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ArticlePloS one2019

Using the concordance of in vitro and in vivo data to evaluate extrapolation assumptions.

Gregory S Honda, Robert G Pearce, Ly L Pham, R W Setzer, Barbara A Wetmore, Nisha S Sipes, Jon Gilbert, Briana Franz, Russell S Thomas, John F Wambaugh

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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28 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. Exposure forecasting - ExpoCast - for data-poor chemicals in commerce and the environment.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Gregory S HondaNational Center for Computational Toxicology, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-7713-9850
Robert G PearceNational Center for Computational Toxicology, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-3168-4049
Ly L PhamNational Center for Computational Toxicology, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-8467-2645
R W SetzerNational Center for Computational Toxicology, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-6709-9186
Barbara A WetmoreNational Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America.
Nisha S SipesDivision of the National Toxicology Program, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-4203-6426
Jon GilbertCyprotex, Watertown, MA, United States of America.
Briana FranzCyprotex, Watertown, MA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-9513-8234
Russell S ThomasNational Center for Computational Toxicology, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America.
John F WambaughNational Center for Computational Toxicology, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America.

Funding

Biomolecular Screening and Alternative Approaches for the National Toxicology ProgramZIAES103318 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI CASEY, WARREN · 2016 to 2021
$25.0M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Linking in vitro bioactivity and in vivo toxicity on a dose basis enables the use of high-throughput in vitro assays as an alternative to traditional animal studies. In this study, we evaluated assumptions in the use of a high-throughput, physiologically based toxicokinetic (PBTK) model to relate in vitro bioactivity and rat in vivo toxicity data. The fraction unbound in plasma (fup) and intrinsic hepatic clearance (Clint) were measured for rats (for 67 and 77 chemicals, respectively), combined with fup and Clint literature data for 97 chemicals, and incorporated in the PBTK model. Of these chemicals, 84 had corresponding in vitro ToxCast bioactivity data and in vivo toxicity data. For each possible comparison of in vitro and in vivo endpoint, the concordance between the in vivo and in vitro data was evaluated by a regression analysis. For a base set of assumptions, the PBTK results were more frequently better associated than either the results from a "random" model parameterization or direct comparison of the "untransformed" values of AC50 and dose (performed best in 51%, 28%, and 21% of cases, respectively). We also investigated several assumptions in the application of PBTK for IVIVE, including clearance and internal dose selection. One of the better assumptions sets-restrictive clearance and comparing free in vivo venous plasma concentration with free in vitro concentration-outperformed the random and untransformed results in 71% of the in vitro-in vivo endpoint comparisons. These results demonstrate that applying PBTK improves our ability to observe the association between in vitro bioactivity and in vivo toxicity data in general. This suggests that potency values from in vitro screening should be transformed using in vitro-in vivo extrapolation (IVIVE) to build potentially better machine learning and other statistical models for predicting in vivo toxicity in humans.

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Models, BiologicalAnimalsHepatocytesHumansLiverMetabolic Clearance RateRatsToxicokinetics

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PMID31136631
PMCPMC6538186

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