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  • Drug discovery

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  • Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) models are widely used but often yield overly optimistic predictions.
  • The estimation of the applicability domain (AD) is a critical yet challenging aspect of QSAR modeling, impacting prediction reliability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the reliability of QSAR model predictions and applicability domain (AD) estimations.
  • To propose improvements for AD analysis and model refinement strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Applied tree-based error analysis workflows to five QSAR models from the QsarDB repository.
  • Analyzed models for androgen receptor bioactivity and membrane permeability.

Main Results:

  • AD prediction errors predominantly occurred in subspaces with the highest prediction error rates, indicating AD space inhomogeneity.
  • Demonstrated that unreliable predictions are not randomly distributed but concentrated in specific data subsets.

Conclusions:

  • Called for more stringent AD analysis guidelines incorporating model error analysis.
  • Advocated for rigorous validation of AD methods for specific model spaces.
  • Highlighted the utility of error analysis for rational QSAR model refinement and data expansion.