Prediction of drug solubility from molecular structure using a drug-like training set

Using a training set of 191 drug-like compounds extracted from the AQUASOL database a quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) study was conducted employing a set of simple structural and physicochemical properties to predict aqueous solubility. The resultant regression model comprised five parameters (ClogP, molecular weight, indicator variable for aliphatic amine groups, number of rotatable bonds and number of aromatic rings) and demonstrated acceptable statistics (r2 = 0.87, s = 0.51, F = 243.6, n = 191). The model was applied to two test sets consisting of a drug-like set of compounds (r2 = 0.80, s = 0.68, n = 174) and a set of agrochemicals (r2 = 0.88, s = 0.65, n = 200). Using the established general solubility equation (GSE) on the training and drug-like test set gave poorer results than the current study. The agrochemical test set was predicted with equal accuracy using the GSE and the QSPR equation. The results of this study suggest that increasing molecular size, rigidity and lipophilicity decrease solubility whereas increasing conformational flexibility and the presence of a non-conjugated amine group increase the solubility of drug-like compounds. Indeed, the proposed structural parameters make physical sense and provide simple guidelines for modifying solubility during lead optimisation.     

Prediction of drug solubility from molecular structure using a drug-like training set

Using a training set of 191 drug-like compounds extracted from the AQUASOL database a quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) study was conducted employing a set of simple structural and physicochemical properties to predict aqueous solubility. The resultant regression model comprised five parameters (ClogP, molecular weight, indicator variable for aliphatic amine groups, number of rotatable bonds and number of aromatic rings) and demonstrated acceptable statistics (r ² = 0.87, s = 0.51, F = 243.6, n = 191). The model was applied to two test sets consisting of a drug-like set of compounds (r ² = 0.80, s = 0.68, n = 174) and a set of agrochemicals (r ² = 0.88, s = 0.65, n = 200). Using the established general solubility equation (GSE) on the training and drug-like test set gave poorer results than the current study. The agrochemical test set was predicted with equal accuracy using the GSE and the QSPR equation. The results of this study suggest that increasing molecular size, rigidity and lipophilicity decrease solubility whereas increasing conformational flexibility and the presence of a non-conjugated amine group increase the solubility of drug-like compounds. Indeed, the proposed structural parameters make physical sense and provide simple guidelines for modifying solubility during lead optimisation.     

一种计算水溶解度的经验加合模型的适用范围与局限

我们发展了一种用于预测有机小分子化合物水溶解度(logS)的经验方法XLOGS. 它本质上是一种加合模型, 采用83种原子/基团类型和3个校正因子作为模型的描述符.该方法还可以根据一个合适的参照分子的logS实验值来计算未知化合物的logS值. 我们将XLOGS模型在由4171个化合物组成的训练集上进行了参数化, 多元线性回归获得的相关系数R²和标准偏差SD分别为0.82和0.96单位. 将该训练集进一步分为仅含液体化合物和仅含固体化合物的两个子集. XLOGS模型在这两个子集上的回归结果显示前者优于后者(标准偏差分别为0.65单位和0.94单位). 还利用log1/S和logP(脂水分配系数)之间的差值来研究XLOGS方法在液体和固体化合物数据集上的表现. 研究结果表明: XLOGS等加合法模型更适合应用于这两者差值接近于0的化合物. 我们还将XLOGS和其他三种流行的logS计算模型(包括Qikprop, MOE-logS和ALOGPS)在一个含有132个类药化合物的独立测试集上进行了比较. 总体而言, 我们的研究结果为加合法模型在水溶解度预测方面的合理应用提供了指导.