A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level
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- 作者：M. Jonathan Fray ; Simon J.F. Macdonald ; Ian R. Baldwin ; Nick Barton ; Jack Brown ; Ian B. Campbell ; Ian Churcher ; Diane M. Coe ; Anthony W.J. Cooper ; Andrew P. Craven ; Gail Fisher ; Graham G.A. Inglis ; Henry A. Kelly ; John Liddle ; Aoife C. Maxwell ; Vipulkumar K. Patel ; Stephen Swanson ; Natalie Wellaway
- 刊名：Drug Discovery Today
- 出版年：December, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：18
- 期：23-24
- 页码：1158-1172
- 全文大小：1415 K
文摘
In this article, we describe a practical drug discovery project for third-year undergraduates. No previous knowledge of medicinal chemistry is assumed. Initial lecture workshops cover the basic principles; then students, in teams, seek to improve the profile of a weakly potent, insoluble phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase delta (PI3K未) inhibitor (1) through compound array design, molecular modelling, screening data analysis and the synthesis of target compounds in the laboratory. The project benefits from significant industrial support, including lectures, student mentoring and consumables. The aim is to make the learning experience as close as possible to real-life industrial situations. In total, 48 target compounds were prepared, the best of which (5b, 5j, 6b and 6ap) improved the potency and aqueous solubility of the lead compound (1) by 100-1000 fold and 鈮enfold, respectively.