Title:QSAR and Docking Studies on Different Series of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors (HDACIs)
VOLUME: 9 ISSUE: 4
Author(s): Yuhong Xiang, Liang Zhang and Zhuoyong Zhang
Affiliation:Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.
Keywords:CoMFA, CoMSIA, HQSAR, HDACIs, Surflex-dock
Abstract:Quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR) of 65 different molecular series histone deacetylase
inhibitors (HDACIs) with only one common pyrrole ring were studied by using comparative molecular field analysis
(CoMFA), comparative molecular similarity indices analysis (CoMSIA) and hologram quantitative structure-activity
relationship (HQSAR). The leave-one-out cross-validation q2 values of CoMFA, CoMSIA and HQSAR models were
0.623, 0.662 and 0.716, and non-cross-validated r2 values were 0.952, 0.909 and 0.891, respectively. The contour maps
and atom contribution map provided helpful visualization information for structural modification of the HDACIs for
better activity. A further docking study was carried out by using Surflex-dock method. Sixty-five compounds were docked
into histone deacetylase (PDB ID 1T64). A reasonable docking model between inhibitors and the protein was obtained.
The interaction between ligands and the receptor can reveal the binding mode of the HDAC inhibitors and HDAC
enzyme. According to QSAR and docking results, eight new molecules were proposed, and their activities were predicted
by using the established QSAR model and docking method. The results indicated that the proposed potential molecules
have a potent activity.
