Three quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models for predicting the affnity of mu-opioid receptor (µOR) ligands have been developed. The resulted models, exploiting the accessibility of the QSAR modeling, generate a useful tool for the investigation and identification of unclassified fentanyl-like structures. The models have been built using a set of 115 molecules using Forge as a software, and the quality was confirmed by statistical analysis, resulting in being effective for their predictive and descriptive capabilities. The three different approaches were then combined to produce a consensus model and were exploited to explore the chemical landscape of 3000 fentanyl-like structures, generated by a theoretical scaffold-hopping approach. The findings of this study should facilitate the identification and classification of new µOR ligands with fentanyl-like structures. © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Structure-based approach for the prediction of mu-opioid binding affinity of unclassified designer fentanyl-like molecules

Floresta, G.
;
Rescifina, A.;
2019-01-01

Abstract

Three quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models for predicting the affnity of mu-opioid receptor (µOR) ligands have been developed. The resulted models, exploiting the accessibility of the QSAR modeling, generate a useful tool for the investigation and identification of unclassified fentanyl-like structures. The models have been built using a set of 115 molecules using Forge as a software, and the quality was confirmed by statistical analysis, resulting in being effective for their predictive and descriptive capabilities. The three different approaches were then combined to produce a consensus model and were exploited to explore the chemical landscape of 3000 fentanyl-like structures, generated by a theoretical scaffold-hopping approach. The findings of this study should facilitate the identification and classification of new µOR ligands with fentanyl-like structures. © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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