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Testing of an expanded, 800-compound set of analogues of the earlier described Strecker-type α-aminonitriles (selected from publicly available Enamine Ltd. Screening Collection) in thermal shift assay against bovine carbonic anhydrase (bCA) led to further validation of this new class of inhibitors and identification a new, refined chemotype represented by inhibitors with 10-improved potency. [Formula: see text].
Assuntos
Anidrase Carbônica II/antagonistas & inibidores , Inibidores da Anidrase Carbônica/farmacologia , Nitrilas/farmacologia , Animais , Anidrase Carbônica II/metabolismo , Inibidores da Anidrase Carbônica/síntese química , Inibidores da Anidrase Carbônica/química , Bovinos , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Avaliação Pré-Clínica de Medicamentos , Fluorometria , Humanos , Estrutura Molecular , Nitrilas/síntese química , Nitrilas/química , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
We introduce SAR-by-Space, a concept to drastically accelerate structure-activity relationship (SAR) elucidation by synthesizing neighboring compounds that originate from vast chemical spaces. The space navigation is accomplished within minutes on affordable standard computer hardware using a tree-based molecule descriptor and dynamic programming. Maximizing the synthetic accessibility of the results from the computer is achieved by applying a careful selection of building blocks in combination with suitably chosen reactions; a decade of in-house quality control shows that this is a crucial part in the process. The REAL Space is the largest chemical space of commercially available compounds, counting 11 billion molecules as of today. It was used to mine actives against bromodomain 4 (BRD4). Before synthesis, compounds were docked into the binding site using a scoring function, which incorporates intrinsic desolvation terms, thus avoiding time-consuming simulations. Five micromolecular hits have been identified and verified within less than six weeks, including the measurement of IC50 values. We conclude that this procedure is a substantial time-saver, accelerating both ligand- and structure-based approaches in hit generation and lead optimization stages.