Title
pdCSM-PPI: Using Graph-Based Signatures to Identify ProteinProtein Interaction Inhibitors
Abstract
Protein-protein interactions are promising sites for development of selective drugs; however, they have generally been viewed as challenging targets. Molecules targeting protein-protein interactions tend to be larger and more lipophilic than other drug-like molecules, mimicking the properties of interacting interfaces. Here, we propose a machine learning approach that uses a graph-based representation of small molecules to guide identification of inhibitors modulating protein-protein interactions, pdCSM-PPI. This approach was applied to 21 different PPI targets. We developed interaction-specific models that were able to accurately identify active compounds achieving MCC and F1 scores up to 1, and Pearson's correlations up to 0.87, outperforming previous approaches. Using insights from these individual models, we developed a generic protein-protein interaction modulator predictive model, which accurately predicted IC50 with a Pearson's correlation of 0.64 on a low redundancy blind test. Importantly, we were able to accurately identify active from inactive compounds, achieving an AUC of 0.77 and sensitivity and specificity of 76% and 78%, respectively. We believe pdCSM-PPI will be an important tool to help guide more efficient screening of new PPI inhibitors; it is freely available as an easy-to-use web server and API at http://biosig.unimelb.edu.au/pdcsm_ppi.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1021/acs.jcim.1c01135
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
61
11
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1549-9596
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Carlos H M Rodrigues112.72
Douglas E. V. Pires29110.73
David B Ascher36710.18