Journal
ACTA PHARMACEUTICA SINICA B
Volume 12, Issue 12, Pages 4309-4326Publisher
INST MATERIA MEDICA, CHINESE ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2022.09.022
Keywords
Ring cyclization; Spirocyclization; Macrocyclization; Conformational constraint; Lead generation; New drug discovery
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (China) [22277110, 81973177, 31900875]
- Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province (China) [222300420069, 222301420049]
- Program for Science & Technology Innovation Talents in Universities of Henan Province (China) [21HASTIT045]
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The design of new ligands with high affinity and specificity against the targets of interest is crucial in drug discovery. Cyclization, as a common strategy, allows the identification of new lead compounds by increasing novelty and diversity. This review summarizes the use of cyclization strategy in discovering new small-molecule lead compounds, focusing on four main strategies: fused ring cyclization, chain cyclization, spirocyclization, and macrocyclization. The challenges in synthetic complexity, pharmacokinetics profiles, and rational structure-based cyclization are also discussed.
The design of new ligands with high affinity and specificity against the targets of interest has been a central focus in drug discovery. As one of the most commonly used methods in drug discovery, the cyclization represents a feasible strategy to identify new lead compounds by increasing structural novelty, scaffold diversity and complexity. Such strategy could also be potentially used for the follow-on drug dis-covery without patent infringement. In recent years, the cyclization strategy has witnessed great success in the discovery of new lead compounds against different targets for treating various diseases. Herein, we first briefly summarize the use of the cyclization strategy in the discovery of new small-molecule lead compounds, including the proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTAC) molecules. Particularly, we focus on four main strategies including fused ring cyclization, chain cyclization, spirocyclization and macrocy-clization and highlight the use of the cyclization strategy in lead generation. Finally, the challenges including the synthetic intractability, relatively poor pharmacokinetics (PK) profiles and the absence of the structural information for rational structure-based cyclization are also briefly discussed. We hope this review, not exhaustive, could provide a timely overview on the cyclization strategy for the discovery of new lead compounds.(c) 2022 Chinese Pharmaceutical Association and Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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