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Lennart T Anger¹, Antje Wolf, Klaus-Juergen Schleifer

¹Computational Chemistry and Biology, BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany.

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This study developed a standardized process to create accurate in silico models for predicting off-target toxicity using diverse bioactivity data. This approach enhances early drug discovery and crop protection research by improving predictive classification accuracy to 96%.

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Area of Science:

Computational chemistry and cheminformatics
Toxicology and drug safety assessment
Bioactivity data analysis

Background:

Public and commercial databases offer vast chemical structure and bioactivity data.
Data heterogeneity and errors in these databases pose challenges for developing reliable predictive models.
Accurate in silico models are crucial for early-stage decision support in drug discovery and crop protection.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the use of heterogeneous bioactivity database data for generating high-quality in silico models for off-target mediated toxicity.
To establish a standardized data quality management routine for diverse in vitro data.
To develop predictive Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) models for human acetylcholinesterase (hAChE) inhibition.

Main Methods:

A rigorous quality management routine was applied to over 2,200 chemical entities from bioactivity databases.
Development of predictive QSAR models using heterogeneous in vitro data from multiple laboratories.
Application of an extended applicability domain approach and an error estimation routine for refining regression results.
Classification augmented with special consideration for borderline candidates.

Main Results:

A standardized process was established to handle heterogeneous bioactivity data.
Predictive QSAR models were developed with high accuracy.
External validation achieved a correct predictive classification of 96% for hAChE inhibition.
The developed workflow demonstrated high predictive performance.

Conclusions:

The standardized process enables the development of reliable in silico toxicity models from heterogeneous data.
The approach significantly improves predictive classification accuracy for off-target effects.
The workflow is easily transferable to other targets and assay readouts, supporting early drug discovery and crop protection research.