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Searching chemical space with the Bayesian Idea Generator.

Willem P van Hoorn1, Andrew S Bell

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Sandwich Laboratories, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ, United Kingdom. willem.van.hoorn@pfizer.com

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
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The Bayesian Idea Generator efficiently searches vast compound libraries for drug discovery. This novel method prioritizes compounds, balancing similarity and diversity for successful lead identification.

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Area of Science:

  • Computational chemistry and cheminformatics
  • Drug discovery and medicinal chemistry
  • Statistical modeling in chemical space exploration

Background:

  • The Pfizer Global Virtual Library (PGVL) contains over 10^12 synthesizable compounds, posing a challenge for traditional similarity searches.
  • Brute-force searching of large chemical libraries is computationally infeasible for identifying close analogues.
  • Need for efficient methods to navigate and search massive virtual compound collections in drug discovery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce the Bayesian Idea Generator (BIG) for navigating and searching large chemical libraries.
  • To develop a statistically driven approach for prioritizing subsets of compounds from vast virtual libraries.
  • To demonstrate the application of BIG in identifying potential drug candidates by balancing similarity and diversity.

Main Methods:

  • Application of Bayesian statistics to narrow down the search space within large compound libraries.
  • Prioritization of existing library arrays and retrieval of nearest neighbors.
  • Mapping and searching of singleton compound files within the defined library space.
  • Validation of the method's accuracy using an independent test set.

Main Results:

  • The Bayesian Idea Generator effectively reduces the search space to a manageable set of prioritized compounds (e.g., 96 compounds).
  • The method demonstrates >99% accuracy in retrieving known library provenance from test data.
  • Retrieved compounds exhibit a balance between structural similarity and diversity, facilitating scaffold hopping.
  • Successful application of BIG in four drug discovery case studies is presented.

Conclusions:

  • The Bayesian Idea Generator provides an efficient and accurate method for searching large chemical spaces.
  • BIG's ability to balance similarity and diversity aids in the discovery of novel chemical entities.
  • The methodology is applicable to any compound collection with distinct clusters, including vendor catalogues.
  • This approach significantly enhances the efficiency of drug discovery by prioritizing relevant compounds.