Small molecule probes are powerful tools for studying biological systems and can also serve as lead compounds for developing new drugs to treat human diseases. To enable the identification of such probes, the overall objective of this project is to synthesize novel small molecule libraries for submission to the NIH Molecular Libraries Small Molecule Repository (MLSMR) and screening against a wide range of biological targets in the Molecular Libraries Probe Production Centers Network (MLPCN). To date, pharmaceutical companies and, hence, commercial library suppliers, have largely focused on a small set of ~200 'druggable'biological targets and, as a result, increasingly narrow regions of chemical structure space that correlate with these targets. Sequencing of the human genome has opened the door to using small molecules to investigate a vast array of exciting new targets. However, existing libraries of 'drug-like'molecules often fail to provide useful probes for these targets. Thus, to address this broader range of biological targets through screening in the MLPCN, a wider variety of chemical structures must also be represented in the MLSMR. To meet this need, we propose to continue our comprehensive program to synthesize pilot-scale libraries based on specific, privileged substructures from biologically active natural products. These libraries access biologically relevant regions of chemical space that are currently underrepresented in the MLSMR. Stereoselective syntheses are used to provide libraries with diverse three-dimensional scaffolds that are further diversified using building block-coupling reactions. The libraries are designed to afford lead-like properties, aqueous solubility, chemical stability, and cell permeability and will address specific hypotheses regarding the utility of natural product-based pharmacophores, the relative impacts of scaffolds and building blocks, and biased building block sets.
The specific aims of this project are to synthesize pilot-scale libraries in the following four classes: (1) aliphatic and benzannulated spiroketals, (2) complex polyketides and peptide-polyketide hybrids, (3) macrolides and related macrocycles, (4) polycyclic alkaloid/terpenoid-like molecules.

Public Health Relevance

The overall goal of this project is to produce novel collections of molecules that resemble biologically active natural products. These libraries will then be tested to identify new probes to study fundamental biological processes and to evaluate new potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of human diseases.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Biotechnology Resource Grants (P41)
Project #
5P41GM076267-06
Application #
8299147
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-BCMB-R (50))
Program Officer
Lees, Robert G
Project Start
2005-09-23
Project End
2014-04-30
Budget Start
2012-05-01
Budget End
2014-04-30
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
2012
Total Cost
$475,841
Indirect Cost
$226,579
Name
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
Department
Type
DUNS #
064931884
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10065
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