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Integrated multi-class classification and prediction of GPCR allosteric modulators by machine learning intelligence

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Hou, Tianling, Bian, Yuemin, McGuire, Terence, Xie, Xiang-Qun·2021·Biomolecules

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G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest and most diverse group of cell surface receptors that respond to various extracellular signals. The allosteric modulation of GPCRs has emerged in recent years as a promising approach for developing target-selective therapies. Moreover, the discovery of new GPCR allosteric modulators can greatly benefit the further understanding of GPCR cell signaling mechanisms. It is critical but also challenging to make an accurate distinction of modulators for different GPCR groups in an efficient and effective manner. In this study, we focus on an 11-class classification task with 10 GPCR subtype classes and a random compounds class. We used a dataset containing 34,434 compounds with allosteric modulators collected from classical GPCR families A, B, and C, as well as random drug-like compounds. Six types of machine learning models, including support vector machine, naïve Bayes, decision tree, random forest, logistic regression, and multilayer perceptron, were trained using different combinations of features including molecular descriptors, Atom-pair fingerprints, MACCS fingerprints, and ECFP6 fingerprints. The performances of trained machine learning models with different feature combinations were closely investigated and discussed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work on the multi-class classification of GPCR allosteric modulators. We believe that the classification models developed in this study can be used as simple and accurate tools for the discovery and development of GPCR allosteric modulators.

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Authors
Hou, T., Bian, Y., McGuire, T., & Xie, X.-Q.
Affiliations
University of Pittsburgh (US)
Corresponding author
Xie, Xiang-Qun
Venue
Biomolecules
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-06-11
Volume
11
Issue
6
Pages
870
ISSN
2218-273X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3172978511
Cited by
30
References
51
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 7 · 2012: 1
FWCI
2.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Biomolecules (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (P30 DA035778A1)
  • DOD (W81XWH-16-1-0490)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Machine Learning in Materials Science
Keywords
G protein-coupled receptors, allosteric modulators, multi-class classification, molecular descriptors, MACCS fingerprints, drug-likeness prediction, machine learning models
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, Algorithms, Allosteric Regulation, Artificial Intelligence, Bayes Theorem, Forecasting, Humans, Ligands, Models, Molecular, Databases, Factual, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, Support Vector Machine

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