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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2023

Data-Driven Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship Modeling for Human Carcinogenicity by Chronic Oral Exposure.

Elena Chung, Daniel P Russo, Heather L Ciallella, Yu-Tang Wang, Min Wu, Lauren M Aleksunes, Hao Zhu

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Elena ChungDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028, United States.
Daniel P RussoDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028, United States.
Heather L CiallellaDepartment of Toxicology, Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office, 11001 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States.
Yu-Tang WangInstitute of Agro-Products Processing Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100193, China.
Min WuSchool of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, No. 24, Tong Jia Xiang, Nanjing 210009, China.
Lauren M AleksunesDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.
Hao ZhuDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3559-6129
Rowan University · USChina Pharmaceutical University · CNCuyahoga County Juvenile Court · USInstitute of Agro-Products Processing Science and Technology · CNRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditional methodologies for assessing chemical toxicity are expensive and time-consuming. Computational modeling approaches have emerged as low-cost alternatives, especially those used to develop quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models. However, conventional QSAR models have limited training data, leading to low predictivity for new compounds. We developed a data-driven modeling approach for constructing carcinogenicity-related models and used these models to identify potential new human carcinogens. To this goal, we used a probe carcinogen dataset from the US Environmental Protection Agency's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) to identify relevant PubChem bioassays. Responses of 25 PubChem assays were significantly relevant to carcinogenicity. Eight assays inferred carcinogenicity predictivity and were selected for QSAR model training. Using 5 machine learning algorithms and 3 types of chemical fingerprints, 15 QSAR models were developed for each PubChem assay dataset. These models showed acceptable predictivity during 5-fold cross-validation (average CCR = 0.71). Using our QSAR models, we can correctly predict and rank 342 IRIS compounds' carcinogenic potentials (PPV = 0.72). The models predicted potential new carcinogens, which were validated by a literature search. This study portends an automated technique that can be applied to prioritize potential toxicants using validated QSAR models based on extensive training sets from public data resources.

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AlgorithmsQuantitative Structure-Activity RelationshipBiological AssayCarcinogensComputer SimulationHumansCarcinogensbig datacarcinogensdata miningmachine learningmodelsquantitative structure−activity relationships

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PMID37040559
PMCPMC10134506
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