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Synthesis and direct assay of large macrocycle diversities by combinatorial late-stage modification at picomole scale

Habeshian, Sevan
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Merz, Manuel Leonardo
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Sangouard, Gontran
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July 2, 2022
Nature Communications

Macrocycles have excellent potential as therapeutics due to their ability to bind challenging targets. However, generating macrocycles against new targets is hindered by a lack of large macrocycle libraries for high-throughput screening. To overcome this, we herein established a combinatorial approach by tethering a myriad of chemical fragments to peripheral groups of structurally diverse macrocyclic scaffolds in a combinatorial fashion, all at a picomole scale in nanoliter volumes using acoustic droplet ejection technology. In a proof-of-concept, we generate a target-tailored library of 19,968 macrocycles by conjugating 104 carboxylic-acid fragments to 192 macrocyclic scaffolds. The high reaction efficiency and small number of side products of the acylation reactions allowed direct assay without purification and thus a large throughput. In screens, we identify nanomolar inhibitors against thrombin (Ki = 44 ± 1 nM) and the MDM2:p53 protein-protein interaction (Kd MDM2 = 43 ± 18 nM). The increased efficiency of macrocycle synthesis and screening and general applicability of this approach unlocks possibilities for generating leads against any protein target.

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DOI
10.1038/s41467-022-31428-8
Author(s)
Habeshian, Sevan
Merz, Manuel Leonardo
Sangouard, Gontran
Mothukuri, Ganesh Kumar
Schüttel, Mischa
Bognár, Zsolt
Díaz-Perlas, Cristina
Vesin, Jonathan  
Bortoli Chapalay, Julien  
Turcatti, Gerardo  
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Date Issued

2022-07-02

Publisher

Nature Research

Published in
Nature Communications
Volume

13

Issue

1

Article Number

3823

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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LPPT  
PTCB  
FunderGrant Number

FNS

192368

FNS

183443

FNS-NCCR

Chemical Biology

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July 14, 2022
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