Journal
TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 600-606Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2013.12.018
Keywords
In silico; Magnetofluorescent; Nanoparticles; Nano-QSAR; OECD
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Funding
- European Commission through Marie Curie IRSES program
- Nano-BRIDGES project (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES) [295128]
- Foundation for Polish Science (FOCUS Programme)
- European Social Fund
- Human Capital Operational Programme [UDA - POKL. 04.03.00-00-047/12]
- Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
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As experimental evaluation of the safety of nanoparticles (NPs) is expensive and time-consuming, computational approaches have been found to be an efficient alternative for predicting the potential toxicity of new NPs before mass production. In this background, we have developed here a regression-based nano quantitative structure-activity relationship (nano-QSAR) model to establish statistically significant relationships between the measured cellular uptakes of 109 magnetofluorescent NPs in pancreatic cancer cells with their physical, chemical, and structural properties encoded within easily computable, interpretable and reproducible descriptors. The developed model was rigorously validated internally as well as externally with the application of the principles of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The test for domain of applicability was also carried out for checking reliability of the predictions. Important fragments contributing to higher/lower cellular uptake of NPs were identified through critical analysis and interpretation of the developed model. Considering all these identified structural attributes, one can choose or design safe, economical and suitable surface modifiers for NPs. The presented approach provides rich information in the context of virtual screening of relevant NP libraries. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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