QSAR and Docking Studies on Piperidyl-cyclohexylurea Derivatives for Prediction of Selective and Potent Inhibitor of Matriptase

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agha Zeeshan Mirza ◽  
Hina Shamshad

Background: QSAR models as PLS, GFA, and 3D were developed for a series of matriptase inhibitors using 35 piperidyl-cyclohexylurea compounds. The training and test sets were divided into a set of 28 and 8 compounds, respectively and the pki values of each compound were used in the analysis. Methods: Docking and alignment methodologies were used to develop models in 3D QSAR. The best models among all were selected on the basis of regression statistics as r2, predictive r2 and Friedman Lack of fit measure. Hydrogen donors and rotatable bonds were found to be positively correlated properties for this target. The models were validated and used for the prediction of new compounds. Based on the predictions of 3D-QSAR model, 17 new compounds were prepared and their activities were predicted and compared with the active compound. Prediction of activities was performed for these 18 compounds using consensus results of all models. ADMET was also performed for the best-chosen compound and compared with the known active. Results and Conclusion: The developed model was able to validate the obtained results and can be successfully used to predict new potential and active compounds.

2020 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-346
Author(s):  
Ana Borota ◽  
Sorin Avram ◽  
Ramona Curpan ◽  
Alina Bora ◽  
Daniela Varga ◽  
...  

Lately, the cancers related with abnormal hedgehog (Hh) signalling pathway are targeted by smoothened (SMO) receptor inhibitors that are rapidly developing. Still, the problems of known inhibitors such as severe side effects, weak potency against solid tumors or even the acquired resistance need to be overcome by developing new suitable inhibitors. To explore the structural requirements of antagonists needed for SMO receptor inhibition, pharmacophore mapping, 3D-QSAR models, database screening and docking studies were performed. The best selected pharmacophore hypothesis based on which statistically significant atom-based 3D-QSAR model was developed (R2 = = 0.856, Q2 = 0.611 and Pearson-R = 0.817), was further subjected to dataset screening in order to evaluate its ability to prioritize active compounds over decoys. The efficiency of one four-points pharmacophore hypothesis (AAHR.524) was observed based on good evaluation metrics such as the area under the curve (0.795), and weighted average precision (0.835), suggesting that the model is trustworthy in predicting novel inhibitors against SMO receptor.


2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vesna Rastija ◽  
Maja Molnar ◽  
Tena Siladi ◽  
Vijay Hariram Masand

Aims and Objectives: The aim of this study was to derive robust and reliable QSAR models for clarification and prediction of antioxidant activity of 43 heterocyclic and Schiff bases dipicolinic acid derivatives. According to the best obtained QSAR model, structures of new compounds with possible great activities should be proposed. Methods: Molecular descriptors were calculated by DRAGON and ADMEWORKS from optimized molecular structure and two algorithms were used for creating the training and test sets in both set of descriptors. Regression analysis and validation of models were performed using QSARINS. Results: The model with best internal validation result was obtained by DRAGON descriptors (MATS4m, EEig03d, BELm4, Mor10p), split by ranking method (R2 = 0.805; R2 ext = 0.833; F = 30.914). The model with best external validation result was obtained by ADMEWORKS descriptors (NDB, MATS5p, MDEN33, TPSA), split by random method (R2 = 0.692; R2 ext = 0.848; F = 16.818). Conclusion: Important structural requirements for great antioxidant activity are: low number of double bonds in molecules; absence of tertial nitrogen atoms; higher number of hydrogen bond donors; enhanced molecular polarity; and symmetrical moiety. Two new compounds with potentially great antioxidant activities were proposed.


Author(s):  
Trupti. S. Chitre ◽  
Kalyani. D. Asgaonkar ◽  
Amrut B. Vikhe ◽  
Shital M Patil ◽  
Dinesh. R. Garud ◽  
...  

Background: Diarylquinolines like Bedaquiline have shown promising antitubercular activity by their action of Mycobacterial ATPase. Objective: The structural features necessary for good antitubercular activity for a series of quinoline derivatives were explored through computational chemistry tools like QSAR and combinatorial library generation. In the current study, 3-Chloro-4-(2-mercaptoquinoline-3-yl)-1-substitutedphenylazitidin-2-one derivatives have been designed and synthesized based on molecular modeling studies as anti-tubercular agents. Method: 2D and 3DQSAR analysis was used to designed compounds having quinoline scaffold. The synthesized compounds were evaluated against active and dormant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) H37 Ra and Mycobacterium bovis BCG. The compounds were also tested for cytotoxicity against MCF-7, A549 and Panc-1 cell lines using MTT assay. Binding affinity of designed compounds was gauged by molecular docking studies. Results: Statistically significant QSAR models generated by SA-MLR method for 2D QSAR exhibited r2 = 0.852, q2 = 0.811and whereas 3D QSAR with SA-kNN showed q2 = 0.77. The synthesized compounds exhibited MIC in the range of 1.38-14.59(µg/ml) .These compounds showed some crucial interaction with MTB Atpase. Conclusion: The present study has shown some promising results which can be further explored for lead generation.


