Advancing the quantitative understanding of Adverse Outcome Pathways: current status, methodologies, and future directions
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 6, 2025
Abstract
An
adverse
outcome
pathway
(AOP)
framework
maps
the
sequence
of
events
leading
to
outcomes
from
chemical
exposures,
providing
a
mechanistic
understanding
often
absent
in
traditional
methods.
The
quantitative
AOP
(qAOP)
advances
by
integrating
data
and
mathematical
modeling,
thereby
more
precise
comprehension
relationships
between
molecular
initiating
events,
key
outcomes.
This
review
critically
examines
three
primary
methodologies:
systems
toxicology,
regression
Bayesian
network
highlighting
their
strengths,
limitations,
specific
requirements
within
toxicology.
Through
an
analysis
current
methodologies
challenges,
this
emphasizes
integration
experimental
computational
approaches
elucidate
event
proposes
strategies
for
overcoming
limitations
through
standardized
protocols
advanced
tools.
By
outlining
future
research
directions
potential
qAOPs
transform
risk
assessment,
aims
contribute
advancement
regulatory
science
protection
public
health
environment.
Язык: Английский
Beyond chemicals: Opportunities and challenges of integrating non-chemical stressors in adverse outcome pathways
ALTEX,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023
The
adverse
outcome
pathways
(AOPs)
were
developed
to
accelerate
evidence-based
chemical
risk
assessment
by
leveraging
data
from
new
approach
methodologies.
Thanks
their
stressor-agnostic
approach,
AOPs
seen
as
instrumental
in
other
fields.
Here,
we
present
that
report
non-chemical
stressors
along
with
the
challenges
encountered
for
development.
Challenges
regarding
linked
nanomaterials
include
non-specific
molecular
initiating
events,
limited
understanding
of
nanomaterial
biodistribution,
and
needs
adaptations
silico
modeling
testing
systems.
Development
radiation
face
how
incorporate
ionizing
events
type,
dose
rate,
energy
deposition,
account
targeting
multiple
macromolecules.
COVID-19
required
inclusion
SARS-CoV-2-specific
replicative
steps
capture
essential
driving
disease.
Developing
evaluate
efficacy
toxicity
cell
therapies
necessitates
addressing
cellular
nature
therapeutic
function
stressor.
Finally,
emerging
biological
like
microbial
pesticides
can
learn
AOPs.
We
further
discuss
needed
expand
AOP
applicability
beyond
chemicals
are
mainly
at
levels
while
downstream
key
tissue
or
organ
level,
such
inflammation,
shared
many
initiated
various
stressors.
In
conclusion,
although
it
is
challenging
integrate
within
AOPs,
this
expands
opportunities
real-world
scenarios,
identify
vulnerable
individuals,
bridge
knowledge
on
mechanisms
adversity.
Plain
language
summaryThe
pathway
(AOP)
framework
was
help
predict
whether
have
toxic
effects
humans.
Structuring
available
information
an
accessible
database
reduce
animal
testing.
usually
path
interaction
a
stressor,
chemical,
human
body
outcome,
e.g.,
disease
symptom.
concept
has
now
been
expanded
nanomaterials,
radiation,
viruses,
cells
used
treat
patients,
microorganisms
employed
pesticides.
use
these
need
be
accommodated
point
out
share
inflammation
By
integrating
into
framework,
scenarios
where
people
may
exposed
different
stressor
types
considered,
individuals
identified,
compounded.
Язык: Английский
Chemicals regulation and non-animal methods: displacing the gold standard
Wellcome Open Research,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
9, С. 167 - 167
Опубликована: Сен. 2, 2024
Regulating
industrial
chemicals
in
foodstuffs
and
consumer
products
is
a
major
aspect
of
protecting
populations
against
health
risks.
Non-animal
testing
methods
are
an
essential
part
the
radical
change
to
framework
for
toxicity
that
long
overdue
global
economies.
This
paper
discusses
reasons
why
drive
reduce
animal
chemical
safety
so
difficult
achieve,
as
perceived
by
those
who
closely
involved
regulations
different
capacities.
Progress
slow,
despite
fact
ethico-legal
conditions
move
away
from
largely
place,
scientific
arguments
paradigm
testing,
reliance
on
studies.
I
present
empirical
data
drawn
two
studies
European
Commission
context
promoting
non-animal
methods.
The
aim
modest.
It
foreground
voices
deal
with
science
regulation
day-to-day
basis,
rather
than
offer
theoretical
what
heard
them.
synthesis
main
challenges
faced
alternatives,
these
people
stakeholder
groups
dealing
regulation.
show
where
there
pockets
agreement
between
stakeholders,
disagreements
lie.
