Kar Supratik, Yang Siyun
Chemometrics and Molecular Modeling Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Kean University, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083, USA.
Beilstein J Nanotechnol. 2024 Sep 10;15:1142-1152. doi: 10.3762/bjnano.15.93. eCollection 2024.
Metal oxide nanoparticles (MONPs) are widely used in medicine and environmental remediation because of their unique properties. However, their size, surface area, and reactivity can cause toxicity, potentially leading to oxidative stress, inflammation, and cellular or DNA damage. In this study, a nano-quantitative structure-toxicity relationship (nano-QSTR) model was initially developed to assess zebrafish toxicity for 24 MONPs. Previously established 23 first- and second-generation periodic table descriptors, along with five newly proposed third-generation descriptors derived from the periodic table, were employed. Subsequently, to enhance the quality and predictive capability of the nano-QSTR model, a nano-quantitative read across structure-toxicity relationship (nano-qRASTR) model was created. This model integrated read-across descriptors with modeled descriptors from the nano-QSTR approach. The nano-qRASTR model, featuring three attributes, outperformed the previously reported simple QSTR model, despite having one less MONP. This study highlights the effective utilization of the nano-qRASTR algorithm in situations with limited data for modeling, demonstrating superior goodness-of-fit, robustness, and predictability ( = 0.81, = 0.70, / = 0.76) compared to simple QSTR models. Finally, the developed nano-qRASTR model was applied to predict toxicity data for an external dataset comprising 35 MONPs, addressing gaps in zebrafish toxicity assessment.
金属氧化物纳米颗粒(MONPs)因其独特的性质而被广泛应用于医学和环境修复领域。然而,它们的尺寸、表面积和反应活性可能会导致毒性,进而可能引发氧化应激、炎症以及细胞或DNA损伤。在本研究中,最初开发了一种纳米定量结构-毒性关系(nano-QSTR)模型,以评估24种MONPs对斑马鱼的毒性。使用了先前建立的23个第一代和第二代元素周期表描述符,以及从元素周期表中衍生出的5个新提出的第三代描述符。随后,为了提高纳米-QSTR模型的质量和预测能力,创建了一种纳米定量跨结构-毒性关系读取(nano-qRASTR)模型。该模型将跨结构描述符与纳米-QSTR方法中的建模描述符相结合。尽管MONP少了一种,但具有三个属性的纳米-qRASTR模型优于先前报道的简单QSTR模型。本研究强调了纳米-qRASTR算法在数据有限的建模情况下的有效利用,与简单QSTR模型相比,其拟合优度、稳健性和预测性表现出色( = 0.81, = 0.70, / = 0.76)。最后,将开发的纳米-qRASTR模型应用于预测包含35种MONPs的外部数据集的毒性数据,填补了斑马鱼毒性评估的空白。