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Use of activity-based probes to develop high throughput screening assays that can be performed in complex cell extracts.
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PloS one [PLoS One] 2010 Aug 05; Vol. 5 (8), pp. e11985. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Aug 05. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Background: High throughput screening (HTS) is one of the primary tools used to identify novel enzyme inhibitors. However, its applicability is generally restricted to targets that can either be expressed recombinantly or purified in large quantities.<br />Methodology and Principal Findings: Here, we described a method to use activity-based probes (ABPs) to identify substrates that are sufficiently selective to allow HTS in complex biological samples. Because ABPs label their target enzymes through the formation of a permanent covalent bond, we can correlate labeling of target enzymes in a complex mixture with inhibition of turnover of a substrate in that same mixture. Thus, substrate specificity can be determined and substrates with sufficiently high selectivity for HTS can be identified. In this study, we demonstrate this method by using an ABP for dipeptidyl aminopeptidases to identify (Pro-Arg)2-Rhodamine as a specific substrate for DPAP1 in Plasmodium falciparum lysates and Cathepsin C in rat liver extracts. We then used this substrate to develop highly sensitive HTS assays (Z'>0.8) that are suitable for use in screening large collections of small molecules (i.e >300,000) for inhibitors of these proteases. Finally, we demonstrate that it is possible to use broad-spectrum ABPs to identify target-specific substrates.<br />Conclusions: We believe that this approach will have value for many enzymatic systems where access to large amounts of active enzyme is problematic.
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- Animals
Cathepsin C antagonists & inhibitors
Cathepsin C metabolism
Humans
Liver cytology
Plasmodium falciparum cytology
Protease Inhibitors pharmacology
Rats
Small Molecule Libraries pharmacology
Substrate Specificity
Cell Extracts
Drug Evaluation, Preclinical methods
High-Throughput Screening Assays methods
Molecular Probes metabolism
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1932-6203
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- PloS one
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20700487
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011985