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Wyrzykowska E, Mikolajczyk A, Lynch I, Jeliazkova N, Kochev N, Sarimveis H, Doganis P, Karatzas P, Afantitis A, Melagraki G, Serra A, Greco D, Subbotina J, Lobaskin V, Bañares MA, Valsami-Jones E, Jagiello K, Puzyn T. Representing and describing nanomaterials in predictive nanoinformatics. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 17:924-932. [PMID: 35982314 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-022-01173-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) enable new and enhanced products and devices in which matter can be controlled at a near-atomic scale (in the range of 1 to 100 nm). However, the unique nanoscale properties that make ENMs attractive may result in as yet poorly known risks to human health and the environment. Thus, new ENMs should be designed in line with the idea of safe-and-sustainable-by-design (SSbD). The biological activity of ENMs is closely related to their physicochemical characteristics, changes in these characteristics may therefore cause changes in the ENMs activity. In this sense, a set of physicochemical characteristics (for example, chemical composition, crystal structure, size, shape, surface structure) creates a unique 'representation' of a given ENM. The usability of these characteristics or nanomaterial descriptors (nanodescriptors) in nanoinformatics methods such as quantitative structure-activity/property relationship (QSAR/QSPR) models, provides exciting opportunities to optimize ENMs at the design stage by improving their functionality and minimizing unforeseen health/environmental hazards. A computational screening of possible versions of novel ENMs would return optimal nanostructures and manage ('design out') hazardous features at the earliest possible manufacturing step. Safe adoption of ENMs on a vast scale will depend on the successful integration of the entire bulk of nanodescriptors extracted experimentally with data from theoretical and computational models. This Review discusses directions for developing appropriate nanomaterial representations and related nanodescriptors to enhance the reliability of computational modelling utilized in designing safer and more sustainable ENMs.
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Affiliation(s)
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- QSAR Lab Ltd, Gdańsk, Poland
- Laboratory of Environmental Chemoinformatics, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Ideaconsult Ltd, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Computer Chemistry, University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou, Athens, Greece
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- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou, Athens, Greece
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- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Physical Sciences and Applications, Hellenic Military Academy, Vari, Greece
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- FHAIVE, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- BioMediTech Institute, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- FHAIVE, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- BioMediTech Institute, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- School of Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquimica, ICP CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- QSAR Lab Ltd, Gdańsk, Poland
- Laboratory of Environmental Chemoinformatics, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- QSAR Lab Ltd, Gdańsk, Poland.
- Laboratory of Environmental Chemoinformatics, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
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Jeliazkova N, Apostolova MD, Andreoli C, Barone F, Barrick A, Battistelli C, Bossa C, Botea-Petcu A, Châtel A, De Angelis I, Dusinska M, El Yamani N, Gheorghe D, Giusti A, Gómez-Fernández P, Grafström R, Gromelski M, Jacobsen NR, Jeliazkov V, Jensen KA, Kochev N, Kohonen P, Manier N, Mariussen E, Mech A, Navas JM, Paskaleva V, Precupas A, Puzyn T, Rasmussen K, Ritchie P, Llopis IR, Rundén-Pran E, Sandu R, Shandilya N, Tanasescu S, Haase A, Nymark P. Towards FAIR nanosafety data. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 16:644-654. [PMID: 34017099 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-021-00911-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Nanotechnology is a key enabling technology with billions of euros in global investment from public funding, which include large collaborative projects that have investigated environmental and health safety aspects of nanomaterials, but the reuse of accumulated data is clearly lagging behind. Here we summarize challenges and provide recommendations for the efficient reuse of nanosafety data, in line with the recently established FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) guiding principles. We describe the FAIR-aligned Nanosafety Data Interface, with an aggregated findability, accessibility and interoperability across physicochemical, bio-nano interaction, human toxicity, omics, ecotoxicological and exposure data. Overall, we illustrate a much-needed path towards standards for the optimized use of existing data, which avoids duplication of efforts, and provides a multitude of options to promote safe and sustainable nanotechnology.
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- Medical and Biological Research Laboratory, Roumen Tsanev Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Mer Molécules Santé, Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Angers, France
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry 'Ilie Murgulescu' of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Mer Molécules Santé, Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Angers, France
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Health Effects Laboratory, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Health Effects Laboratory, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry 'Ilie Murgulescu' of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Chemical and Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Toxicology, Misvik Biology, Turku, Finland
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Group of Environmental Chemometrics, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland
- QSAR Lab Ltd, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Ideaconsult Ltd, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Computer Chemistry, University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Toxicology, Misvik Biology, Turku, Finland
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Expertise and Assays in Ecotoxicology Unit, French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Health Effects Laboratory, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway
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- Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra, Italy
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Madrid, Spain
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- Ideaconsult Ltd, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Computer Chemistry, University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry 'Ilie Murgulescu' of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Group of Environmental Chemometrics, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland
- QSAR Lab Ltd, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Health Effects Laboratory, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry 'Ilie Murgulescu' of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry 'Ilie Murgulescu' of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Chemical and Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Toxicology, Misvik Biology, Turku, Finland.
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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