AI is a viable alternative to high throughput screening: a 318-target study
Journal article
Wilson, C.M., Byrne, L., Al-Yozbaki, M. and The Atomwise AIMS Program 2024. AI is a viable alternative to high throughput screening: a 318-target study. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54655-z
Authors | Wilson, C.M., Byrne, L., Al-Yozbaki, M. and The Atomwise AIMS Program |
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Abstract | High throughput screening (HTS) is routinely used to identify bioactive small molecules. This requires physical compounds, which limits coverage of accessible chemical space. Computational approaches combined with vast on-demand chemical libraries can access far greater chemical space, provided that the predictive accuracy is sufficient to identify useful molecules. Through the largest and most diverse virtual HTS campaign reported to date, comprising 318 individual projects, we demonstrate that our AtomNet® convolutional neural network successfully finds novel hits across every major therapeutic area and protein class. We address historical limitations of computational screening by demonstrating success for target proteins without known binders, high-quality X-ray crystal structures, or manual cherry-picking of compounds. We show that the molecules selected by the AtomNet® model are novel drug-like scaffolds rather than minor modifications to known bioactive compounds. Our empirical results suggest that computational methods can substantially replace HTS as the first step of small-molecule drug discovery. |
Keywords | Drug discovery; High-throughput screening; Machine learning; Virtual screening; AI |
Year | 2024 |
Journal | Scientific Reports |
Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
ISSN | 2045-2322 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54655-z |
Official URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54655-z |
Publication dates | |
02 Apr 2024 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 15 Feb 2024 |
Deposited | 08 Apr 2024 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/97829/ai-is-a-viable-alternative-to-high-throughput-screening-a-318-target-study
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