Phenotypic screenings are usually combined with deconvolution techniques to characterize the mechanism of action for the retrieved hits. These studies can be supported by various computational analyses, although docking simulations are rarely employed. The present study aims to assess if multiple docking calculations can prove successful in target prediction. In detail, the docking simulations submitted to the MEDIATE initiative are utilized to predict the viral targets involved in the hits retrieved by a recently published cytopathic screening. Multiple docking results are combined by the EFO approach to develop target-specific consensus models. The combination of multiple docking simulations enhances the performances of the developed consensus models (average increases in EF1% value of 40% and 25% when combining three and two docking runs, respectively). These models are able to propose reliable targets for about half of the retrieved hits (31 out of 59). Thus, the study emphasizes that docking simulations might be effective in target identification and provide a convincing validation for the collaborative strategies that inspire the MEDIATE initiative. Disappointingly, cross-target and cross-program correlations suggest that common scoring functions are not specific enough for the simulated target.

Target Prediction by Multiple Virtual Screenings: Analyzing the SARS-CoV-2 Phenotypic Screening by the Docking Simulations Submitted to the MEDIATE Initiative / S. Gervasoni, C. Manelfi, S. Adobati, C. Talarico, A.D. Biswas, A. Pedretti, G. Vistoli, A.R. Beccari. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1422-0067. - 25:1(2024), pp. 450.1-450.14. [10.3390/ijms25010450]

Target Prediction by Multiple Virtual Screenings: Analyzing the SARS-CoV-2 Phenotypic Screening by the Docking Simulations Submitted to the MEDIATE Initiative

S. Gervasoni
Primo
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S. Adobati;A.D. Biswas;A. Pedretti;G. Vistoli
Penultimo
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2024

Abstract

Phenotypic screenings are usually combined with deconvolution techniques to characterize the mechanism of action for the retrieved hits. These studies can be supported by various computational analyses, although docking simulations are rarely employed. The present study aims to assess if multiple docking calculations can prove successful in target prediction. In detail, the docking simulations submitted to the MEDIATE initiative are utilized to predict the viral targets involved in the hits retrieved by a recently published cytopathic screening. Multiple docking results are combined by the EFO approach to develop target-specific consensus models. The combination of multiple docking simulations enhances the performances of the developed consensus models (average increases in EF1% value of 40% and 25% when combining three and two docking runs, respectively). These models are able to propose reliable targets for about half of the retrieved hits (31 out of 59). Thus, the study emphasizes that docking simulations might be effective in target identification and provide a convincing validation for the collaborative strategies that inspire the MEDIATE initiative. Disappointingly, cross-target and cross-program correlations suggest that common scoring functions are not specific enough for the simulated target.
SARS-CoV-2; consensus strategy; in silico target identification; multiple docking simulations; phenotyping screening;
Settore CHIM/08 - Chimica Farmaceutica
   EXaSCale smArt pLatform Against paThogEns for Corona Virus (EXSCALATE4CoV)
   EXSCALATE4CoV
   EUROPEAN COMMISSION
   H2020
   101003551
2024
29-dic-2023
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