Formation of Activity Cliffs Is Accompanied by Systematic Increases in Ligand Efficiency from Lowly to Highly Potent Compounds
Journal Title: The AAPS Journal - Year 2014, Vol 16, Issue 2
Abstract
Activity cliffs (ACs) are defined as pairs of structurally similar compounds sharing the same biological activity but having a large difference in potency. Therefore, ACs are often studied to rationalize structure-activity relationships (SARs) and aid in lead optimization. Hence, the AC concept plays an important role in compound development. For compound optimization, ligand efficiency (LE) represents another key concept. LE accounts for the relation between compound potency and mass. A major goal of lead optimization is to increase potency and also LE. Despite their high relevance for drug development, the AC and LE concepts have thus far not been considered in combination. It is currently unknown how compounds forming ACs might be related in terms of LE. To explore this question, ACs were systematically identified on the basis of high-confidence activity data and LE values for cliff partners were determined. Surprisingly, a significant increase in LE was generally detected for highly potent cliff partners compared to their lowly potent counterparts, regardless of the compound classes and their targets. Hence, ACs reveal chemical modifications that determine SARs and improve LE. These findings further increase the attractiveness of AC information for compound optimization and development.
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Antonio de la Vega de León, Jürgen Bajorath
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