PMID- 27458072 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170324 LR - 20220311 IS - 1879-3177 (Electronic) IS - 0887-2333 (Linking) VI - 36 DP - 2016 Oct TI - Consensus of classification trees for skin sensitisation hazard prediction. PG - 197-209 LID - S0887-2333(16)30143-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.tiv.2016.07.014 [doi] AB - Since March 2013, it is no longer possible to market in the European Union (EU) cosmetics containing new ingredients tested on animals. Although several in silico alternatives are available and achievements have been made in the development and regulatory adoption of skin sensitisation non-animal tests, there is not yet a generally accepted approach for skin sensitisation assessment that would fully substitute the need for animal testing. The aim of this work was to build a defined approach (i.e. a predictive model based on readouts from various information sources that uses a fixed procedure for generating a prediction) for skin sensitisation hazard prediction (sensitiser/non-sensitiser) using Local Lymph Node Assay (LLNA) results as reference classifications. To derive the model, we built a dataset with high quality data from in chemico (DPRA) and in vitro (KeratinoSens and h-CLAT) methods, and it was complemented with predictions from several software packages. The modelling exercise showed that skin sensitisation hazard was better predicted by classification trees based on in silico predictions. The defined approach consists of a consensus of two classification trees that are based on descriptors that account for protein reactivity and structural features. The model showed an accuracy of 0.93, sensitivity of 0.98, and specificity of 0.85 for 269 chemicals. In addition, the defined approach provides a measure of confidence associated to the prediction. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. FAU - Asturiol, D AU - Asturiol D AD - Joint Research Centre, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, Ispra 21027, VA, Italy. Electronic address: david.asturiol-bofill@ec.europa.eu. FAU - Casati, S AU - Casati S AD - Joint Research Centre, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, Ispra 21027, VA, Italy. FAU - Worth, A AU - Worth A AD - Joint Research Centre, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, Ispra 21027, VA, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160722 PL - England TA - Toxicol In Vitro JT - Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA JID - 8712158 RN - 0 (Haptens) SB - IM MH - Computer Simulation MH - Consensus MH - *Dermatitis, Allergic Contact MH - Haptens/*classification/*toxicity MH - Local Lymph Node Assay MH - *Models, Biological MH - Sensitivity and Specificity MH - Skin OTO - NOTNLM OT - Decision tree OT - In silico OT - In vitro OT - Prediction OT - QSAR OT - Skin sensitisation EDAT- 2016/07/28 06:00 MHDA- 2017/03/25 06:00 CRDT- 2016/07/27 06:00 PHST- 2015/12/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/07/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/07/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/03/25 06:00 [medline] AID - S0887-2333(16)30143-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.tiv.2016.07.014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Toxicol In Vitro. 2016 Oct;36:197-209. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2016.07.014. Epub 2016 Jul 22.