Janbozorgi M, Kaveh S, Neiband M S, Mani-Varnosfaderani A
Chemometrics and Cheminformatics Laboratory, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Chemistry, Payame Noor University (PNU), P.O.Box 19395-4697, Tehran, Iran.
Mol Divers. 2025 Jan 20. doi: 10.1007/s11030-024-11096-0.
Adenosine receptors (A, A, A, A) play critical roles in cellular signaling and are implicated in various physiological and pathological processes, including inflammations and cancer. The main aim of this research was to investigate structure-activity relationships (SAR) to derive models that describe the selectivity and activity of inhibitors targeting Adenosine receptors. Structural information for 16,312 inhibitors was collected from BindingDB and analyzed using machine learning methods. 450 molecular descriptors were calculated for each molecule and compounds were classified based on their activity levels and therapeutic targets. The variable importance in projection (VIP) algorithm identified key discriminating features. Classification models were built using supervised Kohonen networks (SKN) and counter-propagation artificial neural networks (CPANN) algorithms. Model validity was assessed via cross-validation, applicability domain analysis, and test sets. These models were then used to screen a random subset of 2 million molecules from the ZINC database. Three descriptors-hydrophilic factor (Hy), ratio of multiple path count over path count (PCR), and asphericity (ASP)-were identified as critical for discriminating active and inactive inhibitors. SKN models exhibited high sensitivity (0.88-0.99) and yielded an average area under the curve (AUC) of 0.922 for virtual screening. This study aimed to enhance the development of highly selective Adenosine receptor ligands for diverse therapeutic applications by identifying critical molecular features specific to each isoform.
腺苷受体(A1、A2A、A2B、A3)在细胞信号传导中发挥关键作用,并参与各种生理和病理过程,包括炎症和癌症。本研究的主要目的是研究构效关系(SAR),以推导描述靶向腺苷受体抑制剂的选择性和活性的模型。从BindingDB收集了16312种抑制剂的结构信息,并使用机器学习方法进行分析。为每个分子计算了450个分子描述符,并根据化合物的活性水平和治疗靶点进行分类。投影变量重要性(VIP)算法确定了关键的区分特征。使用监督式Kohonen网络(SKN)和反向传播人工神经网络(CPANN)算法构建分类模型。通过交叉验证、适用域分析和测试集评估模型的有效性。然后使用这些模型从ZINC数据库中筛选出200万个分子的随机子集。确定了三个描述符——亲水性因子(Hy)、多路径计数与路径计数之比(PCR)和非球形度(ASP)——对区分活性和非活性抑制剂至关重要。SKN模型表现出高灵敏度(0.88 - 0.99),在虚拟筛选中平均曲线下面积(AUC)为0.922。本研究旨在通过识别每种亚型特有的关键分子特征,促进用于多种治疗应用的高选择性腺苷受体配体的开发。