Approaches to developing alternative and predictive toxicology based on PBPK/PD and QSAR modeling.

Autor: Yang RS; Center for Environmental Toxicology and Technology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523-1680, USA. ryang@cvmbs.colostate.edu, Thomas RS, Gustafson DL, Campain J, Benjamin SA, Verhaar HJ, Mumtaz MM
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Environmental health perspectives [Environ Health Perspect] 1998 Dec; Vol. 106 Suppl 6, pp. 1385-93.
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106s61385
Abstrakt: Systematic toxicity testing, using conventional toxicology methodologies, of single chemicals and chemical mixtures is highly impractical because of the immense numbers of chemicals and chemical mixtures involved and the limited scientific resources. Therefore, the development of unconventional, efficient, and predictive toxicology methods is imperative. Using carcinogenicity as an end point, we present approaches for developing predictive tools for toxicologic evaluation of chemicals and chemical mixtures relevant to environmental contamination. Central to the approaches presented is the integration of physiologically based pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PBPK/PD) and quantitative structure--activity relationship (QSAR) modeling with focused mechanistically based experimental toxicology. In this development, molecular and cellular biomarkers critical to the carcinogenesis process are evaluated quantitatively between different chemicals and/or chemical mixtures. Examples presented include the integration of PBPK/PD and QSAR modeling with a time-course medium-term liver foci assay, molecular biology and cell proliferation studies. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic analyses of DNA changes, and cancer modeling to assess and attempt to predict the carcinogenicity of the series of 12 chlorobenzene isomers. Also presented is an ongoing effort to develop and apply a similar approach to chemical mixtures using in vitro cell culture (Syrian hamster embryo cell transformation assay and human keratinocytes) methodologies and in vivo studies. The promise and pitfalls of these developments are elaborated. When successfully applied, these approaches may greatly reduce animal usage, personnel, resources, and time required to evaluate the carcinogenicity of chemicals and chemical mixtures.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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