Author(s):  
Avineesh Singh ◽  
Harish Rajak

Objective: Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) have four essential pharmacophores as cap group, connecting unit, a linker moiety and zinc binding group for their anticancer and histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition activity. On the basis of this fact, the objective of this research was to evaluate the exact role of pyrazole nucleus as connecting unit and its role in the development of newer HDACi.Methods: Ligand and structure-based computer-aided drug design strategies such as pharmacophore and atom based 3D QSAR modelling, molecular docking and energetic based pharmacophore mapping have been frequently applied to design newer analogs in a precise manner. Herein, we have applied these combinatorial approaches to develop the structure-activity correlation among novel pyrazole-based derivatives.Results: the Pharmacophore-based 3D-QSAR model was developed employing Phase module and e-pharmacophore on compound 1. This 3D-QSAR model provides fruitful information regarding favourable and unfavourable substitution on pyrazole-based analogs for HDAC1 inhibition activity. Molecular docking studies indicated that all the pyrazole derivatives bind with HDAC1 proteins and showed critical hydrophobic interaction with 5ICN and 4BKX HDAC1 proteins.Conclusion: The outcome of the present research work clearly indicated that pyrazole nucleus added an essential hydrophobic feature in cap group and could be employed to design the ligand molecules more accurately.


Author(s):  
Smita Suhane ◽  
A. G. Nerkar ◽  
Kumud Modi ◽  
Sanjay D. Sawant

Objective: The main objective of the present study was to evolve a novel pharmacophore of methaniminium derivatives as factor Xa inhibitors by developing best 2D and 3D QSAR models. The models were developed for amino (3-((3, 5-difluoro-4-methyl-6-phenoxypyridine-2-yl) oxy) phenyl) methaniminium derivatives as factor Xa inhibitors. Methods: With the help of Marvin application, 2D structures of thirty compounds of methaniminium derivatives were drawn and consequently converted to 3D structures. 2D QSAR using multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis and PLS regression method was performed with the help of molecular design suite VLife MDS 4.3.3. 3D QSAR analysis was carried out using k-Nearest Neighbour Molecular Field Analysis (k-NN-MFA). Results: The most significant 2D models of methaniminium derivatives calculated squared correlation coefficient value 0.8002 using multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis. Partial Least Square (PLS) regression method was also employed. The results of both the methods were compared. In 2D QSAR model, T_C_O_5, T_2_O_2, s log p, T_2_O_1 and T_2_O_6 descriptors were found significant. The best 3D QSAR model with k-Nearest Neighbour Molecular Field Analysis have predicted q2 value 0.8790, q2_se value 0.0794, pred r2 value 0.9340 and pred_r2 se value 0.0540. The stepwise regression method was employed for anticipating the inhibitory activity of this class of compound. The 3D model demonstrated that hydrophobic, electrostatic and steric descriptors exhibit a crucial role in determining the inhibitory activity of this class of compounds. Conclusion: The developed 2D and 3D QSAR models have shown good r2 and q2 values of 0.8002 and 0.8790 respectively. There is high agreement in inhibitory properties of experimental and predicted values, which suggests that derived QSAR models have good predicting properties. The contour plots of 3D QSAR (k-NN-MFA) method furnish additional information on the relationship between the structure of the compound and their inhibitory activities which can be employed to construct newer potent factor Xa inhibitors.


2012 ◽  
Vol 90 (8) ◽  
pp. 675-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Premlata K. Ambre ◽  
Raghuvir R. S. Pissurlenkar ◽  
Evans C. Coutinho ◽  
Radhakrishnan P. Iyer

