医疗器械毒理学风险评估中QSAR的应用

      Applications of QSAR in Toxicological Risk Assessment of Medical Devices

      • 摘要: 在对医疗器械进行化学表征的研究过程中,往往会有未知毒性的化合物出现。在无法花费大量人力、物力和财力对其毒性进行一一测定的情况下,定量构效关系( QSAR)研究对预测该类化学物质的风险评估有着重要的意义。通过建立类似化合物的分子结构或活性基团与生物活性之间的定量关系, QSAR可以预测该类目标化合物的毒性,降低医疗器械毒理学风险评估的成本和时间。主要总结了QSAR方法的原理和在医疗器械领域中的应用,简单介绍了相关的QSAR软件,并对QSAR未来的发展进行了展望。 QSAR的应用无疑将进一步完善医疗器械的风险评估。

         

        Abstract: The chemical characterization analysis of a medical device often results in chemical substances with unknown toxicities. While identification of each individual toxicity could result in a time-consuming hurdle with tremendous labor and financial burden, quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) is of great significance for toxicity risk assessment of such chemical substances. By establishing quantitative relationship between the molecular structures or active groups of similar chemical compounds with their biological activities, QSAR can be utilized to predict the toxicity of such target compounds with significantly reduced cost and time. In this article, the authors generally summarized the mechanisms of QSAR approaches, current applications of QSAR modeling in the field of medical device, an introduction of the characteristics of publicly and commercially-available QSAR software, and briefly explored future trends of QSAR modeling in medical device toxicological risk assessment. The utilization of QSAR would undoubtedly further advance the toxicological risk assessment of medical devices.

         

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