Gains from no real PAINS: Where ‘Fair Trial Strategy’ stands in the development of multi-target ligands

Compounds that selectively modulate multiple targets can provide clinical benefits and are an alternative to traditional highly selective agents for unique targets. High-throughput screening (HTS) for multitarget-directed ligands (MTDLs) using approved drugs, and fragment-based drug design has becom...

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Autores principales: Jianbo Sun, Hui Zhong, Kun Wang, Na Li, Li Chen
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f560e80bb16a4f2e99ee310b9fb009cf2021-12-02T05:01:20ZGains from no real PAINS: Where ‘Fair Trial Strategy’ stands in the development of multi-target ligands2211-383510.1016/j.apsb.2021.02.023https://doaj.org/article/f560e80bb16a4f2e99ee310b9fb009cf2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221138352100071Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2211-3835Compounds that selectively modulate multiple targets can provide clinical benefits and are an alternative to traditional highly selective agents for unique targets. High-throughput screening (HTS) for multitarget-directed ligands (MTDLs) using approved drugs, and fragment-based drug design has become a regular strategy to achieve an ideal multitarget combination. However, the unexpected presence of pan-assay interference compounds (PAINS) suspects in the development of MTDLs frequently results in nonspecific interactions or other undesirable effects leading to artefacts or false-positive data of biological assays. Publicly available filters can help to identify PAINS suspects; however, these filters cannot comprehensively conclude whether these suspects are “bad” or innocent. Additionally, these in silico approaches may inappropriately label a ligand as PAINS. More than 80% of the initial hits can be identified as PAINS by the filters if appropriate biochemical tests are not used resulting in false positive data that are unacceptable for medicinal chemists in manuscript peer review and future studies. Therefore, extensive offline experiments should be used after online filtering to discriminate “bad” PAINS and avoid incorrect evaluation of good scaffolds. We suggest that the use of “Fair Trial Strategy” to identify interesting molecules in PAINS suspects to provide certain structure‒function insight in MTDL development.Jianbo SunHui ZhongKun WangNa LiLi ChenElsevierarticleMultitarget-directed ligandsPAINS suspectsIn silico filteringBiochemical experimentFair trial strategyTherapeutics. PharmacologyRM1-950ENActa Pharmaceutica Sinica B, Vol 11, Iss 11, Pp 3417-3432 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Multitarget-directed ligands
PAINS suspects
In silico filtering
Biochemical experiment
Fair trial strategy
Therapeutics. Pharmacology
RM1-950
spellingShingle Multitarget-directed ligands
PAINS suspects
In silico filtering
Biochemical experiment
Fair trial strategy
Therapeutics. Pharmacology
RM1-950
Jianbo Sun
Hui Zhong
Kun Wang
Na Li
Li Chen
Gains from no real PAINS: Where ‘Fair Trial Strategy’ stands in the development of multi-target ligands
description Compounds that selectively modulate multiple targets can provide clinical benefits and are an alternative to traditional highly selective agents for unique targets. High-throughput screening (HTS) for multitarget-directed ligands (MTDLs) using approved drugs, and fragment-based drug design has become a regular strategy to achieve an ideal multitarget combination. However, the unexpected presence of pan-assay interference compounds (PAINS) suspects in the development of MTDLs frequently results in nonspecific interactions or other undesirable effects leading to artefacts or false-positive data of biological assays. Publicly available filters can help to identify PAINS suspects; however, these filters cannot comprehensively conclude whether these suspects are “bad” or innocent. Additionally, these in silico approaches may inappropriately label a ligand as PAINS. More than 80% of the initial hits can be identified as PAINS by the filters if appropriate biochemical tests are not used resulting in false positive data that are unacceptable for medicinal chemists in manuscript peer review and future studies. Therefore, extensive offline experiments should be used after online filtering to discriminate “bad” PAINS and avoid incorrect evaluation of good scaffolds. We suggest that the use of “Fair Trial Strategy” to identify interesting molecules in PAINS suspects to provide certain structure‒function insight in MTDL development.
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author Jianbo Sun
Hui Zhong
Kun Wang
Na Li
Li Chen
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Hui Zhong
Kun Wang
Na Li
Li Chen
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title Gains from no real PAINS: Where ‘Fair Trial Strategy’ stands in the development of multi-target ligands
title_short Gains from no real PAINS: Where ‘Fair Trial Strategy’ stands in the development of multi-target ligands
title_full Gains from no real PAINS: Where ‘Fair Trial Strategy’ stands in the development of multi-target ligands
title_fullStr Gains from no real PAINS: Where ‘Fair Trial Strategy’ stands in the development of multi-target ligands
title_full_unstemmed Gains from no real PAINS: Where ‘Fair Trial Strategy’ stands in the development of multi-target ligands
title_sort gains from no real pains: where ‘fair trial strategy’ stands in the development of multi-target ligands
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