Assays for High‐Throughput Screening in Drug Discovery

2006 ◽  
pp. 615-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian M. Apfel ◽  
Thilo Enderle
Keyword(s):  
Drug Discovery ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
High Throughput Screening

Upscaling and Automation of Electrophysiology: Toward High Throughput Screening in Ion Channel Drug Discovery

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-58
Author(s):  
Margit Asmild ◽  
Nicholas Oswald ◽  
Karen M. Krzywkowski ◽  
Søren Friis ◽  
Rasmus B. Jacobsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Discovery ◽  
Ion Channel ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
High Throughput Screening

High-Throughput Affinity Selection Mass Spectrometry Using SAMDI-MS to Identify Small-Molecule Binders of the Human Rhinovirus 3C Protease

2021 ◽  
pp. 247255522110232
Author(s):  
Michael D. Scholle ◽  
Doug McLaughlin ◽  
Zachary A. Gurard-Levin
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Drug Discovery ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Human Rhinovirus ◽  
Binding Potential ◽  
Affinity Selection ◽  
Response Curves ◽  
Desorption Ionization ◽  
Self Assembled

Affinity selection mass spectrometry (ASMS) has emerged as a powerful high-throughput screening tool used in drug discovery to identify novel ligands against therapeutic targets. This report describes the first high-throughput screen using a novel self-assembled monolayer desorption ionization (SAMDI)–ASMS methodology to reveal ligands for the human rhinovirus 3C (HRV3C) protease. The approach combines self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiolates on gold with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI TOF) mass spectrometry (MS), a technique termed SAMDI-ASMS. The primary screen of more than 100,000 compounds in pools of 8 compounds per well was completed in less than 8 h, and informs on the binding potential and selectivity of each compound. Initial hits were confirmed in follow-up SAMDI-ASMS experiments in single-concentration and dose–response curves. The ligands identified by SAMDI-ASMS were further validated using differential scanning fluorimetry (DSF) and in functional protease assays against HRV3C and the related SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro enzyme. SAMDI-ASMS offers key benefits for drug discovery over traditional ASMS approaches, including the high-throughput workflow and readout, minimizing compound misbehavior by using smaller compound pools, and up to a 50-fold reduction in reagent consumption. The flexibility of this novel technology opens avenues for high-throughput ASMS assays of any target, thereby accelerating drug discovery for diverse diseases.

scholarly journals Development of a Robust High-Throughput Screening Platform for Inhibitors of the Striatal-Enriched Tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP)

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 4417
Author(s):  
Lester J Lambert ◽  
Stefan Grotegut ◽  
Maria Celeridad ◽  
Palak Gosalia ◽  
Laurent JS De Backer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Discovery ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Tyrosine Kinases ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Kinase Inhibitors ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphatase ◽  
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases ◽  
Synaptic Function ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Protein Tyrosine

Many human diseases are the result of abnormal expression or activation of protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) and protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs). Not surprisingly, more than 30 tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are currently in clinical use and provide unique treatment options for many patients. PTPs on the other hand have long been regarded as “undruggable” and only recently have gained increased attention in drug discovery. Striatal-enriched tyrosine phosphatase (STEP) is a neuron-specific PTP that is overactive in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia, and fragile X syndrome. An emergent model suggests that the increase in STEP activity interferes with synaptic function and contributes to the characteristic cognitive and behavioral deficits present in these diseases. Prior efforts to generate STEP inhibitors with properties that warrant clinical development have largely failed. To identify novel STEP inhibitor scaffolds, we developed a biophysical, label-free high-throughput screening (HTS) platform based on the protein thermal shift (PTS) technology. In contrast to conventional HTS using STEP enzymatic assays, we found the PTS platform highly robust and capable of identifying true hits with confirmed STEP inhibitory activity and selectivity. This new platform promises to greatly advance STEP drug discovery and should be applicable to other PTP targets.

The Discovery Channel: microfluidics and microengineered systems in drug screening

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Moraes
Keyword(s):  
Drug Discovery ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Drug Screening ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Analytical Strategies ◽  
Discovery Pipeline

We highlight exciting findings and promising approaches in the recent literature in which researchers integrate advanced micro-engineering, design, and analytical strategies to improve the relevance and utility of high-throughput screening in the drug discovery pipeline.

scholarly journals Integration of an In Situ MALDI-Based High-Throughput Screening Process: A Case Study with Receptor Tyrosine Kinase c-MET

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 1203-1210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Beeman ◽  
Jens Baumgärtner ◽  
Manuel Laubenheimer ◽  
Karlheinz Hergesell ◽  
Martin Hoffmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Discovery ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Maldi Ms ◽  
Kinase Assay ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
Label Free Detection ◽  
Ic50 Values

Mass spectrometry (MS) is known for its label-free detection of substrates and products from a variety of enzyme reactions. Recent hardware improvements have increased interest in the use of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) MS for high-throughput drug discovery. Despite interest in this technology, several challenges remain and must be overcome before MALDI-MS can be integrated as an automated “in-line reader” for high-throughput drug discovery. Two such hurdles include in situ sample processing and deposition, as well as integration of MALDI-MS for enzymatic screening assays that usually contain high levels of MS-incompatible components. Here we adapt our c-MET kinase assay to optimize for MALDI-MS compatibility and test its feasibility for compound screening. The pros and cons of the Echo (Labcyte) as a transfer system for in situ MALDI-MS sample preparation are discussed. We demonstrate that this method generates robust data in a 1536-grid format. We use the MALDI-MS to directly measure the ratio of c-MET substrate and phosphorylated product to acquire IC50 curves and demonstrate that the pharmacology is unaffected. The resulting IC50 values correlate well between the common label-based capillary electrophoresis and the label-free MALDI-MS detection method. We predict that label-free MALDI-MS-based high-throughput screening will become increasingly important and more widely used for drug discovery.

scholarly journals Complex Tumor Spheroids, a Tissue-Mimicking Tumor Model, for Drug Discovery and Precision Medicine

2021 ◽  
pp. 247255522110383
Author(s):  
Gurmeet Kaur ◽  
David M. Evans ◽  
Beverly A. Teicher ◽  
Nathan P. Coussens
Keyword(s):  
Drug Discovery ◽  
Precision Medicine ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Response To Therapy ◽  
Cancer Drug ◽  
Malignant Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Cell

Malignant tumors are complex tissues composed of malignant cells, vascular cells, structural mesenchymal cells including pericytes and carcinoma-associated fibroblasts, infiltrating immune cells, and others, collectively called the tumor stroma. The number of stromal cells in a tumor is often much greater than the number of malignant cells. The physical associations among all these cell types are critical to tumor growth, survival, and response to therapy. Most cell-based screens for cancer drug discovery and precision medicine validation use malignant cells in isolation as monolayers, embedded in a matrix, or as spheroids in suspension. Medium- and high-throughput screening with multiple cell lines requires a scalable, reproducible, robust cell-based assay. Complex spheroids include malignant cells and two normal cell types, human umbilical vein endothelial cells and highly plastic mesenchymal stem cells, which rapidly adapt to the malignant cell microenvironment. The patient-derived pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell line, K24384-001-R, was used to explore complex spheroid structure and response to anticancer agents in a 96-well format. We describe the development of the complex spheroid assay as well as the growth and structure of complex spheroids over time. Subsequently, we demonstrate successful assay miniaturization to a 384-well format and robust performance in a high-throughput screen. Implementation of the complex spheroid assay was further demonstrated with 10 well-established pancreatic cell lines. By incorporating both human stromal and tumor components, complex spheroids might provide an improved model for tumor response in vivo.

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