Molecular electrostatic potentials as input for the alignment of HIV-1 integrase inhibitors in 3D QSAR

Comparative molecular similarity indices analysis (CoMSIA), a three-dimensional quantitative structure activity relationship (3D QSAR) paradigm, was used to examine the correlations between the calculated physicochemical properties and the in vitro activities (3'-processing and 3'-strand transfer inhibition) of a series of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) integrase inhibitors. The training set consisted of 34 molecules from five structurally diverse classes: salicylpyrazolinones, dioxepinones, coumarins, quinones, and benzoic hydrazides. The data set was aligned using extrema of molecular electrostatic potentials (MEPs). The predictive ability of the resultant model was evaluated using a test set comprised of 7 molecules belonging to a different structural class of thiazepinediones. A CoMSIA model using an MEP-based alignment showed considerable internal as well external predictive ability (r2(cv) = 0.821, r2(pred) = 0.608 for 3'-processing; and r2(cv) = 0.759, r2(pred.) = 0.660 for 3'-strand transfer).     

3 D-QSAR Analysis of Agonists of nAChRs： Epibatidine Analogues

A 3 D-QSAR about nAChRs agonists epibatidine analogues was performed using theCoMFA and CoMSIA. The correlation coefficients were R2cv = 0.546, R2cv = 0.907 in CoMFA andR2cv = 0.655, R2,~ = 0.962 in CoMSIA of the final model. The prediction using the final models tothe test set was r2 = 0.675 in CoMFA and r2 = 0.462 in CoMSIA. This model will be useful in thedesign of novel compounds with high affinity.     

3D QSAR and molecular docking studies of benzimidazole derivatives as hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase inhibitors

The urgent need for novel HCV antiviral agents has provided an impetus for understanding the structural requisites of NS5B polymerase inhibitors at the molecular level. Toward this objective, comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) and comparative molecular similarity indices analysis (CoMSIA) of 67 HCV NS5B polymerase inhibitors were performed using two methods. First, ligand-based 3D QSAR studies were performed based on the lowest energy conformations employing the atom fit alignment method. Second, receptor-based 3D QSAR models were derived from the predicted binding conformations obtained by docking all NS5B inhibitors at the allosteric binding site of NS5B (PDB ID: 2dxs). Results generated from the ligand-based model were found superior (r2cv values of 0.630 for CoMFA and 0.668 for CoMSIA) to those obtained by the receptor-based model (r2cv values of 0.536 and 0.561 for CoMFA and CoMSIA, respectively). The predictive ability of the models was validated using a structurally diversified test set of 22 compounds that had not been included in a preliminary training set of 45 compounds. The predictive r2 values for the ligand-based CoMFA and CoMSIA models were 0.734 and 0.800, respectively, while the corresponding predictive r2 values for the receptor-based CoMFA and CoMSIA models were 0.538 and 0.639, respectively. The greater potency of the tryptophan derivatives over that of the tyrosine derivatives was interpreted based on CoMFA steric and electrostatic contour maps. The CoMSIA results revealed that for a NS5B inhibitor to have appreciable inhibitory activity it requires hydrogen bond donor and acceptor groups at the 5-position of the indole ring and an R substituent at the chiral carbon, respectively. Interpretation of the CoMFA and CoMSIA contour maps in context of the topology of the allosteric binding site of NS5B provided insight into NS5B-inhibitor interactions. Taken together, the present 3D QSAR models were found to accurately predict the HCV NS5B polymerase inhibitory activity of structurally diverse test set compounds and to yield reliable clues for further optimization of the benzimidazole derivatives in the data set.     

Application of Density Functional Theoretic Descriptors to Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships with Temperature Constrained Cascade Correlation Network Models of Nitrobenzene Derivatives

IntroductionNitrobenzene derivatives have been used as organ-ic chemical materials and intermediates for many yearsin the chemical industry. Many of those chemicals arereleased into environment and especially into aquaticsystems, and thus have a high pote…     

HEPT类逆转录酶抑制剂的三维定量构效关系

利用比较分子力场分析(CoMFA)方法对32个HEPT类HIV-1逆转录酶抑制剂(RTIs)的三维定量构效关系(3D-QSAR)进行了分析,建立了HIV-1逆转录酶抑制剂的3种3D-QSAR模型,发现影响其生物活性的主要因素为立体场因素,这与HIV-1RT的非底物结合部位(NNBS)的疏水性环境相吻合.进一步分析表明,适当长度的1-位侧链对保持化合物的抗病毒活性致关重要;增大5-位取代基的体积可增强生物活性;在1-位苄氧甲基的对位引入大体积基团有利于提高活性.同时考察立体场、静电场与生物活性的关系,表明,CoMFA模型为最佳预测模型,其交叉验证系数R_CV²=0.870,传统相关系数R²=0.986,标准偏差SE=0.146,F=294.546.用此模型预测了检验组3个HEPT类化合物的-lgEC₅₀,R_pred²=0.850,表明模型具有很好的预测能力,可为HEPT类HIV-1逆转录酶抑制剂的结构优化提供理论指导.     

SMILES as an alternative to the graph in QSAR modelling of bee toxicity

Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System (SMILES) nomenclature has been used as elucidating the molecular structure in construction of the quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR) for predicting bee toxicity. On the basis of the symbols used in the SMILES notation numerical parameters have been obtained, which are simple and fast to calculate. The method has been used to develop a QSAR model to predict toxicity of pesticides on bees. Results on a heterogeneous set of pesticides are good. Statistical characteristics of this model are: n=85, R2=0.68, s=0.82, F=180 (training set); n=20, R2=0.72, s=0.68, F=46 (test set).