Designing Potent HIV‑1 Protease Inhibitors Using Machine Learning and QSAR Approaches.

ABSTRACT: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus type-1 (HIV-1), remains a global health crisis. Despite advances in antiretroviral therapy, drug resistance, particularly to protease inhibitors, persists as a significant challenge. Darunavir, a second-generation protease inhibitor, has reduced efficacy against resistant HIV-1 variants, underscoring the development of new inhibitors. This study combines machine learning (ML) and quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models to design potent HIV-1 protease inhibitors using phenol-based and polyphenol-based P2 ligands. QSAR models, including genetic function approximation (GFA), multiple linear regression (MLR), random forest (RF), gradient boosting regressor (GBR), and Extreme Gradient Boosting

SUBMITTER: Ali S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12750266 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature