Generative Model for Synthesizing Ionizable Lipids: A Monte Carlo Tree Search Approach

Autor: Zhao, Jingyi, Ou, Yuxuan, Tripp, Austin, Rasoulianboroujeni, Morteza, Hernández-Lobato, José Miguel
Rok vydání: 2024
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: Ionizable lipids are essential in developing lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for effective messenger RNA (mRNA) delivery. While traditional methods for designing new ionizable lipids are typically time-consuming, deep generative models have emerged as a powerful solution, significantly accelerating the molecular discovery process. However, a practical challenge arises as the molecular structures generated can often be difficult or infeasible to synthesize. This project explores Monte Carlo tree search (MCTS)-based generative models for synthesizable ionizable lipids. Leveraging a synthetically accessible lipid building block dataset and two specialized predictors to guide the search through chemical space, we introduce a policy network guided MCTS generative model capable of producing new ionizable lipids with available synthesis pathways.
Databáze: arXiv