Cheminformatics and Machine Learning Approaches to Assess Aquatic Toxicity Profiles of Fullerene Derivatives

Fullerene derivatives (FDs) are widely used in nanomaterials production, the pharmaceutical industry and biomedicine. In the present study, we focused on the potential toxic effects of FDs on the aquatic environment. First, we analyzed the binding affinity of 169 FDs to 10 human proteins (1D6U, 1E3K, 1GOS, 1GS4, 1H82, 1OG5, 1UOM, 2F9Q, 2J0D, 3ERT) obtained from the Protein Data Bank (PDB) and showing high similarity to proteins from aquatic species. Then, the binding activity of 169 FDs to the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE)-as a known target of toxins in fathead minnows and Daphnia magna, causing the inhibition of AChE-was analyzed. Finally, the structural aquatic toxicity alerts obtained from ToxAlert were used to confirm the possible mechanism of action. Machine learning and cheminformatics tools were used to analyze the data. Counter-propagation artificial neural network (CPANN) models were used to determine key binding properties of FDs to proteins associated with aquatic toxicity. Predicting the binding affinity of unknown FDs using quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models eliminates the need for complex and time-consuming calculations. The results of the study show which structural features of FDs have the greatest impact on aquatic organisms and help prioritize FDs and make manufacturing decisions.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

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International journal of molecular sciences - 24(2023), 18 vom: 15. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fjodorova, Natalja [VerfasserIn]
Novič, Marjana [VerfasserIn]
Venko, Katja [VerfasserIn]
Rasulev, Bakhtiyor [VerfasserIn]
Türker Saçan, Melek [VerfasserIn]
Tugcu, Gulcin [VerfasserIn]
Sağ Erdem, Safiye [VerfasserIn]
Toropova, Alla P [VerfasserIn]
Toropov, Andrey A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aquatic toxicity
Artificial neural network
Binding affinity
CORAL software
Fullerene derivatives
Fullerene-based nanomaterials
Journal Article
Protein–ligand binding activity
ToxAlerts

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Date Revised 03.10.2023

published: Electronic

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doi:

10.3390/ijms241814160

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362587302