Phenocopy--a strategy to qualify chemical compounds during hit-to-lead and/or lead optimization.

ABSTRACT: A phenocopy is defined as an environmentally induced phenotype of one individual which is identical to the genotype-determined phenotype of another individual. The phenocopy phenomenon has been translated to the drug discovery process as phenotypes produced by the treatment of biological systems with new chemical entities (NCE) may resemble environmentally induced phenotypic modifications. Various new chemical entities exerting inhibition of the kinase activity of Transforming Growth Factor β Receptor I (TGF-βR1) were qualified by high-throughput RNA expression profiling. This chemical genomics approach resulted in a precise time-dependent insight to the TGF-β biology and allowed furthermore a comprehensive analysis of each NCE's off-target effects. The evaluation of off-target effects by

SUBMITTER: Baum P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3000806 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature