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Djikic-Stojsic T, Bret G, Blond G, Girard N, Le Guen C, Marsol C, Schmitt M, Schneider S, Bihel F, Bonnet D, Gulea M, Kellenberger E. The IMS Library: from IN-Stock to Virtual. ChemMedChem 2024:e202400381. [PMID: 39031900 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202400381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 07/22/2024]
Abstract
A chemical library is a key element in the early stages of pharmaceutical research. Its design encompasses various factors, such as diversity, size, ease of synthesis, aimed at increasing the likelihood of success in drug discovery. This article explores the collaborative efforts of computational and synthetic chemists in tailoring chemical libraries for cost-effective and resource-efficient use, particularly in the context of academic research projects. It proposes chemoinformatics methodologies that address two pivotal questions: first, crafting a diverse panel of under 1000 compounds from an existing pool through synthetic efforts, leveraging the expertise of organic chemists; and second, expanding pharmacophoric diversity within this panel by creating a highly accessible virtual chemical library. Chemoinformatics tools were developed to analyse initial panel of about 10,000 compounds into two tailored libraries: eIMS and vIMS. The eIMS Library comprises 578 diverse in-stock compounds ready for screening. Its virtual counterpart, vIMS, features novel compounds guided by chemists, ensuring synthetic accessibility. vIMS offers a broader array of binding motifs and improved drug-like characteristics achieved through the addition of diverse functional groups to eIMS scaffolds followed by filtering of reactive or unusual structures. The uniqueness of vIMS is emphasized through a comparison with commercial suppliers' virtual chemical space.
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- Teodora Djikic-Stojsic
- Laboratoire d'Innovation Thérapeutique, UMR7200 CNRS - Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, 74 route du Rhin, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, 67400, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Thérapeutique, UMR7200 CNRS - Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, 74 route du Rhin, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, 67400, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Thérapeutique, UMR7200 CNRS - Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, 74 route du Rhin, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, 67400, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Thérapeutique, UMR7200 CNRS - Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, 74 route du Rhin, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, 67400, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Thérapeutique, UMR7200 CNRS - Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, 74 route du Rhin, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, 67400, France
- Inovarion, 251 rue St Jacques, Paris, 75005, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Thérapeutique, UMR7200 CNRS - Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, 74 route du Rhin, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, 67400, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Thérapeutique, UMR7200 CNRS - Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, 74 route du Rhin, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, 67400, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Thérapeutique, UMR7200 CNRS - Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, 74 route du Rhin, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, 67400, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Thérapeutique, UMR7200 CNRS - Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, 74 route du Rhin, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, 67400, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Thérapeutique, UMR7200 CNRS - Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, 74 route du Rhin, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, 67400, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Thérapeutique, UMR7200 CNRS - Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, 74 route du Rhin, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, 67400, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Thérapeutique, UMR7200 CNRS - Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, 74 route du Rhin, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, 67400, France
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Vijayaraghavan S, Lakshminarayanan A, Bhargava N, Ravichandran J, Vivek-Ananth RP, Samal A. Machine Learning Models for Prediction of Xenobiotic Chemicals with High Propensity to Transfer into Human Milk. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:13006-13016. [PMID: 38524439 PMCID: PMC10955560 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c09392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 02/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
Abstract
Breast milk serves as a vital source of essential nutrients for infants. However, human milk contamination via the transfer of environmental chemicals from maternal exposome is a significant concern for infant health. The milk to plasma concentration (M/P) ratio is a critical metric that quantifies the extent to which these chemicals transfer from maternal plasma into breast milk, impacting infant exposure. Machine learning-based predictive toxicology models can be valuable in predicting chemicals with a high propensity to transfer into human milk. To this end, we build such classification- and regression-based models by employing multiple machine learning algorithms and leveraging the largest curated data set, to date, of 375 chemicals with known milk-to-plasma concentration (M/P) ratios. Our support vector machine (SVM)-based classifier outperforms other models in terms of different performance metrics, when evaluated on both (internal) test data and an external test data set. Specifically, the SVM-based classifier on (internal) test data achieved a classification accuracy of 77.33%, a specificity of 84%, a sensitivity of 64%, and an F-score of 65.31%. When evaluated on an external test data set, our SVM-based classifier is found to be generalizable with a sensitivity of 77.78%. While we were able to build highly predictive classification models, our best regression models for predicting the M/P ratio of chemicals could achieve only moderate R2 values on the (internal) test data. As noted in the earlier literature, our study also highlights the challenges in developing accurate regression models for predicting the M/P ratio of xenobiotic chemicals. Overall, this study attests to the immense potential of predictive computational toxicology models in characterizing the myriad of chemicals in the human exposome.
