Fragment-based drug design: Strategic advances and lessons learned

H. Chen, X. Zhou, Y. Gao, H. Chen, J. Zhou

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Abstract

Over the past two decades, high-throughput screening (HTS) has played a vital role in discovering new chemical leads. Due to the inherent defects and limitations associated with HTS, there exist high attrition rates. Fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) has emerged as an efficient method to construct leads from weak-affinity fragments, which involves detecting weak fragment-target protein interactions using fragment-based screening (FBS) approaches. In this article, we discuss various FBS assays, compare their advantages and disadvantages, and stress the core principle of orthogonal validation and lead generation. The strategic advances in FBDD and lessons learned from success cases are also presented.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationDrug Discovery Technologies
PublisherElsevier Inc.
Pages212-232
Number of pages21
Volume2-8
ISBN (Electronic)9780128032008
ISBN (Print)9780128032015
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 3 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Drug discovery
  • Fragment evolution
  • Fragment optimization
  • Fragment self-assembly
  • Fragment-based drug design
  • Fragment-based drug discovery
  • Fragment-based screening
  • Fragments
  • High-throughput screening
  • Ligand efficiency
  • Ligand-target interactions
  • Rational drug design
  • Structure-based drug design
  • Therapeutic agents

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry

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