arXiv:2607.08404q-bio.QMcs.AI2026-07

DrugGen-2根据疾病和靶点序列生成新药分子,提升设计精准度。

DrugGen 2: A disease-aware language model for enhancing drug discovery

论文配图:DrugGen 2: A disease-aware language model for enhancing drug discovery
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  • 结合疾病本体与靶点蛋白序列,指导药物分子生成。
  • 在5个糖尿病肾病靶点上优于基线模型,生成分子更像已批准药物。
  • 适合新药研发与老药新用,尤其关注疾病背景的药物设计。

当前药物设计的计算方法通常仅基于特定靶点或通用分子属性生成分子,常忽略疾病背景对靶点行为和治疗效果的影响。为弥补这一空白,我们提出DrugGen-2,一种新型生成模型,能根据疾病本体和靶点蛋白序列设计小分子。DrugGen-2通过在包含已批准药物及其对应疾病与靶点的精选数据集上微调预训练GPT-2模型构建,采用两步策略:监督微调后接基于组相对策略优化(GRPO)的强化学习。该过程由奖励函数引导,优化化学有效性、新颖性、多样性及高预测结合亲和力。在五个与糖尿病肾病相关的蛋白质靶点上评估,DrugGen-2显著优于基线模型(DrugGPT和DrugGen)。其生成分子更具独特性,结构上更接近已批准药物,并在所有靶点上实现更高的预测结合亲和力。分子对接分析进一步验证结果,识别出具有强结合潜力的候选配体,其中化合物预测亲和力分别为-9.917、-9.485和-9.367,高于参考药物依那普利(-8.283)对血管紧张素转换酶的作用。通过将疾病特异性上下文融入分子生成,DrugGen-2推动了人工智能辅助药物发现的发展,为从头设计和药物再利用提供了强大工具,充分考虑疾病与分子靶点之间的复杂相互作用。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Current computational approaches for drug design typically focus on generating molecules conditioned on specific targets or general molecular properties, often neglecting the influence of disease context on target behavior and therapeutic outcomes. To address this gap, we introduce DrugGen-2, a novel generative model that designs small molecules conditioned on both disease ontology and target protein sequences. DrugGen-2 was developed by fine-tuning a pre-trained GPT-2 model on a curated dataset of approved drugs linked to their diseases and targets, using a two-step strategy of supervised fine-tuning followed by reinforcement learning via group relative policy optimization (GRPO). This process was guided by reward functions optimizing for chemical validity, novelty, diversity, and high predicted binding affinity. When evaluated on five protein targets relevant to diabetic nephropathy, DrugGen-2 significantly outperformed baseline models (DrugGPT and DrugGen). It demonstrated a superior capacity to generate unique molecules, exhibited greater structural similarity to approved drugs, and achieved improved predicted binding affinities across all targets. Molecular docking analyses further supported these findings, identifying candidate ligands with strong binding potential, including compounds with predicted affinities (-9.917, -9.485, and -9.367) exceeding those of reference drugs such as enalapril for angiotensin-converting enzyme (-8.283). By integrating disease-specific context into molecular generation, DrugGen-2 advances AI-assisted drug discovery, offering a powerful tool for de novo design and drug repurposing that accounts for the complex interplay between diseases and molecular targets.

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