Application of genetic algorithm‐support vector regression (GA‐SVR) for quantitative analysis of herbal medicines

In this paper, a genetic algorithm‐support vector regression (GA‐SVR) coupled approach was proposed for investigating the relationship between fingerprints and properties of herbal medicines. GA was used to select variables so as to improve the predictive ability of the models. Two other widely used approaches, Random Forests (RF) and partial least squares regression (PLSR) combined with GA (namely GA‐RF and GA‐PLSR, respectively), were also employed and compared with the GA‐SVR method. The models were evaluated in terms of the correlation coefficient between the measured and predicted values (Rp), root mean square error of prediction, and root mean square error of leave‐one‐out cross‐validation. The performance has been tested on a simulated system, a chromatographic data set, and a near‐infrared spectroscopic data set. The obtained results indicate that the GA‐SVR model provides a more accurate answer, with higher Rp and lower root mean square error. The proposed method is suitable for the quantitative analysis and quality control of herbal medicines. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于多元线性回归的血管紧张素转化酶抑制肽定量构效关系建模研究

利用氨基酸结构描述符SVHEHS分别对血管紧张素转化酶(Angiotensin I-converting Enzyme,ACE)竞争性抑制二肽、三肽、四肽序列表征后,建立结构与活性的多元线性回归(MLR)模型。ACE抑制二肽模型的相关系数、交叉验证相关系数、均方根误差、外部验证相关系数分别为0.851、0.781、0.327、0.792;三肽模型分别为0.805、0.717、0.339、0.817;四肽模型分别为0.792、0.553、0.393、0.630。研究表明,运用该描述符建立的ACE抑制肽MLR模型拟合、预测能力均较好,能较好解释ACE抑制肽的活性与结构间的关系。     

ω-芋螺毒素的定量构效关系与虚拟筛选

ω-芋螺毒素属于海洋生物活性多肽, 由24-31 个氨基酸残基组成. 特异性作用于电压敏感的钙离子通道(VGCCs), 能够直接开发成药物或作为先导化合物进行新药开发. 本文应用新型氨基酸残基结构描述符cscales和遗传偏最小二乘算法, 对ω-芋螺毒素进行定量构效关系(QSAR)研究, 并设计、构建了容量为2244 个化合物的N-型和P/Q-型VGCC拮抗剂虚拟组合多肽库, 然后分别采用QSAR模型预测和相似性搜索方法对组合多肽库进行了虚拟筛选. 研究结果表明, 建立的N-型和P/Q-型VGCC拮抗剂QSAR模型均具有较好的预测能力, 交叉验证相关系数(CV-r²)均大于0.89. 主成分分析和聚类分析结果表明, 虚拟组合多肽库中化合物具有较好的结构多样性和差异性. 通过虚拟筛选, 得到了具有高预测活性的6 个N-型和19 个P/Q-型钙离子通道拮抗剂, 为进一步的合成和活性评价奠定了理论基础. 同时, 本文建立的多肽QSAR预测模型和虚拟筛选策略, 为其它多肽类化合物的定量构效关系研究和虚拟筛选提供了参考.     

ω-芋螺毒素的定量构效关系与虚拟筛选

ω-芋螺毒素属于海洋生物活性多肽,由24-31个氨基酸残基组成.特异性作用于电压敏感的钙离子通道(VGCCs),能够直接开发成药物或作为先导化合物进行新药开发.本文应用新型氨基酸残基结构描述符cscales和遗传偏最小二乘算法,对ω-芋螺毒素进行定量构效关系(QSAR)研究,并设计、构建了容量为2244个化合物的N-型和P/Q-型VGCC拮抗剂虚拟组合多肽库,然后分别采用QSAR模型预测和相似性搜索方法对组合多肽库进行了虚拟筛选.研究结果表明,建立的N-型和P/Q-型VGCC拮抗剂QSAR模型均具有较好的预测能力,交叉验证相关系数(CV-r2)均大于0.89.主成分分析和聚类分析结果表明,虚拟组合多肽库中化合物具有较好的结构多样性和差异性.通过虚拟筛选,得到了具有高预测活性的6个N-型和19个P/Q-型钙离子通道拮抗剂,为进一步的合成和活性评价奠定了理论基础.同时,本文建立的多肽QSAR预测模型和虚拟筛选策略,为其它多肽类化合物的定量构效关系研究和虚拟筛选提供了参考.     

QSAR Studies on the COX-2 Inhibition by 3,4-Diarylcycloxazolones Based on MEDV Descriptor

Selective inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) might avoid the side effects of current available nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs while retaining their therapeutic efficacy. A novel variable selection and modeling method based on prediction is developed to construct the quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR) between the molecular electronegativity distance vector (MEDV) based on 13 atomic types and the biological activities of a set of selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitory molecules, 3,4-diarylcycloxazolones (DAA) plus indomethacin,naproxen, and celecoxib. Using multiple linear regression, a 5-variable linear model is developed with the calibrated correlation coefficient of 0.9271 and root mean square error of 0.17 in modeling stage and the validated correlation coefficient of 0.9030 and root mean square error of 0.20 in leave-one-out validation step, respectively. To further test the predictive ability of the model, 20 DAA compounds are picked up to construct a training set which is used to build a QSAR model and then the model is employed to predict the biological activities of the balance compounds. The predicted correlation coefficient and root mean square error are 0.9332 and 0.19, respectively.     

A Genetically Encoded,Phage‐Displayed Cyclic‐Peptide Library

Superior to linear peptides in biological activities, cyclic peptides are considered to have great potential as therapeutic agents. To identify cyclic‐peptide ligands for therapeutic targets, phage‐displayed peptide libraries in which cyclization is achieved by the covalent conjugation of cysteines have been widely used. To resolve drawbacks related to cysteine conjugation, we have invented a phage‐display technique in which its displayed peptides are cyclized through a proximity‐driven Michael addition reaction between a cysteine and an amber‐codon‐encoded N^?‐acryloyl‐lysine (AcrK). Using a randomized 6‐mer library in which peptides were cyclized at two ends through a cysteine–AcrK linker, we demonstrated the successful selection of potent ligands for TEV protease and HDAC8. All selected cyclic peptide ligands showed 4‐ to 6‐fold stronger affinity to their protein targets than their linear counterparts. We believe this approach will find broad applications in drug discovery.