Inhibition of checkpoint kinase-1 (Chk1) by small molecules is of great therapeutic interest in the field of oncology and for understanding cell-cycle regulations. This paper presents a model with elements from docking, pharmacophore mapping, the 3D-QSAR approaches CoMFA, CoMSIA and CoRIA, and virtual screening to identify novel hits against Chk1. Docking, 3D-QSAR (CoRIA, CoMFA and CoMSIA), and pharmacophore studies delineate crucial site points on the Chk1 inhibitors, which can be modified to improve activity. The docking analysis showed residues in the proximity of the ligands that are involved in ligand–receptor interactions, whereas CoRIA models were able to derive the magnitude of these interactions that impact the activity. The ligand-based 3D-QSAR methods (CoMFA and CoMSIA) highlight key areas on the molecules that are beneficial and (or) detrimental for activity. The docking studies and 3D-QSAR models are in excellent agreement in terms of binding-site interactions. The pharmacophore hypotheses validated using sensitivity, selectivity, and specificity parameters is a four-point model, characterized by a hydrogen-bond acceptor (A), hydrogen-bond donor (D), and two hydrophobes (H). This map was used to screen a database of 2.7 million druglike compounds, which were pruned to a small set of potential inhibitors by CoRIA, CoMFA, and CoMSIA models with predicted activity in the range of 8.5–10.5 log units.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (27) ◽  
pp. 2313-2324
Author(s):  
Amit K. Gupta ◽  
Sun Choi

A series of imidazothiazole and oxazolopyridine derivatives as human Silent Information Regulator 1 (SIRT1) activators were subjected to the integrated 2D and 3D QSAR approaches. The derived 3D QSAR models yielded high cross-validated q2 values of 0.682 and 0.628 for CoMFA and CoMSIA, respectively. The non-cross validated values of r2 training = 0.89; predictive r2 test = 0.69 for CoMFA and r2=0.87; predictive r2 test =0.67 for CoMSIA reflected the statistical significance of the developed model. The steric, electrostatic, hydrophobic and hydrogen bond acceptor interactions have been found important in describing the variation in human SIRT1 activation. Further, 2D QSAR model for the same dataset yielded high statistical significance and derived 2D model’s parameters corroborated with the 3D model in terms of features. Derived model was also validated by the crystal structure of active conformation of SIRT1. Developed models may be useful for the identification of potential novel human SIRT1 activators as a therapeutic agent.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samira Norouzi ◽  
Maryam Farahani ◽  
Samad Nejad Ebrahimi

Background: The current outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (SARS-CoV-2) led to public health emergencies all over the world and made it a global concern. Also, the lack of an effective treatment to combat this virus is another concern that has appeared. Today, increasing knowledge of biological structures like increasing computer power brings about a chance to use computational methods efficiently in different phases of the drug discovery and development for helping solve this new global problem. Methods: In this study, 3D pharmacophores were generated based on thirty-one structures with functional affinity inhibition (antiviral drugs used for SARS and MERS) with IC50<250 µM from the literature data. A 3D-QSAR model has been developed and validated to be utilized in virtual screening. Results: The best pharmacophore models have been utilized as 3D queries for virtual screening to gain promising inhibitors from a data set of thousands of natural compounds retrieved from PubChem. The hit compounds were subsequently used for molecular docking studies to investigate their affinity to the 3D structure of the SARS-CoV-2 receptors. The ADMET properties calculate for the hits with high binding affinity. Conclusion: The study outcomes can help understand the molecular characteristics and mechanisms of the binding of hit compounds to SARS-CoV-2 receptors and promising identification inhibitors that are likely to be evolved into drugs.


RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 12135-12144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Junaid ◽  
Felicia Phei Lin Lim ◽  
Lay Hong Chuah ◽  
Anton V. Dolzhenko

New compounds selectively targeting the triple negative MDA-MB231 breast cancer cells were used to build a 3D-QSAR model.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Floresta ◽  
Maria Dichiara ◽  
Davide Gentile ◽  
Orazio Prezzavento ◽  
Agostino Marrazzo ◽  
...  

Ibogaine is a psychoactive indole alkaloid with high affinity for several targets including the σ2 receptor. Indeed, extensive data support the involvement of the σ2 receptor in neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, alcohol abuse and pain. Due to its serious side effects which prevent ibogaine from potential clinical applications, novel ibogaine derivatives endowed with improved σ2 receptor affinity may be particularly beneficial. With the purpose to facilitate the investigation of iboga alkaloid derivatives which may serve as templates for the design of selective σ2 receptor ligands, here we report a deconstruction study on the ibogaine tricyclic moiety and a successive scaffold-hopping of the indole counterpart. A 3D-QSAR model has been applied to predict the σ2 pKi values of the new compounds, whereas a molecular docking study conducted upon the σ2 receptor built by homology modeling was used to further validate the best-scored molecules. We eventually evaluated pinoline, a carboline derivative, for σ2 receptor affinity through radioligand binding assay and the results confirmed the predicted high µM range of affinity and good selectivity. The obtained results could be helpful in the drug design process of new ibogaine simplified analogs with improved σ2 receptor binding capabilities.


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