摘要:SummaryProtein kinase inhibitors are one of the most successful targeted therapies to date. Despite this progress, additional kinase inhibitors are needed to expand the target space as well as overcome drug resistance that has emerged in clinical setting. Here, we developed KiDNN (Kinase inhibitor prediction using Deep Neural Networks). KiDNN utilizes non-linear, multilayer feedforward network that mimics complex and dynamic kinase-driven signaling pathways. We used KiDNN to predict the effect of ∼200 kinase inhibitors on migration of breast and liver cancer cells. We show that the prediction accuracy of KiDNN outperformed other prediction tools based on linear models. We validated that an inhibitor of tyrosine kinase receptors, and an inhibitor of Src family kinases, decreased migration of triple-negative breast cancer cells, consistent with the role of these kinases in driving motility. Overall, we show that non-linear, DNN-based models provide a powerful approach toin silicoscreen hundreds of kinase inhibitors.Graphical AbstractDisplay OmittedHighlights•Deep Neural Networks mimic non-linear, complex intracellular signaling pathways•Multi-phase grid search identified best networks with less computation time•Prediction accuracy of KiDNN outperformed linear models•KiDNN can accelerate drug discovery and development effortsBioinformatics; Computational Bioinformatics; Neural Networks; Cancer