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Combining 4D pharmacophore generation and multidimensional QSAR: modeling ligand binding to the bradykinin B2
1Biographics Laboratory 3R, Friedensgasse 35, 4056 Basel, Switzerland. markus@biograf.ch
Abstract:
We recently reported the development of two receptor-modeling concepts (software Quasar and Raptor) based on multidimensional quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR) and allowing for the explicit simulation of induced fit. As the identification of the bioactive configuration of ligand molecules in such studies is all but unambiguous, each compound may be represented by an ensemble of different conformations, orientations, stereoisomers, and protonation states, leading to a 4D data set. In this account, we present a novel technology (software Symposar) allowed to automatically generate a 4D pharmacophore as input for multidimensional QSAR. Symposar aligns ligands utilizing fuzzylike 2D-subfeature mapping and, subsequently, a Monte Carlo search on a 3D similarity grid. The two-step concept (4D pharmacophore generation and quantification of ligand binding by multidimensional QSAR) was applied to 186 compounds binding to the bradykinin B2 receptor. The prediction of their binding affinity by means of the Quasar and Raptor technologies allowed for consensus scoring and generated topologically and quantitatively consistent receptor models. These converged at a cross-validated r2 of 0.752 and 0.815 and yielded a predictive r2 of 0.784 and 0.853 for a test set (for Quasar and Raptor, respectively).
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