PMID- 17226934 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070320 LR - 20220311 IS - 0893-228X (Print) IS - 1520-5010 (Electronic) IS - 0893-228X (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 1 DP - 2007 Jan TI - 4D-fingerprint categorical QSAR models for skin sensitization based on the classification of local lymph node assay measures. PG - 114-28 AB - Currently, the only validated methods to identify skin sensitization effects are in vivo models, such as the local lymph node assay (LLNA) and guinea pig studies. There is a tremendous need, in particular due to novel legislation, to develop animal alternatives, for eaxample, quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models. Here, QSAR models for skin sensitization using LLNA data have been constructed. The descriptors used to generate these models are derived from the 4D-molecular similarity paradigm and are referred to as universal 4D-fingerprints. A training set of 132 structurally diverse compounds and a test set of 15 structurally diverse compounds were used in this study. The statistical methodologies used to build the models are logistic regression (LR) and partial least-square coupled logistic regression (PLS-LR), which prove to be effective tools for studying skin sensitization measures expressed in the two categorical terms of sensitizer and non-sensitizer. QSAR models with low values of the Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit statistic, X(2)HL, are significant and predictive. For the training set, the cross-validated prediction accuracy of the logistic regression models ranges from 77.3% to 78.0%, whereas that of the PLS-logistic regression models ranges from 87.1% to 89.4%. For the test set, the prediction accuracy of logistic regression models ranges from 80.0% to 86.7%, whereas that of the PLS-logistic regression models ranges from 73.3% to 80.0%. The QSAR models are made up of 4D-fingerprints related to aromatic atoms, hydrogen bond acceptors, and negatively partially charged atoms. FAU - Li, Yi AU - Li Y AD - Laboratory of Molecular Modeling and Design (MC 781), College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 833 South Wood Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612-7231, USA. FAU - Tseng, Yufeng J AU - Tseng YJ FAU - Pan, Dahua AU - Pan D FAU - Liu, Jianzhong AU - Liu J FAU - Kern, Petra S AU - Kern PS FAU - Gerberick, G Frank AU - Gerberick GF FAU - Hopfinger, Anton J AU - Hopfinger AJ LA - eng GR - 1 R21 GM075775-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 GM075775/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 GM075775-02/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 GM075775-03/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 GM075775-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Chem Res Toxicol JT - Chemical research in toxicology JID - 8807448 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Guinea Pigs MH - Least-Squares Analysis MH - Logistic Models MH - Lymph Nodes/*drug effects MH - Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship MH - Skin/*drug effects MH - *Toxicity Tests PMC - PMC2553001 MID - NIHMS63276 EDAT- 2007/01/18 09:00 MHDA- 2007/03/21 09:00 PMCR- 2008/09/24 CRDT- 2007/01/18 09:00 PHST- 2007/01/18 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/03/21 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/01/18 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/09/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1021/tx6002535 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chem Res Toxicol. 2007 Jan;20(1):114-28. doi: 10.1021/tx6002535.