DIORS: Enhancing drug-target interaction prediction via structure and signature integrated-driven approach and discovering potential targeted molecules

Drug-target interaction prediction is critical for drug development. Through the integration of structural and transcriptional signature information, molecules both binding to the target and producing therapeutic activities could be found out to improve targeted drug prediction. Therefore, the appro...

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Main Authors: Yiran Tang, Shengqiao Gao, Dan Luo, Xuyong Jiang, Xueru Zhao, Wanting Hu, Yongxiang Zhang, Zhiyong Xiao, Lu Han, Wenxia Zhou
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Published: Elsevier 2025-05-01
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author Yiran Tang
Shengqiao Gao
Dan Luo
Xuyong Jiang
Xueru Zhao
Wanting Hu
Yongxiang Zhang
Zhiyong Xiao
Lu Han
Wenxia Zhou
author_facet Yiran Tang
Shengqiao Gao
Dan Luo
Xuyong Jiang
Xueru Zhao
Wanting Hu
Yongxiang Zhang
Zhiyong Xiao
Lu Han
Wenxia Zhou
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description Drug-target interaction prediction is critical for drug development. Through the integration of structural and transcriptional signature information, molecules both binding to the target and producing therapeutic activities could be found out to improve targeted drug prediction. Therefore, the approaches that integrate the two types of data are worth exploring. Here, we present an integrated method named Data Integration Oriented Repurposing Strategy (DIORS) combining molecular docking and gene-signature matching to enhance the prediction of protein-targeted drugs. The StandardScaler algorithm was selected after evaluation of five algorithms and was used in DIORS. Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) was used to verify the molecular affinities and cell-based assays were used to verify the activities of DIORS predicted molecules. In Piezo1-targeted molecule prediction, among the top ten predicted molecules by DIORS, four of them, namely gefitinib, rifaximin, bosutinib and vandetanib, exhibited binding affinities. In the prediction of TLR4/MD2-targeted anti-inflammatory molecules, among the top ten predicted molecules, three of them, namely enoxolone, dabrafenib and ponatinib, exhibit both high binding affinities and anti-inflammatory activities. The results demonstrated that DIORS can serve as a better approach with high performance to predict and find new targeted drugs by combining structural and signature information.
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spelling doaj-art-12e41b4483384334aad67b564f5b31e42025-08-20T03:13:52ZengElsevierPharmacological Research1096-11862025-05-0121510771010.1016/j.phrs.2025.107710DIORS: Enhancing drug-target interaction prediction via structure and signature integrated-driven approach and discovering potential targeted moleculesYiran Tang0Shengqiao Gao1Dan Luo2Xuyong Jiang3Xueru Zhao4Wanting Hu5Yongxiang Zhang6Zhiyong Xiao7Lu Han8Wenxia Zhou9State Key Laboratory of National Security Specially Needed Medicines, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China; Pharmacology of Chinese Medicine, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang 712046, ChinaState Key Laboratory of National Security Specially Needed Medicines, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, ChinaState Key Laboratory of National Security Specially Needed Medicines, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, ChinaState Key Laboratory of National Security Specially Needed Medicines, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, ChinaState Key Laboratory of National Security Specially Needed Medicines, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, ChinaState Key Laboratory of National Security Specially Needed Medicines, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, ChinaState Key Laboratory of National Security Specially Needed Medicines, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, ChinaState Key Laboratory of National Security Specially Needed Medicines, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China; Corresponding authors.State Key Laboratory of National Security Specially Needed Medicines, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China; Corresponding authors.State Key Laboratory of National Security Specially Needed Medicines, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China; Corresponding authors.Drug-target interaction prediction is critical for drug development. Through the integration of structural and transcriptional signature information, molecules both binding to the target and producing therapeutic activities could be found out to improve targeted drug prediction. Therefore, the approaches that integrate the two types of data are worth exploring. Here, we present an integrated method named Data Integration Oriented Repurposing Strategy (DIORS) combining molecular docking and gene-signature matching to enhance the prediction of protein-targeted drugs. The StandardScaler algorithm was selected after evaluation of five algorithms and was used in DIORS. Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) was used to verify the molecular affinities and cell-based assays were used to verify the activities of DIORS predicted molecules. In Piezo1-targeted molecule prediction, among the top ten predicted molecules by DIORS, four of them, namely gefitinib, rifaximin, bosutinib and vandetanib, exhibited binding affinities. In the prediction of TLR4/MD2-targeted anti-inflammatory molecules, among the top ten predicted molecules, three of them, namely enoxolone, dabrafenib and ponatinib, exhibit both high binding affinities and anti-inflammatory activities. The results demonstrated that DIORS can serve as a better approach with high performance to predict and find new targeted drugs by combining structural and signature information.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043661825001355Drug-target interactionMolecular dockingSignatureStructureLINCSDrug repurposing
spellingShingle Yiran Tang
Shengqiao Gao
Dan Luo
Xuyong Jiang
Xueru Zhao
Wanting Hu
Yongxiang Zhang
Zhiyong Xiao
Lu Han
Wenxia Zhou
DIORS: Enhancing drug-target interaction prediction via structure and signature integrated-driven approach and discovering potential targeted molecules
Pharmacological Research
Drug-target interaction
Molecular docking
Signature
Structure
LINCS
Drug repurposing
title DIORS: Enhancing drug-target interaction prediction via structure and signature integrated-driven approach and discovering potential targeted molecules
title_full DIORS: Enhancing drug-target interaction prediction via structure and signature integrated-driven approach and discovering potential targeted molecules
title_fullStr DIORS: Enhancing drug-target interaction prediction via structure and signature integrated-driven approach and discovering potential targeted molecules
title_full_unstemmed DIORS: Enhancing drug-target interaction prediction via structure and signature integrated-driven approach and discovering potential targeted molecules
title_short DIORS: Enhancing drug-target interaction prediction via structure and signature integrated-driven approach and discovering potential targeted molecules
title_sort diors enhancing drug target interaction prediction via structure and signature integrated driven approach and discovering potential targeted molecules
topic Drug-target interaction
Molecular docking
Signature
Structure
LINCS
Drug repurposing
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043661825001355
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