| Literature DB >> 31660283 |
Dominique Bruns1, Daniel Merk1, Karthiga Santhana Kumar2, Martin Baumgartner2, Gisbert Schneider1.
Abstract
Constructive machine learning aims to create examples from its learned domain which are likely to exhibit similar properties. Here, a recurrent neural network was trained with the chemical structures of known cell-migration modulators. This machine learning model was used to generate new molecules that mimic the training compounds. Two top-scoring designs were synthesized, and tested for functional activity in a phenotypic spheroid cell migration assay. These computationally generated small molecules significantly increased the migration of medulloblastoma cells. The results further corroborate the applicability of constructive machine learning to the de novo design of druglike molecules with desired properties.Entities:
Keywords: chemoinformatics; chemotaxis; drug discovery; neural networks; phenotypic screening
Year: 2019 PMID: 31660283 PMCID: PMC6807213 DOI: 10.1002/open.201900222
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ChemistryOpen ISSN: 2191-1363 Impact factor: 2.911
Figure 1Synthesis of computer‐generated designs 1 and 2. Reagents & conditions: a) MsCl, NaN3, 4‐DMAP, CH2Cl2, DMF, −4 °C→rt, 4 h, 82 %; b) PPh3, H2O, THF, rt, 16 h, 90 %; c) 2‐phenylacetyl chloride (6), 4‐DMAP, THF, 0 °C→rt, 60 min., 92 %. d) neat, μw 80 °C, 1 h, 75 %.
Figure 2Phenotypic spheroid invasion assay (SIA). (a) Examples of microscopy images showing the effects of compounds 1 and 2, the untreated control, and AMD3100. (b) Activity of computational designs 1 and 2 in the SIA. CXCR4 antagonist AMD3100 for comparison. Cell migration was induced by compounds 1, 2, and the known CXCR4 antagonist AMD3100. This effect was abrogated by siRNA mediated CXCR4 silencing. Non‐targeting (nt) siRNA had no effect. Results are given as mean±S.E.M.; N=3 independent repetitions with n=3 technical replicates each; *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001 (one‐way ANOVA with Kruskal‐Wallis test).
Figure 3Functional profiling of compounds 1 and 2 on proteins involved in the regulation of cell migration. Data are presented as the mean of two technical replicates. Activities exceeding 25 % were considered relevant. Compound 2 activated dopamine D2S receptor (47 %), antagonized CCR10 (31 %) and activated sst1 receptor (28 %). No relevant activities were observed for compound 1. Individual activity values are presented in Table S2.