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- Department
of Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 641004, India
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- Department
of Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 641004, India
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- The
Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai 600113, India
- Homi
Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai 400094, India
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- The
Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai 600113, India
- Homi
Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai 400094, India
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- The
Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai 600113, India
- Homi
Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai 400094, India
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Kuralt V, Frlan R. Navigating the Chemical Space of ENR Inhibitors: A Comprehensive Analysis. Antibiotics (Basel) 2024; 13:252. [PMID: 38534687 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics13030252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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Antimicrobial resistance is a global health threat that requires innovative strategies against drug-resistant bacteria. Our study focuses on enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductases (ENRs), in particular FabI, FabK, FabV, and InhA, as potential antimicrobial agents. Despite their promising potential, the lack of clinical approvals for inhibitors such as triclosan and isoniazid underscores the challenges in achieving preclinical success. In our study, we curated and analyzed a dataset of 1412 small molecules recognized as ENR inhibitors, investigating different structural variants. Using advanced cheminformatic tools, we mapped the physicochemical landscape and identified specific structural features as key determinants of bioactivity. Furthermore, we investigated whether the compounds conform to Lipinski rules, PAINS, and Brenk filters, which are crucial for the advancement of compounds in development pipelines. Furthermore, we investigated structural diversity using four different representations: Chemotype diversity, molecular similarity, t-SNE visualization, molecular complexity, and cluster analysis. By using advanced bioinformatics tools such as matched molecular pairs (MMP) analysis, machine learning, and SHAP analysis, we were able to improve our understanding of the activity cliques and the precise effects of the functional groups. In summary, this chemoinformatic investigation has unraveled the FAB inhibitors and provided insights into rational antimicrobial design, seamlessly integrating computation into the discovery of new antimicrobial agents.
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- Vid Kuralt
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Chivukula N, Ramesh K, Subbaroyan A, Sahoo AK, Dhanakoti GB, Ravichandran J, Samal A. ViCEKb: Vitiligo-linked Chemical Exposome Knowledgebase. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 913:169711. [PMID: 38160837 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Vitiligo is a complex disease wherein the environmental factors, in conjunction with the underlying genetic predispositions, trigger the autoimmune destruction of melanocytes, ultimately leading to depigmented patches on the skin. While genetic factors have been extensively studied, the knowledge on environmental triggers remains sparse and less understood. To address this knowledge gap, we present the first comprehensive knowledgebase of vitiligo-triggering chemicals namely, Vitiligo-linked Chemical Exposome Knowledgebase (ViCEKb). ViCEKb involves an extensive and systematic manual effort in curation of published literature and subsequent compilation of 113 unique chemical triggers of vitiligo. ViCEKb standardizes various chemical information, and categorizes the chemicals based on their evidences and sources of exposure. Importantly, ViCEKb contains a wide range of metrics necessary for different toxicological evaluations. Notably, we observed that ViCEKb chemicals are present in a variety of consumer products. For instance, Propyl gallate is present as a fragrance substance in various household products, and Flutamide is used in medication to treat prostate cancer. These two chemicals have the highest level of evidence in ViCEKb, but are not regulated for their skin sensitizing effects. Furthermore, an extensive cheminformatics-based investigation revealed that ViCEKb chemical space is structurally diverse and comprises unique chemical scaffolds in comparison with skin specific regulatory lists. For example, Neomycin and 2,3,5-Triglycidyl-4-aminophenol have unique chemical scaffolds and the highest level of evidence in ViCEKb, but are not regulated for their skin sensitizing effects. Finally, a transcriptomics-based analysis of ViCEKb chemical perturbations in skin cell samples highlighted the commonality in their linked biological processes. Overall, we present the first comprehensive effort in compilation and exploration of various chemical triggers of vitiligo. We believe such a resource will enable in deciphering the complex etiology of vitiligo and aid in the characterization of human chemical exposome. ViCEKb is freely available for academic research at: https://cb.imsc.res.in/vicekb.
