Grid-Based Technologies for In Silico Screening and Drug Design

Curr Med Chem. 2018;25(29):3526-3537. doi: 10.2174/0929867325666180309112454.

Abstract

Various techniques for rational drug design are presented in the paper. The methods are based on a substitution of antipharmacophore atoms of the molecules of training dataset by new atoms and/or group of atoms increasing the atomic bioactivity increments obtained from an SAR study. Furthermore, a design methodology based on the genetic algorithm DesPot for discrete optimization and generation of new drug candidate structures is described. Additionally, wide spectra of SAR approaches (3D/4D QSAR interior and exterior-based methods - BiS, CiS, ConGO, CoMIn, high-quality docking method - ReDock) using MERA force field and/or AlteQ quantum chemical method for correct prognosis of bioactivity and the bioactive probability have been described. The design methods are implemented at www.chemosophia.com web-site for online computational services.

Keywords: 3D/4D QSAR; Drug design; antipharmacophore; docking; genetic algorithm; virtual screening..

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Simulation*
  • Drug Design*
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical*
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Quantum Theory
  • Structure-Activity Relationship