In
particular
dispute
disagreement
over
counts
validation
alternative
tests,
implication
traditional
‘gold
standard’
testing.
Finally,
suggest
shift
demonstrates
need
concept
be
broadened
purely
techno-scientific
definition,
more
explictly
understood
demand
trust
acceptance,
attention
given
complex
social,
institutional
economic
settings
which
it
operates.
Язык: Английский
Report of the 3rd and 4th Mystery of Reactive Oxygen Species Conference
ALTEX,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
unknown, С. 689 - 693
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023
The
main
MoR
discussion
led
to
further
suggestions
on
KE
terminology,
including
ensuring
coherence
directionality
in
terms
of
the
descriptions
(e.g.,
specifying
increase,
decrease,
altered,
no
direction,
etc.)
and
clarifying
differences
ROS
reactive
oxygen
nitrogen
species
(RONS),
enzymatic
non-enzymatic
events.The
consortium
highlighted
importance
role
as
a
an
associative
event
AOP
framework.Additionally,
participants
modification
macromolecules
from
resultant
RONS
generation
lipid
peroxidation)
relevant
endpoint
include
KE.The
possibility
grouping
ROS-related
KEs
framework
needs
be
discussed
further.
Язык: Английский
Chemicals regulation and non-animal methods: displacing the gold standard
Wellcome Open Research,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
9, С. 167 - 167
Опубликована: Март 20, 2024
Regulating
industrial
chemicals
in
foodstuffs
and
consumer
products
is
a
major
aspect
of
protecting
populations
against
health
risks.
Non-animal
testing
methods
are
an
essential
part
the
radical
change
to
framework
for
toxicity
that
long
overdue
global
economies.
This
paper
discusses
reasons
why
drive
reduce
animal
chemical
safety
so
difficult
achieve,
as
perceived
by
those
who
closely
involved
regulations
different
capacities.
Progress
slow,
despite
fact
ethico-legal
conditions
move
away
from
largely
place,
scientific
arguments
paradigm
testing,
reliance
on
studies.
I
present
empirical
data
drawn
two
studies
European
Commission
context
promoting
non-animal
methods.
The
aim
modest.
It
foreground
voices
deal
with
science
regulation
day-to-day
basis,
rather
than
offer
theoretical
what
heard
them.
synthesis
main
challenges
faced
alternatives,
these
people
stakeholder
groups
dealing
regulation.
show
where
there
pockets
agreement
between
stakeholders,
disagreements
lie.
In
particular
dispute
disagreement
over
counts
validation
alternative
tests,
implication
traditional
‘gold
standard’
testing.
Finally,
suggest
shift
demonstrates
need
concept
be
broadened
purely
techno-scientific
definition,
more
explictly
understood
demand
trust
acceptance,
attention
given
complex
social,
institutional
economic
settings
which
it
operates.
Язык: Английский
Building an Adverse Outcome Pathway network for COVID-19
Frontiers in Systems Biology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
4
Опубликована: Июнь 7, 2024
The
COVID-19
pandemic
generated
large
amounts
of
data
on
the
disease
pathogenesis
leading
to
a
need
for
organizing
vast
knowledge
in
succinct
manner.
Between
April
2020
and
February
2023,
CIAO
consortium
exploited
Adverse
Outcome
Pathway
(AOP)
framework
comprehensively
gather
systematically
organize
published
scientific
literature
pathology.
project
considered
24
pathways
relevant
by
identifying
essential
key
events
(KEs)
19
adverse
outcomes
observed
patients.
While
an
individual
AOP
defines
causally
linked
perturbed
KEs
towards
outcome,
building
network
visually
reflect
interrelatedness
various
outcomes.
In
this
study,
17
those
AOPs
were
selected
based
quality
criteria
computationally
derive
network.
This
primary
highlighted
consider
tissue
specificity
helped
identify
missing
or
redundant
elements
which
then
manually
implemented
final
Such
enabled
visualization
complex
interactions
multifaceted
confirmed
central
role
inflammatory
response
disease.
addition,
study
disclosed
importance
terminology
harmonization
tissue/organ
building.
Furthermore
unequal
completeness
information
contained
tighter
implementation
FAIR
principles
improve
findability,
accessibility,
interoperability
re-usability.
Finally,
underlined
that
describing
specific
SARS-CoV-2
replication
discriminating
physiological
from
pathological
inflammation
is
necessary
but
requires
adaptations
framework.
Hence,
challenges
encountered,
we
proposed
recommendations
ongoing
future
AOP-aligned
consortia
aiming
build
biologically
meaningful
networks
context
of,
not
limited
to,
viral
diseases.
Язык: Английский