Combinatorially-generated library of 6-fluoroquinolone analogs as potential novel antitubercular agents: a chemometric and molecular modeling assessment

J Mol Model. 2012 May;18(5):1735-53. doi: 10.1007/s00894-011-1179-0. Epub 2011 Aug 12.

Abstract

The virtual combinatorial chemistry approach as a methodology for generating chemical libraries of structurally-similar analogs in a virtual environment was employed for building a general mixed virtual combinatorial library with a total of 53.871 6-FQ structural analogs, introducing the real synthetic pathways of three well known 6-FQ inhibitors. The druggability properties of the generated combinatorial 6-FQs were assessed using an in-house developed drug-likeness filter integrating the Lipinski/Veber rule-sets. The compounds recognized as drug-like were used as an external set for prediction of the biological activity values using a neural-networks (NN) model based on an experimentally-determined set of active 6-FQs. Furthermore, a subset of compounds was extracted from the pool of drug-like 6-FQs, with predicted biological activity, and subsequently used in virtual screening (VS) campaign combining pharmacophore modeling and molecular docking studies. This complex scheme, a powerful combination of chemometric and molecular modeling approaches provided novel QSAR guidelines that could aid in the further lead development of 6-FQs agents.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / chemistry*
  • Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques / methods*
  • Drug Design
  • Fluoroquinolones / chemistry*
  • Libraries, Digital
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Neural Networks, Computer
  • Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Small Molecule Libraries*
  • Software*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Small Molecule Libraries