A new paradigm for navigating compound property related drug attrition

P Barton, RJ Riley - Drug Discovery Today, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•We propose properties related to drug–transporter interactions and drug
attrition.•This space consists of compounds with PSA> 75 and c log P< 3.•This space …

Preclinical evaluation of chemically reactive metabolites and mitigation of bioactivation in drug discovery

C He, Y Mao, H Wan - Drug Discovery Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Reactive metabolites (RMs) are thought to underlay idiosyncratic adverse drug
reactions (IADRs) which are one of the common causes of drug discontinuation.•RMs have …

Modeling reactivity to biological macromolecules with a deep multitask network

TB Hughes, NL Dang, GP Miller… - ACS central …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Most small-molecule drug candidates fail before entering the market, frequently because of
unexpected toxicity. Often, toxicity is detected only late in drug development, because many …

Deep learning to predict the formation of quinone species in drug metabolism

TB Hughes, SJ Swamidass - Chemical research in toxicology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Many adverse drug reactions are thought to be caused by electrophilically reactive drug
metabolites that conjugate to nucleophilic sites within DNA and proteins, causing cancer or …

Identification and mitigation of reactive metabolites of 2-aminoimidazole-containing microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1 inhibitors terminated due to clinical drug …

BH Norman, MJ Fisher, MA Schiffler… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Two 2-aminoimidazole-based inhibitors, LY3031207 (1) and LY3023703 (2), of the
microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1 (mPGES-1) enzyme were found to cause drug …

Refine and Strengthen SAR-Based Read-Across by Considering Bioactivation and Modes of Action

G Yan, J Rose, C Ellison, AM Mudd… - Chemical Research in …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Structure–activity relationship (SAR)-based read-across is an important and effective
method to establish the safety of a data-poor target chemical (structure of interest (SOI)) …

Dose‐dependent acute liver injury with hypersensitivity features in humans due to a novel microsomal prostaglandin E synthase 1 inhibitor

Y Jin, A Regev, J Kam, K Phipps… - British Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aims LY3031207, a novel microsomal prostaglandin E synthase 1 inhibitor, was evaluated
in a multiple ascending dose study after nonclinical toxicology studies and a single …

Major benznidazole metabolites in patients treated for Chagas disease: Mass spectrometry-based identification, structural analysis and detoxification pathways

CAP Montilla, S Moroni, G Moscatelli, DM Rocco… - Toxicology Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Benznidazole is the drug of choice for the treatment of Chagas disease, but its metabolism in
humans is unclear. Here, we identified and characterized the major benznidazole …

Modeling the bioactivation and subsequent reactivity of drugs

TB Hughes, N Flynn, NL Dang… - Chemical research in …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrophilically reactive drug metabolites are implicated in many adverse drug reactions. In
this mechanism—termed bioactivation—metabolic enzymes convert drugs into reactive …

NCS-catalyzed synthesis of 2, 4, 5-triaryl-1H-imidazole and its selective detection of iron ions

C Liu, L Ren, J Wang, P Wu, Y Liu, Y Shang… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, an efficient synthesis of 2, 4, 5-trisubstituted imidazoles was developed via
cyclocondensation starting from o-dione, substituted aromatic aldehyde and ammonium …