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Pharmacologic ACC inhibition has been an area of interest for multiple potential indications including oncology, acne vulgaris, metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease\/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. A critical role for ACC in de novo synthesis of long-chain fatty acids during fetal development has been demonstrated in studies in mice lacking Acc1, where the absence of Acc1 results in early embryonic lethality. Following positive predictions of developmental toxicity in the alternative in vitro assays (positive in murine embryonic stem cell [mESC] assay and rat whole embryo culture, but negative in zebrafish), developmental toxicity (growth retardation and dysmorphogenesis associated with disrupted midline fusion) was observed with the oral administration of the dual ACC1 and 2 inhibitors, PF-05175157, in Sprague Dawley rats and New Zealand White rabbits. 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