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- Nikhil Chivukula
- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India.
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Zhgun AA. Fungal BGCs for Production of Secondary Metabolites: Main Types, Central Roles in Strain Improvement, and Regulation According to the Piano Principle. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:11184. [PMID: 37446362 PMCID: PMC10342363 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241311184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Filamentous fungi are one of the most important producers of secondary metabolites. Some of them can have a toxic effect on the human body, leading to diseases. On the other hand, they are widely used as pharmaceutically significant drugs, such as antibiotics, statins, and immunosuppressants. A single fungus species in response to various signals can produce 100 or more secondary metabolites. Such signaling is possible due to the coordinated regulation of several dozen biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs), which are mosaically localized in different regions of fungal chromosomes. Their regulation includes several levels, from pathway-specific regulators, whose genes are localized inside BGCs, to global regulators of the cell (taking into account changes in pH, carbon consumption, etc.) and global regulators of secondary metabolism (affecting epigenetic changes driven by velvet family proteins, LaeA, etc.). In addition, various low-molecular-weight substances can have a mediating effect on such regulatory processes. This review is devoted to a critical analysis of the available data on the "turning on" and "off" of the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in response to signals in filamentous fungi. To describe the ongoing processes, the model of "piano regulation" is proposed, whereby pressing a certain key (signal) leads to the extraction of a certain sound from the "musical instrument of the fungus cell", which is expressed in the production of a specific secondary metabolite.
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- Alexander A Zhgun
- Group of Fungal Genetic Engineering, Federal Research Center "Fundamentals of Biotechnology", Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prosp. 33-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia
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Vivek-Ananth RP, Sahoo AK, Baskaran SP, Ravichandran J, Samal A. Identification of activity cliffs in structure-activity landscape of androgen receptor binding chemicals. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 873:162263. [PMID: 36801331 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Androgen mimicking environmental chemicals can bind to Androgen receptor (AR) and can cause severe effects on the reproductive health of males. Predicting such endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the human exposome is vital for improving current chemical regulations. To this end, QSAR models have been developed to predict androgen binders. However, a continuous structure-activity relationship (SAR) wherein chemicals with similar structure have similar activity does not always hold. Activity landscape analysis can help map the structure-activity landscape and identify unique features such as activity cliffs. Here we performed a systematic investigation of the chemical diversity along with the global and local structure-activity landscape of a curated list of 144 AR binding chemicals. Specifically, we clustered the AR binding chemicals and visualized the associated chemical space. Thereafter, consensus diversity plot was used to assess the global diversity of the chemical space. Subsequently, the structure-activity landscape was investigated using SAS maps which capture the activity difference and structural similarity among the AR binders. This analysis led to a subset of 41 AR binding chemicals forming 86 activity cliffs, of which 14 are activity cliff generators. Additionally, SALI scores were computed for all pairs of AR binding chemicals and the SALI heatmap was also used to evaluate the activity cliffs identified using SAS map. Finally, we provide a classification of the 86 activity cliffs into six categories using structural information of chemicals at different levels. Overall, this investigation reveals the heterogeneous nature of the structure-activity landscape of AR binding chemicals and provides insights which will be crucial in preventing false prediction of chemicals as androgen binders and developing predictive computational toxicity models in the future.
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- R P Vivek-Ananth
- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai 600113, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai 400094, India
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- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai 600113, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai 400094, India
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- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai 600113, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai 400094, India
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- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai 600113, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai 400094, India
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- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai 600113, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai 400094, India.
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