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¹Department of Electronics and Information (DEI), Politecnico di Milano via Ponzio, 34/5 - 20133 Milano, Italy. tferrari@elet.polimi.it

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Area of Science:

Computational toxicology
cheminformatics
Predictive modeling

Background:

Mutagenicity, the ability to cause genetic mutations, is linked to carcinogenicity and reproductive toxicity.
The experimental Ames test has 85% reproducibility, necessitating faster and cheaper alternatives.
In silico structure-activity relationship (SAR) models offer a promising alternative for mutagenicity assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a cascade model for predicting Salmonella mutagenicity.
To improve upon existing methods by reducing false negatives and enhancing prediction accuracy.
To provide a reliable in silico tool for mutagenicity assessment.

Main Methods:

Development of a cascade model integrating statistical prediction and structural alert analysis.
Validation on a large public dataset of molecular structures and their mutagenicity outcomes.
Statistical modeling followed by targeted checks for structural alerts in predicted safe compounds.

Main Results:

The developed cascade model achieved prediction accuracy approaching the 85% reproducibility of the experimental Ames test.
The model effectively combines statistical predictions with structural alert analysis for improved accuracy.
Validation demonstrated the model's capability in correctly classifying both positive and negative mutagenicity outcomes.

Conclusions:

The developed computational model provides a reliable method for predicting Salmonella mutagenicity.
The model and its documentation are publicly available on the CAESAR website for regulatory and research use.
The system accepts molecular structures as input and provides a classification result, facilitating efficient risk assessment.