title: GRIND-based 3D-QSAR and CoMFA to investigate topics dominated by hydrophobic interactions: the case of hERG K+ channel blockers.
abstract: The study compares GRIND-based 3D-QSAR and CoMFA [A. Cavalli, E. Poluzzi, F. De Ponti, M. Recanatini, J. Med. Chem, 45(2002), 3844-53] to investigate a biological topic dominated by hydrophobic interactions, e.g. hERG K(+) channel blocking activity. As expected, models are found by both methods and there is a fine agreement between statistical and graphical results as well. However, a closer inspection revealed that failures in the prediction of hERG blocking activity for lipophilic compounds were registered for both methods. The study explores the reasons for these failures which are strongly dependent on the chosen method, and gives some suggestions to handle with these topics.
authors.affiliation: CASMedChem Laboratory, Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco, V.P. Giuria, 9, 10125 Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ermondi
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Visentin
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caron
mesh_terms: D051638:Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D006801:Humans; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008958:Models, Molecular; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D021281:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D051638:Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers