A topological substructural molecular design approach for predicting mutagenesis end-points of alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds.
Chemically reactive, alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds are common environmental pollutants able to produce a wide range of adverse effects, including, e.g. mutagenicity. This toxic property can often be related to chemical structure, in particular to specific molecular substructures or fragments (alerts), which can then be used in specialized software or expert systems for predictive purposes. In the past, there have been many attempts to predict the mutagenicity of alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds through quantitative structure activity relationships (QSAR) but considering only one exclusive endpoint: the Ames test. Besides, even though those studies give a comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon, they do not provide substructural information that could be useful forward improving expert systems based on structural alerts (SAs). This work reports an evaluation of classification models to probe the mutagenic activity of alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds over two endpoints--the Ames and mammalian cell gene mutation tests--based on linear discriminant analysis along with the topological Substructure molecular design (TOPS-MODE) approach. The obtained results showed the better ability of the TOPS-MODE approach in flagging structural alerts for the mutagenicity of these compounds compared to the expert system TOXTREE. Thus, the application of the present QSAR models can aid toxicologists in risk assessment and in prioritizing testing, as well as in the improvement of expert systems, such as the TOXTREE software, where SAs are implemented.
Pérez-Garrido
Alfonso
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Enviromental Engineering and Toxicology Dpt., Catholic University of San Antonio, Guadalupe, Murcia, C.P. 30107, Spain. Aperez@pdi.ucam.edu
Helguera
Aliuska Morales
AM
López
Gabriel Caravaca
GC
Cordeiro
M Natália D S
MN
Escudero
Amalio Garrido
AG
D000818:Animals; D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016296:Mutagenesis; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D021281:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics
D007659:Ketones