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ArticleJournal of hazardous materials2024

Hybrid non-animal modeling: A mechanistic approach to predict chemical hepatotoxicity.

Elena Chung, Xia Wen, Xuelian Jia, Heather L Ciallella, Lauren M Aleksunes, Hao Zhu

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Article in Journal of hazardous materials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Machine Learning-Enabled Drug-Induced Toxicity Prediction.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Elena ChungDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rowan University, NJ, USA; Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Xia WenDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
Xuelian JiaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rowan University, NJ, USA; Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Heather L CiallellaDepartment of Toxicology, Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Lauren M AleksunesDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
Hao ZhuDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rowan University, NJ, USA; Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. Electronic address: hzhu10@tulane.edu.

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES005022 · NIEHS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI PANOS G. GEORGOPOULOS · 1988 to 2026
$47.4M
New Jersey Alliance for Clinical Translational Science: NJ ACTSUL1TR003017 · NCATS · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL/HEALTH SCIENCES-RBHS · PI PANETTIERI, REYNOLD ALEXANDER · 2019 to 2023
$28.9M
Discovering Chemical Activity Networks-Predicting Bioactivity Based on StructureR35ES031709 · NIEHS · OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Robyn L Tanguay · 2021 to 2026
$5.2M
Integrated Transporter Elucidation CenterUC2HD113039 · NICHD · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Lauren M Aleksunes, Dongeun Huh · 2023 to 2026
$4.5M
Mechanism-Driven Virtual Adverse Outcome Pathway Modeling for HepatotoxicityR01ES031080 · NIEHS · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI ZHU, HAO · 2020 to 2024
$2.3M
Virtual nanostructure simulation (VINAS) portalR01GM148743 · NIGMS · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI Hao Zhu · 2023 to 2026
$1.1M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR003017NICHD NIH HHS UC2 HD113039NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005022NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES031080NIEHS NIH HHS R35 ES031709NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM148743
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Developing mechanistic non-animal testing methods based on the adverse outcome pathway (AOP) framework must incorporate molecular and cellular key events associated with target toxicity. Using data from an in vitro assay and chemical structures, we aimed to create a hybrid model to predict hepatotoxicants. We first curated a reference dataset of 869 compounds for hepatotoxicity modeling. Then, we profiled them against PubChem for existing in vitro toxicity data. Of the 2560 resulting assays, we selected the mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) assay, a high-throughput screening (HTS) tool that can test chemical disruptors for mitochondrial function. Machine learning was applied to develop quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models with 2536 compounds tested in the MMP assay for screening new compounds. The MMP assay results, including QSAR model outputs, yielded hepatotoxicity predictions for reference set compounds with a Correct Classification Ratio (CCR) of 0.59. The predictivity improved by including 37 structural alerts (CCR = 0.8). We validated our model by testing 37 reference set compounds in human HepG2 hepatoma cells, and reliably predicting them for hepatotoxicity (CCR = 0.79). This study introduces a novel AOP modeling strategy that combines public HTS data, computational modeling, and experimental testing to predict chemical hepatotoxicity.

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Animal Testing AlternativesChemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryMachine LearningMembrane Potential, MitochondrialQuantitative Structure-Activity RelationshipHep G2 CellsHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansLiverToxicity TestsAdverse outcome pathwayComputational modelingHepatotoxicityMitochondrial dysfunctionOxidative stress

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PMID38677119
PMCPMC11519847

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