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Research Article

3D-QSAR Studies of S-DABO Derivatives as Non-nucleoside HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors

Author(s): Yueping Wang, Jie Chang, Jiangyuan Wang, Peng Zhong, Yufang Zhang, Christopher Cong Lai and Yanping He*

Volume 16, Issue 8, 2019

Page: [868 - 881] Pages: 14

DOI: 10.2174/1570180815666180810112321

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Abstract

Background: S-dihydro-alkyloxy-benzyl-oxopyrimidines (S-DABOs) as non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors have received considerable attention during the last decade due to their high potency against HIV-1.

Methods: In this study, three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (3D-QSAR) of a series of 38 S-DABO analogues developed in our lab was studied using Comparative Molecular Field Analysis (CoMFA) and Comparative Molecular Similarity Indices Analysis (CoMSIA). The Docking/MMFF94s computational protocol based on the co-crystallized complex (PDB ID: 1RT2) was used to determine the most probable binding mode and to obtain reliable conformations for molecular alignment. Statistically significant CoMFA (q2=0.766 and r2=0.949) and CoMSIA (q2=0.827 and r2=0.974) models were generated using the training set of 30 compounds on the basis of hybrid docking-based and ligand-based alignment.

Results: The predictive ability of CoMFA and CoMSIA models was further validated using a test set of eight compounds with predictive r2 pred values of 0.843 and 0.723, respectively.

Conclusion: The information obtained from the 3D contour maps can be used in designing new SDABO derivatives with improved HIV-1 inhibitory activity.

Keywords: 3D-QSAR, CoMFA, CoMSIA, NNRTIs, S-DABOs, docking.

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