Deep Lead Optimization: Leveraging Generative AI for Structural Modification

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Auteurs principaux: Zhang, Odin, Lin, Haitao, Zhang, Hui, Zhao, Huifeng, Huang, Yufei, Huang, Yuansheng, Jiang, Dejun, Hsieh, Chang-yu, Pan, Peichen, Hou, Tingjun
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author Zhang, Odin
Lin, Haitao
Zhang, Hui
Zhao, Huifeng
Huang, Yufei
Huang, Yuansheng
Jiang, Dejun
Hsieh, Chang-yu
Pan, Peichen
Hou, Tingjun
author_facet Zhang, Odin
Lin, Haitao
Zhang, Hui
Zhao, Huifeng
Huang, Yufei
Huang, Yuansheng
Jiang, Dejun
Hsieh, Chang-yu
Pan, Peichen
Hou, Tingjun
contents The idea of using deep-learning-based molecular generation to accelerate discovery of drug candidates has attracted extraordinary attention, and many deep generative models have been developed for automated drug design, termed molecular generation. In general, molecular generation encompasses two main strategies: de novo design, which generates novel molecular structures from scratch, and lead optimization, which refines existing molecules into drug candidates. Among them, lead optimization plays an important role in real-world drug design. For example, it can enable the development of me-better drugs that are chemically distinct yet more effective than the original drugs. It can also facilitate fragment-based drug design, transforming virtual-screened small ligands with low affinity into first-in-class medicines. Despite its importance, automated lead optimization remains underexplored compared to the well-established de novo generative models, due to its reliance on complex biological and chemical knowledge. To bridge this gap, we conduct a systematic review of traditional computational methods for lead optimization, organizing these strategies into four principal sub-tasks with defined inputs and outputs. This review delves into the basic concepts, goals, conventional CADD techniques, and recent advancements in AIDD. Additionally, we introduce a unified perspective based on constrained subgraph generation to harmonize the methodologies of de novo design and lead optimization. Through this lens, de novo design can incorporate strategies from lead optimization to address the challenge of generating hard-to-synthesize molecules; inversely, lead optimization can benefit from the innovations in de novo design by approaching it as a task of generating molecules conditioned on certain substructures.
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spellingShingle Deep Lead Optimization: Leveraging Generative AI for Structural Modification
Zhang, Odin
Lin, Haitao
Zhang, Hui
Zhao, Huifeng
Huang, Yufei
Huang, Yuansheng
Jiang, Dejun
Hsieh, Chang-yu
Pan, Peichen
Hou, Tingjun
Biomolecules
Artificial Intelligence
The idea of using deep-learning-based molecular generation to accelerate discovery of drug candidates has attracted extraordinary attention, and many deep generative models have been developed for automated drug design, termed molecular generation. In general, molecular generation encompasses two main strategies: de novo design, which generates novel molecular structures from scratch, and lead optimization, which refines existing molecules into drug candidates. Among them, lead optimization plays an important role in real-world drug design. For example, it can enable the development of me-better drugs that are chemically distinct yet more effective than the original drugs. It can also facilitate fragment-based drug design, transforming virtual-screened small ligands with low affinity into first-in-class medicines. Despite its importance, automated lead optimization remains underexplored compared to the well-established de novo generative models, due to its reliance on complex biological and chemical knowledge. To bridge this gap, we conduct a systematic review of traditional computational methods for lead optimization, organizing these strategies into four principal sub-tasks with defined inputs and outputs. This review delves into the basic concepts, goals, conventional CADD techniques, and recent advancements in AIDD. Additionally, we introduce a unified perspective based on constrained subgraph generation to harmonize the methodologies of de novo design and lead optimization. Through this lens, de novo design can incorporate strategies from lead optimization to address the challenge of generating hard-to-synthesize molecules; inversely, lead optimization can benefit from the innovations in de novo design by approaching it as a task of generating molecules conditioned on certain substructures.
title Deep Lead Optimization: Leveraging Generative AI for Structural Modification
topic Biomolecules
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19230