In this paper, we developed GPCR-CoINPocket, a computational method for identifying pharmacological similarities of GPCRs, including orphan receptors, solely from their sequences. Guided by our GPCR-CoINPocket predictions for the orphan receptor GPR37L1, we reported several compounds as inverse agonists of GPR37L1 constitutive Gαs-directed activity. Unfortunately, after the work was published, we discovered a cloning error in the GPR37L1 construct used for compound screening in Fig. 5 and Supplementary Figs. 5 and 6. The corrected GPR37L1 construct no longer displays constitutive activity, and the predicted compounds do not evoke a GPR37L1-mediated response in the pharmacological assays tested (refer to the accompanying Matters Arising). Therefore, we are retracting this study, and all authors agree with this decision. We sincerely apologize for any impact on the scientific community. The computational method for identifying pharmacological neighbors, GPCR-CoINPocket, is unaffected by this error.
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 26.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Chem Biol. 2021 Apr;17(4):501. doi: 10.1038/s41589-021-00746-1
Retraction Note: Orphan receptor ligand discovery by pickpocketing pharmacological neighbors
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PMCID: PMC7990710 NIHMSID: NIHMS1683658 PMID: 33649604
The publisher's version of this retraction is available at Nat Chem Biol
This retracts the article "Orphan receptor ligand discovery by pickpocketing pharmacological neighbors" in volume 13 on page 235.