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Monte Carlo QSAR models for predicting organophosphate inhibition of acetycholinesterase

A series of 278 organophosphate compounds acting as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors has been studied. The Monte Carlo method was used as a tool for building up one-variable quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models for acetylcholinesterase inhibition activity based on the principle...

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Published in:SAR and QSAR in environmental research 2015-06, Vol.26 (6), p.449-460
Main Authors: Veselinović, J.B., Nikolić, G.M., Trutić, N.V., Živković, J.V., Veselinović, A.M.
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Language:English
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Summary:A series of 278 organophosphate compounds acting as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors has been studied. The Monte Carlo method was used as a tool for building up one-variable quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models for acetylcholinesterase inhibition activity based on the principle that the target endpoint is treated as a random event. As an activity, bimolecular rate constants were used. The QSAR models were based on optimal descriptors obtained from Simplified Molecular Input-Line Entry System (SMILES) used for the representation of molecular structure. Two modelling approaches were examined: (1) 'classic' training-test system where the QSAR model was built with one random split into a training, test and validation set; and (2) the correlation balance based QSAR models were built with two random splits into a sub-training, calibration, test and validation set. The DModX method was used for defining the applicability domain. The obtained results suggest that studied activity can be determined with the application of QSAR models calculated with the Monte Carlo method since the statistical quality of all build models was very good. Finally, structural indicators for the increase and the decrease of the bimolecular rate constant are defined. The possibility of using these results for the computer-aided design of new organophosphate compounds is presented.
ISSN:1062-936X
1029-046X
DOI:10.1080/1062936X.2015.1049665