Application of new approach methodologies: ICE tools to support chemical evaluations

Abstract New approach methodologies (NAMs) for toxicological applications such as in vitro assays and in silico models generate data that can be useful for assessing potential health impacts of chemicals. The National Toxicology Program’s (NTP’s) Integrated Chemical Environment (ICE; https://ice.ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ ) provides user-friendly access to NAM data and tools to explore and contextualize chemical bioactivity and molecular properties. ICE contains curated in vivo and in vitro toxicity testing data and experimental physicochemical property data gathered from different literature sources. ICE also contains computationally generated toxicity data and physicochemical parameter predictions. ICE provides interactive computational tools that characterize, analyze, and predict bioactivity for user-defined chemicals. ICE Search allows users to select and merge data sets for lists of chemicals and mixtures, yielding summary-level information, curated reference data, and bioactivity details mapped to mechanistic targets and modes of action. With the Curve Surfer tool, the user can explore concentration–response relationships of curated high-throughput screening assays. The Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetics (PBPK) tool predicts tissue-level concentrations resulting from in vivo doses, while the In Vitro–In Vivo Extrapolation (IVIVE) tool translates in vitro activity concentrations to equivalent in vivo dose estimates. The Chemical Characterization tool displays distributions of physicochemical properties, bioactivity- and structure-based projections, and consumer product use information. Chemical Quest, the newest ICE tool, allows users to search for structurally similar chemicals to a target chemical or substructure from within the extensive ICE database. Retrieved information on target chemicals and those with similar structures can then be used to query other ICE tools and datasets, greatly expanding data available to address the user’s question. ICE links to other NTP and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data sources, expanding ICE’s capacity to examine chemicals based on physicochemical properties, bioactivity, and product use categories.

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