Synthesis and direct assay of large macrocycle diversities by combinatorial late-stage modification at picomole scale
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS(2022)
摘要
Macrocycles have excellent potential as therapeutics due to their ability to bind challenging targets. However, generating macrocycles against new targets is hindered by a lack of large macrocycle libraries for high-throughput screening. To overcome this, we herein established a combinatorial approach by tethering a myriad of chemical fragments to peripheral groups of structurally diverse macrocyclic scaffolds in a combinatorial fashion, all at a picomole scale in nanoliter volumes using acoustic droplet ejection technology. In a proof-of-concept, we generate a target-tailored library of 19,968 macrocycles by conjugating 104 carboxylic-acid fragments to 192 macrocyclic scaffolds. The high reaction efficiency and small number of side products of the acylation reactions allowed direct assay without purification and thus a large throughput. In screens, we identify nanomolar inhibitors against thrombin ( K i = 44 ± 1 nM) and the MDM2:p53 protein-protein interaction ( K d MDM2 = 43 ± 18 nM). The increased efficiency of macrocycle synthesis and screening and general applicability of this approach unlocks possibilities for generating leads against any protein target.
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Combinatorial libraries,High-throughput screening,Peptides,Screening,Science,Humanities and Social Sciences,multidisciplinary
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