MolFilterGAN: a progressively augmented generative adversarial network for triaging AI-designed molecules

Autor: Xiaohong Liu, Wei Zhang, Xiaochu Tong, Feisheng Zhong, Zhaojun Li, Zhaoping Xiong, Jiacheng Xiong, Xiaolong Wu, Zunyun Fu, Xiaoqin Tan, Zhiguo Liu, Sulin Zhang, Hualiang Jiang, Xutong Li, Mingyue Zheng
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal of Cheminformatics, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1758-2946
DOI: 10.1186/s13321-023-00711-1
Popis: Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI)-based molecular design methods, especially deep generative models for generating novel molecule structures, have gratified our imagination to explore unknown chemical space without relying on brute-force exploration. However, whether designed by AI or human experts, the molecules need to be accessibly synthesized and biologically evaluated, and the trial-and-error process remains a resources-intensive endeavor. Therefore, AI-based drug design methods face a major challenge of how to prioritize the molecular structures with potential for subsequent drug development. This study indicates that common filtering approaches based on traditional screening metrics fail to differentiate AI-designed molecules. To address this issue, we propose a novel molecular filtering method, MolFilterGAN, based on a progressively augmented generative adversarial network. Comparative analysis shows that MolFilterGAN outperforms conventional screening approaches based on drug-likeness or synthetic ability metrics. Retrospective analysis of AI-designed discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) inhibitors shows that MolFilterGAN significantly increases the efficiency of molecular triaging. Further evaluation of MolFilterGAN on eight external ligand sets suggests that MolFilterGAN is useful in triaging or enriching bioactive compounds across a wide range of target types. These results highlighted the importance of MolFilterGAN in evaluating molecules integrally and further accelerating molecular discovery especially combined with advanced AI generative models.
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