Resistance to most of the antitubercular drugs has been on rising trends due to the misuse of existing drugs. This has encouraged us to explore a novel scaffold that has the potential for quick antimicrobial action with minimum side effects. Nitrofurans have attracted us due to their extensive biological activities, such as antibacterial and antifungal activities.
The antitubercular activities of 126 nitrofuran derivatives have been investigated by using indicator parameters and topological and structural fragment descriptors.
The different quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) models have been created and validated by using two different methodologies: combinatorial protocol in multiple linear regression (CP-MLR) and partial least-squares (PLS) analysis.
The 16 descriptors identified in CP-MLR are from six different classes: Constitutional, Functional, Atom Centered Fragments, Topological, Galvez, and 2D autocorrelation. Indicator parameters and Dragon descriptors suggested that the presence of a furan ring substituted by nitro group is essential for antitubercular activity. Further descriptors from constitutional, and functional classes suggest that the number of double bonds, number of sulphur atoms and number of fragments like thiazole, morpholine and thiophene should be minimum, along with the positive influence of Kier-Hall electrotopological states (Ss) for improved activity. The ACF class descriptors, GALVEZ class descriptors, and 2D-AUTO descriptor GATS4p have also shown positive influence on the antitubercular activity. The TOPO class descriptor T(O…S) suggests that the minimum gap between sulphur and oxygen is favorable for activity.
The models acknowledged in the study have explained the variance between 72 to 76% in the training set and in the prediction of the test set compounds. Also, compounds 122, 123 and 82 were found to possess good binding affinity towards nitroreductase.
Citation: Smriti Sharma, Brij K. Sharma, Surabhi Jain, Anubhav Rana. 2D-QSAR and molecular docking study on nitrofuran analogues as antitubercular agents[J]. AIMS Molecular Science, 2024, 11(1): 1-20. doi: 10.3934/molsci.2024001
Resistance to most of the antitubercular drugs has been on rising trends due to the misuse of existing drugs. This has encouraged us to explore a novel scaffold that has the potential for quick antimicrobial action with minimum side effects. Nitrofurans have attracted us due to their extensive biological activities, such as antibacterial and antifungal activities.
The antitubercular activities of 126 nitrofuran derivatives have been investigated by using indicator parameters and topological and structural fragment descriptors.
The different quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) models have been created and validated by using two different methodologies: combinatorial protocol in multiple linear regression (CP-MLR) and partial least-squares (PLS) analysis.
The 16 descriptors identified in CP-MLR are from six different classes: Constitutional, Functional, Atom Centered Fragments, Topological, Galvez, and 2D autocorrelation. Indicator parameters and Dragon descriptors suggested that the presence of a furan ring substituted by nitro group is essential for antitubercular activity. Further descriptors from constitutional, and functional classes suggest that the number of double bonds, number of sulphur atoms and number of fragments like thiazole, morpholine and thiophene should be minimum, along with the positive influence of Kier-Hall electrotopological states (Ss) for improved activity. The ACF class descriptors, GALVEZ class descriptors, and 2D-AUTO descriptor GATS4p have also shown positive influence on the antitubercular activity. The TOPO class descriptor T(O…S) suggests that the minimum gap between sulphur and oxygen is favorable for activity.
The models acknowledged in the study have explained the variance between 72 to 76% in the training set and in the prediction of the test set compounds. Also, compounds 122, 123 and 82 were found to possess good binding affinity towards nitroreductase.
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