A 3D-QSAR Study of HIV-1 Integrase Inhibitors Using RASMS and Topomer CoMFA

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome(AIDS) is a significant human health threat around the world. Therefore, the study of anti-human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) drug design has become an important task for today’s society. In this paper, a three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationships study(3 D-QSAR) was conducted on 53 HIV-1 integrase inhibitors(IN) using random sampling analysis on molecular surface(RASMS) and Topomer comparative molecular field analysis(Topomer CoMFA). The multiple correlation coefficients of fitting, cross-validation, and external validation of two models were 0.926, 0.815 and 0.908 and 0.930, 0.726 and 0.855, respectively. The results indicated that two models obtained had both favorable estimation stability and good prediction capability. Topomer Search was used to search appropriate R groups from ZINC database, and 28 new compounds were designed thereby. The Topomer CoMFA model was subsequently used to predict the biological activity of these compounds, showing that 24 of the new compounds were more active than the template molecule. Ligands of the template molecule and new designed compounds were used for molecular docking to study the interaction of these compounds with the protein receptor. The results show that the ligands would form hydrogen-bonding interactions with the residues LEU58, THR83, GLN62, MET155, LYS119 and ALA154 of the protein receptor generally, thereby providing additional insights for the design of even more effective HIV/AIDS drugs.