Exploring the role of water molecules for docking and receptor guided 3D-QSAR analysis of naphthyridine derivatives as spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) inhibitors

In the present study, 3D-QSAR analysis was performed utilizing docking based alignment of [1,6]-naphthyridine derivatives as Syk enzyme inhibitors. The role of the water molecules was explored for the docking based alignment that revealed two conserved water molecules important for proper orientation and alignment of naphthyridine inhibitors in the active site of Syk enzyme. The QSAR model was selected having highest value of Q² (0.624) and Pearson-r (0.862). The selected model also displayed the highest values of R² (0.978) and F-value (184.5) and the lowest SD (0.862). The contour plots developed on the basis of the best model helped to reveal the essential structural features of naphthyridines derivatives responsible for inhibition of Syk enzyme. The generated model and information revealed from it was utilized to design and predict new congeneric molecules that can be used as potential therapeutic agents.