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Michelle Keller¹, Dimitar Petrov¹, Andreas Gloger¹

¹Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.

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DNA-encoded chemical libraries (DEL) offer a powerful drug discovery method. This study introduces a self-purifying DEL synthesis technique to enhance compound purity and improve selection performance.

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Area of Science:

Medicinal Chemistry
Chemical Biology
Drug Discovery

Background:

DNA-encoded chemical libraries (DEL) are instrumental in identifying novel drug candidates.
Current DEL technologies face challenges with chemical purity, impacting screening efficiency.
Poor purity can lead to false positives and hinder the identification of effective compounds.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel purification strategy for DEL synthesis.
To enhance the chemical purity of DELs produced via magnetic bead-based methods.
To improve the signal-to-noise ratio and reliability of DEL screening.

Main Methods:

A self-purifying release strategy was implemented using mutually orthogonal chemistry.
Tethers linking the first and last building blocks to magnetic beads were sequentially cleaved.
Washing steps between cleavage ensured the isolation of only fully synthesized library members.

Main Results:

The developed method yields DELs with outstanding chemical purity.
High purity enables direct correlation between chemical structure and DNA encoding.
Improved purity facilitates broader chemical scope and increased diversity elements.

Conclusions:

This self-purifying DEL synthesis significantly enhances library quality.
The improved purity leads to more reliable and efficient drug discovery screening.
The technique overcomes a critical limitation in current DEL technology, paving the way for more robust drug development.