PMID- 31104613 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200521 LR - 20200521 IS - 1528-7394 (Print) IS - 0098-4108 (Linking) VI - 82 IP - 7 DP - 2019 TI - Quantitative structure-activity and quantitative structure-property relationship approaches as alternative skin sensitization risk assessment methods. PG - 447-472 LID - 10.1080/15287394.2019.1616437 [doi] AB - This study aimed to predict skin sensitization potency of selected chemicals by quantitatively analyzing their physicochemical properties by employing quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) and quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) approaches as alternative risk assessment methods to animal testing. Correlations between effective concentration for a stimulation index of 3 (EC3) (%), the amount of a chemical required to elicit a threefold increase in lymph node cell proliferative activity (stimulation index, >/=3), were calculated using local lymph node assay (LLNA) and physicochemical properties of 212 skin sensitizers and 38 non-sensitizers were investigated. The correlation coefficients between melting point (MP) and EC3 and between surface tension (ST) and EC3 were 0.65 and 0.69, respectively. The correlation coefficient for MP + ST and EC3 was estimated to be 0.72. Thus, correlation coefficients between EC3 and MP, ST, and MP + ST reliably predicted the skin sensitization potential of the chemicals with sensitivities of 72% (126/175), 70% (122/174), and 73% (116/158); specificities of 77% (27/35), 69% (22/32), and 81% (26/32); and accuracies of 73% (153/210), 70% (144/206), and 75% (142/190), respectively. Our findings suggest that the EC3 value may be more accurately predicted using the ST values of chemicals as opposed to MP values. Thus, information on MP and ST parameters of chemicals might be useful for predicting the EC3 values as not only an alternative approach to animal testing, but as a risk assessment method for skin sensitization. FAU - Kim, Ji Yun AU - Kim JY AD - a Division of Toxicology, College of Pharmacy , Sungkyunkwan University , Suwon , Gyeonggi-do , South Korea. FAU - Kim, Min Kook AU - Kim MK AD - a Division of Toxicology, College of Pharmacy , Sungkyunkwan University , Suwon , Gyeonggi-do , South Korea. FAU - Kim, Kyu-Bong AU - Kim KB AD - b College of Pharmacy , Dankook University , Cheonan , Chungnam , South Korea. FAU - Kim, Hyung Sik AU - Kim HS AD - a Division of Toxicology, College of Pharmacy , Sungkyunkwan University , Suwon , Gyeonggi-do , South Korea. FAU - Lee, Byung-Mu AU - Lee BM AD - a Division of Toxicology, College of Pharmacy , Sungkyunkwan University , Suwon , Gyeonggi-do , South Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190518 PL - England TA - J Toxicol Environ Health A JT - Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A JID - 100960995 RN - 0 (Allergens) SB - IM MH - Allergens/*pharmacology MH - Dermatitis, Allergic Contact/*etiology MH - Models, Chemical MH - *Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship MH - Risk Assessment/*methods MH - Skin/*drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - EC3 OT - Physicochemical property OT - QSAR OT - QSPR OT - risk assessment OT - skin sensitization EDAT- 2019/05/21 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/22 06:00 CRDT- 2019/05/21 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/05/21 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/15287394.2019.1616437 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2019;82(7):447-472. doi: 10.1080/15287394.2019.1616437. Epub 2019 May 18.