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CAESAR models for developmental toxicity.

Antonio Cassano¹, Alberto Manganaro, Todd Martin

¹Laboratory of Chemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy. antonio.cassano@marionegri.it.

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The CAESAR project developed two quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models for assessing chemical developmental toxicity, aiding compliance with European REACH legislation. These freely accessible online models aim to reduce false negatives and improve chemical safety assessments.

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Area of Science:

Toxicology
Computational Chemistry
Regulatory Science

Background:

The European REACH legislation mandates extensive chemical safety assessments.
Developmental toxicity testing is complex, time-consuming, and expensive.
Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) methods are encouraged by REACH for chemical assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop QSAR models for predicting developmental toxicity.
To create user-friendly tools for chemical risk assessment under REACH.
To minimize false negatives in developmental toxicity predictions.

Main Methods:

Development of two distinct QSAR models for developmental toxicity.
Utilized random forest and adaptive fuzzy partition algorithms.
Implementation of one model into the CAESAR online application.

Main Results:

Two QSAR models for developmental toxicity were successfully developed.
Both models demonstrated strong performance.
The random forest model was integrated into the CAESAR online application for public access.

Conclusions:

CAESAR QSAR models are designed to minimize false negatives, enhancing their utility for REACH compliance.
The CAESAR online application provides accessible tools for industry and regulators.
The developed models facilitate easier assessment of developmental toxicity and other endpoints.