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Toxicological Sciences 55, 215-222 (2000)
Copyright © 2000 by the Society of Toxicology

Systems Toxicology

A Robust Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR) Model for Esters that Cause Skin Irritation in Humans

Jeffrey S. Smith*, Orest T. Macina*, Nancy B. Sussman*, Michael I. Luster{dagger} and Meryl H. Karol*,1

* Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238; and {dagger} NIOSH, Toxicology and Molecular Biology Branch, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505

A structure-activity relationship (SAR) model has been developed to discriminate skin irritant from nonirritant esters. The model is based on the physicochemical properties of 42 esters that were tested in humans for skin irritation. Nineteen physicochemical parameters that represent transport, electronic, and steric properties were calculated for each chemical. Best subsets regression analysis indicated candidate models for further analysis. Regression analyses identified significant models (p < 0.05) that had variables that were also significant (p < 0.05). These candidate models were evaluated using linear discriminant analysis to determine if the irritant esters could be discriminated from nonirritant esters. The stability of the model was evident from the consistency of parameters among ten submodels generated using multiple random sampling of the database. The sensitivity of the ten models, evaluated by "leave-one-out" cross-validation, ranged from 0.846 to 0.923, with a mean of 0.885 ± 0.025 (95% CI). The specificity ranged from 0.615 to 0.923, with a mean of 0.738 ± 0.06 (CI). Compared with nonirritant esters, irritant esters had lower density, lower water solubility, lower sum of partial positive charges, higher Hansen hydrogen bonding parameter, and higher Hansen dispersion parameter. The results indicate that physicochemical features of esters contribute to their ability to cause skin irritation in humans, and that chemical partitioning into the epidermis and intermolecular reactions are likely important components of the response. This model is applicable for prediction of human irritation of esters yet untested.

Key Words: skin irritation; structure-activity relationship; computational model; organic esters; physicochemical parameters.


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