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Identification of molecular features necessary for selective inhibition of B cell lymphoma proteins using machine

Ahmad Mani-Varnosfaderani1,2, Marzieh Sadat Neiband3, Ali Benvidi3

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. a.mani@modares.ac.ir.

Molecular Diversity
|July 14, 2018
PubMed

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Researchers identified key molecular features for selective Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL protein inhibition, crucial for cancer treatment. This study aids in designing more effective cancer drugs by understanding structure-activity relationships for these protein inhibitors.

Area of Science:

  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Computational Biology
  • Drug Discovery

Background:

  • Selective inhibition of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL proteins is vital for cancer treatment and chemotherapy efficacy.
  • Developing selective inhibitors for these proteins is a significant research focus due to dual inhibition toxicity.
  • Understanding the molecular features driving selectivity is key to advancing cancer therapeutics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize the molecular features that induce selectivity for Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL protein inhibition.
  • To build predictive models relating molecular structure to inhibitory activity and selectivity.
  • To guide the design of novel, selective inhibitors for Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL.

Main Methods:

  • Collected 1534 molecules targeting Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL from the Binding Database.
  • Calculated molecular descriptors and selected the most relevant using the Variable Importance in Projection (VIP) approach.
  • Employed Partial Least Square-Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) and Supervised Kohonen Network (SKN) models for structure-activity relationship analysis.

Main Results:

  • Physicochemical properties like polarity, branching, size, cyclicity, flexibility, and functional/constitutional descriptors influence inhibitor activity.
  • The Supervised Kohonen Network (SKN) model demonstrated superior performance compared to PLS-DA.
  • Optimized SKN models achieved high classification rates, ranging from 93.5% (training) to 79.1% (validation).

Conclusions:

  • The identified molecular features are crucial for designing selective Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL inhibitors.
  • The predictive models provide valuable insights for developing next-generation cancer therapeutics.
  • This research facilitates the creation of more effective drugs targeting specific apoptotic regulators in cancer therapy.
Keywords:
B cell lymphoma 2Bcl-xLChemical spaceSelective drug designSupervised Kohonen networkVariable importance in projection

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