title: ANN-QSAR model for virtual screening of androstenedione C-skeleton containing phytomolecules and analogues for cytotoxic activity against human breast cancer cell line MCF-7.
abstract: The present study deals with the development of an artificial neural network based quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) model for virtual screening of active compounds which contain androstenedione carbonskeleton or their similar skeleton at the core. An empirical data modeling (with fitted data mapping) has been performed on the basis of bioassay record for human breast cancer cell line MCF7. The whole experimental data set was considered as test set. Standard feed-forward back-propagation neural network technique was applied to build the model. Leave-One- Out (LOO) cross-validation was performed to evaluate the performance of the model. The mapped model became the basis for selection best mapped compounds followed by development of Pharmacophore specific secondary QSAR model. In the present study, two best mapped molecules '4beta-hydroxy Withanolide-E' and '7, 8-Dehydrocalotropin' were used for development of the secondary QSAR model. These secondary-QSAR models were resulted with R2 LOOCV value 0.9845 and 0.9666 respectively. Docking studies, in silico phamacokinetic and toxicity analysis was also done for selected compounds. The screened compounds CID_73621, CID_16757497, CID_301751, CID_390666 and CID_46830222 were found with promising binding affinity value with aromatase with reference to the co-crystallized control compound androstenedione. Due to excellent extent of variance coverage in ANN based QSAR map model, it can be used as a robust non-linear QSAR model for androstenedione carbon-skeleton containing molecules and the protocol can be used to derive secondary QSAR models for other compounds set.
authors.affiliation: Department of Metabolic and Structural Biology, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Om
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: Feroz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Rajender Singh
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Sangwan
authors.forename: Laxminarain
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Misra
mesh_terms: D000735:Androstenedione / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001141:Aromatase / Q000378:metabolism; D001940:Breast / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D003198:Computer Simulation; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D061986:MCF-7 Cells; D008954:Models, Biological; D062105:Molecular Docking Simulation; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D011485:Protein Binding; D021281:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000735:Androstenedione; D001141:Aromatase