Toward the identification of a reliable 3D QSAR pharmacophore model for the CCK2 receptor antagonism

J Chem Inf Model. 2012 May 25;52(5):1376-90. doi: 10.1021/ci300094e. Epub 2012 May 4.

Abstract

The present study describes application of computational approaches to identify a validated and reliable 3D QSAR pharmacophore model for the CCK-2R antagonism through integrated ligand and structure based studies using anthranilic sulfonamide and 1,3,4-benzotriazepine based CCK-2R antagonists. The best hypothesis consisted five features viz. two aliphatic hydrophobic, one aromatic hydrophobic, one H-bond acceptor, and one ring aromatic feature with an excellent correlation for 34 training set (r²(training) = 0.83) and 58 test set compounds (r²(test) = 0.74). This model was validated through F-test and docking studies at the active site of the plausible CCK-2R where the 99% significance and well corroboration with the pharmacophore model respectively describes the model's reliability. The model also predicts well to other known clinically effective CCK-2R antagonists. Therefore, the developed model may useful in finding new scaffolds that may aid in design and develop new chemical entities (NCEs) as potent CCK-2R antagonists before their synthesis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Benzazepines / chemistry
  • Benzazepines / pharmacology
  • Drug Design*
  • Humans
  • Models, Molecular*
  • Protein Binding / drug effects
  • Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Receptor, Cholecystokinin B / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Sulfonamides / chemistry
  • Sulfonamides / pharmacology

Substances

  • Benzazepines
  • Receptor, Cholecystokinin B
  • Sulfonamides