Structure-toxicity analyses of Tetrahymena pyriformis exposed to pyridines -- an examination into extension of surface-response domains

SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research
Julie R SewardT W Schultz

Abstract

A selection of mechanistically diverse substituted pyridines were tested in the Tetrahymena pyriformis population growth impairment assay. The response-surface approach was used to derive multiple-regression type structure-toxicity relationships between T. pyriformis population growth impairment toxicity data (log(IGC(-1)(50)) and the 1-octanol/water partition coefficient (log K(ow)) and one of two different descriptors of molecular orbital interaction: energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (E(LUMO)) and maximum acceptor superdelocalizability (S(MAX)). A statistically robust model (log(IGC(-1)(50)) = -3.91 + 0.50(logK(ow)) + 10.70(S(MAX)); n=83, r(2) =0.756, s=0.38, F=124, Pr>F=0.0001) was developed with S(MAX) as the indicator of reactivity. This model was not statistically different in fit from the model (log(IGC(-1)(50)) = -1.19 = 0.56(logK(ow)) - 0.61(E(LUMO)); n=86, r(2) =0.749, s=0.38, F=124, Pr>F=0.0001) derived using the alternative descriptor of electrophilic interaction. Compounds with high residual values were removed. An examination of these outliers from both response-surfaces, revealed that pyridines substituted in the 2-position with electron-releasing groups and halogenated nitro-substituted pyridine...Continue Reading

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Apr 12, 2003·SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research·T W SchultzM T D Cronin
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