scispace - formally typeset
Open AccessJournal ArticleDOI

Seven Year Itch: Pan-Assay Interference Compounds (PAINS) in 2017-Utility and Limitations.

Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
This work outlines for the first time all necessary considerations for the appropriate use of PAINS filters.
Abstract
Pan-Assay Interference Compounds (PAINS) are very familiar to medicinal chemists who have spent time fruitlessly trying to optimize these nonprogressible compounds. Electronic filters formulated to recognize PAINS can process hundreds and thousands of compounds in seconds and are in widespread current use to identify PAINS in order to exclude them from further analysis. However, this practice is fraught with danger because such black box treatment is simplistic. Here, we outline for the first time all necessary considerations for the appropriate use of PAINS filters.

read more

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

The Synthesizability of Molecules Proposed by Generative Models

TL;DR: This analysis suggests that to improve the utility of state-of-the-art generative models in real discovery workflows, new algorithm development is warranted.
Journal ArticleDOI

Rational Design of Multitarget-Directed Ligands: Strategies and Emerging Paradigms

TL;DR: This article discusses the systematic establishment of target combination, lead generation, and optimization of multitarget-directed ligands (MTDLs), and analyzes some MTDLs research cases for several complex diseases in recent years and the physicochemical properties of 117 clinical multitarget drugs, with the aim of revealing the trends and insights of the potential use of MT DLs.
Journal ArticleDOI

Advances in covalent kinase inhibitors.

TL;DR: A comprehensive overview of covalent kinase inhibitors reported in the literature over a decade period, 2007-2018 is provided, with emphasis on the rationale behind warhead choice, optimization approach, and inhibitor design.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

New Substructure Filters for Removal of Pan Assay Interference Compounds (PAINS) from Screening Libraries and for Their Exclusion in Bioassays

TL;DR: A number of substructural features which can help to identify compounds that appear as frequent hitters (promiscuous compounds) in many biochemical high throughput screens are described.
Journal ArticleDOI

Chemistry: Chemical con artists foil drug discovery

TL;DR: It is shown that academic researchers, drawn into drug discovery without appropriate guidance, are doing muddled science, and time and research money are wasted in attempts to optimize the activity of these compounds.
Journal ArticleDOI

The promise and peril of chemical probes.

Cheryl H. Arrowsmith, +53 more
TL;DR: A community-driven wiki resource to improve quality and convey current best practice on chemical probes, and to help address shortcomings of poor quality or that are used incorrectly generate misleading results.
Journal ArticleDOI

Feeling Nature's PAINS: Natural Products, Natural Product Drugs, and Pan Assay Interference Compounds (PAINS).

TL;DR: It is shown that the concept of PAINS is relevant to compounds of natural origin, but that the context of the biological readout is an important factor that must be brought into consideration.
Journal ArticleDOI

PubChem BioAssay: 2017 update

TL;DR: An update for the PubChem Bio Assay database is provided describing several recent development including added sources of research data, redesigned BioAssay record page, new bioAssay classification browser and new features in the Upload system facilitating data sharing.
Related Papers (5)