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A multiparametric organ toxicity predictor for drug discovery

Patel, Chirag N and Kumar, Sivakumar Prasanth and Rawal, Rakesh M and Patel, Daxesh P and Gonzalez, Frank J and Pandya, Himanshu A (2020) A multiparametric organ toxicity predictor for drug discovery. In: TOXICOLOGY MECHANISMS AND METHODS, 30 (3). pp. 159-166.

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Official URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15376516.2019.1681044

Abstract

The assessment of major organ toxicities through in silico predictive models plays a crucial role in drug discovery. Computational tools can predict chemical toxicities using the knowledge gained from experimental studies which drastically reduces the attrition rate of compounds during drug discovery and developmental stages. The purpose of in silico predictions for drug leads and anticipating toxicological endpoints of absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity, clinical adverse impacts and metabolism of pharmaceutically active substances has gained widespread acceptance in academia and pharmaceutical industries. With unrestricted accessibility to powerful biomarkers, researchers have an opportunity to contemplate the most accurate predictive scores to evaluate drug's adverse impact on various organs. A multiparametric model involving physico-chemical properties, quantitative structure-activity relationship predictions and docking score was found to be a more reliable predictor for estimating chemical toxicities with potential to reflect atomic-level insights. These in silico models provide informed decisions to carry out in vitro and in vivo studies and subsequently confirms the molecules clues deciphering the cytotoxicity, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics and organ toxicity properties of compounds. Even though the drugs withdrawn by USFDA at later phases of drug discovery which should have passed all the state-of-the-art experimental approaches and currently acceptable toxicity filters, there is a dire need to interconnect all these molecular key properties to enhance our knowledge and guide in the identification of leads to drug optimization phases. Current computational tools can predict ADMET and organ toxicities based on pharmacophore fingerprint, toxicophores and advanced machine-learning techniques.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: TOXICOLOGY MECHANISMS AND METHODS
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Additional Information: Copyright for this article belongs to the Authors.
Department/Centre: Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Date Deposited: 10 Feb 2020 06:14
Last Modified: 26 Aug 2022 09:39
URI: https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/63968

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