The study dealed with quantitative structure-activity relationship(QSAR)to explore the important features of diketo acid(DKA)derivatives for exerting potent HIV-1 integrase inhibitors activity.A three-step screening method was proposed to choose descriptors.Then,additional descriptors were used in the CoMFA and CoMSIA.Lastly,a modified CoMSIA m7 model,constructed by adding Csp^2_03_F descriptor,showed better predictive ability.Validation parameters(Q^2 and R^2)for the models were 0.722 and 0.925,respectively.In addition,external validation for the models using a test group revealed R^2pred=0.892.Contour maps analysis defined favored and disfavored regions of the compounds,and two new compounds with the descriptor structure were designed with better activities than Raltegravir(RAL),well drug-likeness and low toxicity.The research provides a base for further DKA development.
