We have developed a metabolomics data base (MetaMap
®Tox) containing the plasma metabolome changes induced by more than 500 data rich chemicals, agrochemicals and active pharmaceutical ingredients derived from 28 day repeated dose toxicity studies in Wistar rats. Based on metabolite profiling after 7, 14 and 28 days of treatment with the test substances, more than 110 characteristic patterns of metabolite changes have been validated that are specific for a given toxicological effect.The assessment of systemic toxicity of new compounds within BASF’s experimental toxicology department is routinely based on the MetaMap
®Tox data base. The metabolome evaluation is based on the metabolite changes observed, the comparison of the metabolome of the test compound against the specific toxicity patterns with MetaMap
®Tox and a correlation analysis of the whole test compound metabolome against the whole metabolomes of all reference compounds in the data base. Retrospective evaluation shows that the metabolomics approach delivers valuable additional results from repeated dose toxicity studies, which can be used for decision making during substance development in terms of follow-up investigations, selection of best candidates and as additional mechanistic information for hazard assessment. The application of MetaMap
®Tox in preclinical studies was validated by the drug executive council (DSEC) in 2011. Data on the robustness and reproducibility as well as case studies will be presented on the systemic toxicity of drugs in order to show the applicability of MetaMap
®Tox for preclinical studies.
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