Molecular modeling studies of [6,6,5] Tricyclic Fused Oxazolidinones as FXa inhibitors using 3D-QSAR, Topomer CoMFA, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations.

Coagulation factor Xa (Factor Xa, FXa) is a particularly promising target for novel anticoagulant therapy. The first oral factor Xa inhibitor has been approved in the EU and Canada in 2008. In this work, 38 [6,6,5] Tricyclic Fused Oxazolidinones were studied using a combination of molecular modeling techniques including three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (3D-QSAR), molecular docking, molecular dynamics and Topomer CoMFA (comparative molecular field analysis) were used to build 3D-QSAR models. The results show that the best CoMFA model has q(2)=0.511 and r(2)=0.984, the best CoMSIA (comparative molecular similarity indices analysis) model has q(2)=0.700 and r(2)=0.993 and the Topomer CoMFA analysis has q(2)=0.377 and r(2)=0.886. The results indicated the steric, hydrophobic, H-acceptor and electrostatic fields play key roles in models. Molecular docking and molecular dynamics explored the binding relationship of the ligand and the receptor protein.