Arch Toxicol 2008; 82:211-36. [DOI: 10.1007/s00204-008-0279-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2007] [Accepted: 01/07/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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