Self-Organizing Maps in Drug Discovery: Compound Library Design, Scaffold-Hopping, Repurposing

Authors: Schneider, P.; Tanrikulu, Y.; Schneider, G.

Source: Current Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 16, Number 3, January 2009 , pp. 258-266(9)

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers

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Abstract:

High-throughput screening campaigns are fuelled not only by corporate or “maximally diverse” compound collections, but increasingly accompanied by target- or bioactivity-focused selections of screening compounds. Computerassisted library design methods aid in the compilation of focused molecule libraries. A prerequisite for application of any such computational approach is the definition of a reference set and a molecular similarity metric, based on which compound clustering and iterative virtual screening are performed. In this context the self-organizing map (SOM, Kohonen network) and variations thereof have found widespread application. SOMs cover such diverse fields of drug discovery as screening library design, scaffold-hopping, and repurposing. Here we present the concept of the SOM technique along with recent case studies. Advantages, limitations and potential future applications are critically discussed.

Keywords: Bioisosteric replacement; cheminformatics; chemical space; database; drug design; Kohonen network; leadhopping; molecular similarity; virtual screening

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986709787002655

Affiliations: 1: Chair for Chem- and Bioinformatics, Institute of Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology, CMP / LiFF / ZAFES, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Siesmayerstr. 70, D-60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Publication date: 2009-01-01

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