scholarly journals Identification of Anti-malarial Drug Candidate Inhibitors using Ultra-high Throughput Screening Methods and Subsequent Mechanism of Action Studies Aimed at the Treatment and Prevention of Plasmodium falciparum

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Patrick Spicer
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Mechanism Of Action ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Drug Candidate ◽  
Screening Methods ◽  
Treatment And Prevention

From Classical to High Throughput Screening Methods for Feruloyl Esterases: A Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 616-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorena Ramírez-Velasco ◽  
Mariana Armendáriz-Ruiz ◽  
Jorge Alberto Rodríguez-González ◽  
Marcelo Müller-Santos ◽  
Ali Asaff-Torres ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Throughput ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Screening Methods ◽  
Feruloyl Esterases

scholarly journals New Approach for High-Throughput Screening of Drug Activity on Plasmodium Liver Stages

2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1586-1589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Gego ◽  
Olivier Silvie ◽  
Jean-François Franetich ◽  
Khemaïs Farhati ◽  
Laurent Hannoun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Scanning System ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Drug Activity ◽  
Hepatic Cells ◽  
High Throughput Drug Screening ◽  
Prophylactic Drugs

ABSTRACT Plasmodium liver stages represent potential targets for antimalarial prophylactic drugs. Nevertheless, there is a lack of molecules active on these stages. We have now developed a new approach for the high-throughput screening of drug activity on Plasmodium liver stages in vitro, based on an infrared fluorescence scanning system. This method allowed us to count automatically and rapidly Plasmodium-infected hepatocytes, using different hepatic cells and different Plasmodium species, including Plasmodium falciparum. This new technique is well adapted for high-throughput drug screening and should facilitate the identification of new antimalarial compounds active on Plasmodium liver stages.

scholarly journals High throughput method development and optimised production of leaf protein concentrates with potential to support the agri-industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajay Iyer ◽  
Lisa Guerrier ◽  
Salomé Leveque ◽  
Charles S. Bestwick ◽  
Sylvia H. Duncan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Protein Extraction ◽  
Leaf Protein ◽  
Protein Recovery ◽  
Screening Methods ◽  
Extraction Technology ◽  
Protein Concentrates ◽  
Ethanol Precipitation

AbstractInvasive plants offer an interesting and unconventional source of protein and the considerable investment made towards their eradication can potentially be salvaged through their revalorisation. To identify viable sources, effective and high-throughput screening methods are required, as well as efficient procedures to isolate these components. Rigorous assessment of low-cost, high-throughput screening assays for total sugar, phenolics and protein was performed, and ninhydrin, Lever and Fast Blue assays were found to be most suitable owing to high reliability scores and false positive errors less than 1%. These assays were used to characterise invasive Scottish plants such as Gorse (Ulex europeans), Broom (Cystisus scoparius) and Fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium). Protein extraction (alkali-, heat- and enzyme assisted) were tested on these plants, and further purification (acid and ethanol precipitation, as well as ultrafiltration) procedures were tested on Gorse, based on protein recovery values. Cellulase treatment and ethanol precipitation gave the highest protein recovery (64.0 ± 0.5%) and purity (96.8 ± 0.1%) with Gorse. The amino acid profile of the purified protein revealed high levels of essential amino acids (34.8 ± 0.0%). Comparison of results with preceding literature revealed a strong association between amino acid profiles and overall protein recovery with the extraction method employed. The final purity of the protein concentrates was closely associated to the protein content of the initial plant mass. Leaf protein extraction technology can effectively raise crop harvest indices, revalorise underutilised plants and waste streams.

Evaluation of Methods To Assess the Biofilm-Forming Ability of Listeria monocytogenes

2012 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 1411-1417 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTÓNIO LOURENÇO ◽  
FRANCISCO REGO ◽  
LUISA BRITO ◽  
JOSEPH F. FRANK
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Listeria Monocytogenes ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Biofilm Formation ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Screening Methods ◽  
Genetic Lineage ◽  
Production Lines ◽  
Genetic Characteristics

The contamination of ready-to-eat products with Listeria monocytogenes has been related to the presence of biofilms in production lines, as biofilms protect cells from chemical sanitizers. The ability of L. monocytogenes to produce biofilms is often evaluated using in vitro methodologies. This work aims to compare the most frequently used methodologies, including high-throughput screening methods based on microplates (crystal violet and the Calgary Biofilm Device) and methods based on CFU enumeration and microscopy after growth on stainless steel. Thirty isolates with diverse origins and genetic characteristics were evaluated. No (or low) correlations between methods were observed. The only significant correlation was found between the methods using stainless steel. No statistically significant correlation (P > 0.05) was detected among genetic lineage, serovar, and biofilm-forming ability. Because results indicate that biofilm formation is influenced by the surface material, the extrapolation of results from high-throughput methods using microplates to more industrially relevant surfaces should be undertaken with caution.

High-throughput Screening Methods Developed for Oxidoreductases

Enzyme Assays ◽  
2006 ◽  
pp. 77-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler W. Johannes ◽  
Ryan D. Woodyer ◽  
Huimin Zhao
Keyword(s):  
High Throughput ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Screening Methods

scholarly journals Paper-Based SERS Platform for One-Step Screening of Tetracycline in Milk

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Marques ◽  
Bruno Veigas ◽  
Andreia Araújo ◽  
Beatriz Pagará ◽  
Pedro Viana Baptista ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Throughput ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Dairy Industry ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Screening Methods ◽  
Sers Substrate ◽  
Molecular Signatures

AbstractThroughout the last decade, the expansion of food testing has been gradually moving towards ordinary high throughput screening methods performed on-site. The demand for point-of-care testing, able to distinguish molecular signatures with high accuracy, sensitivity and specificity has been significantly increasing. This new requirement relies on the on-site detection and monitorization of molecular signatures suitable for the surveillance of food production and processing. The widespread use of antibiotics has contributed to disease control of livestock but has also created problems for the dairy industry and consumers. Its therapeutic and subtherapeutic use has increased the risk of contamination in milk in enough concentrations to cause economic losses to the dairy industry and have a health impact in highly sensitive individuals. This study focuses on the development of a simple Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) method for fast high throughput screening of tetracycline (TET) in milk. For this, we integrate a paper-based low-cost, fully recyclable and highly stable SERS platform, with a minimal sample preparation protocol. A two-microliter sample of milk solutions spiked with TET (from 0.01 to 1000 ppm) is dried on a silver nanoparticle coated cardboard substrate and measured via a Raman spectrophotometer. The SERS substrate showed to be extremely stable with a shelf life of several months. A global spectrum principal component analysis approach was used to test all the detected vibrational modes and their correlation with TET concentration. Peak intensity ratios (455 cm−1/1280 cm−1 and 874 cm−1/1397 cm−1) were found to be correlated with TET concentrations in milk, achieving a sensitivity as low as 0.1 ppm. Results indicate that this SERS method combined with portable Raman spectrometer is a potential tool that can be used on-site for the monitoring of TET residues and other antibiotics.

scholarly journals Metabolic Fingerprinting with Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy: Towards a High-Throughput Screening Assay for Antibiotic Discovery and Mechanism-of-Action Elucidation

Metabolites ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Bernardo Ribeiro da Cunha ◽  
Luís P. Fonseca ◽  
Cecília R.C. Calado
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Ftir Spectroscopy ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Mechanism Of Action ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Fourier Transform Infrared ◽  
Metabolic Fingerprinting ◽  
High Throughput Screening Assay ◽  
Metabolic Fingerprint ◽  
Antibiotic Discovery

The discovery of antibiotics has been slowing to a halt. Phenotypic screening is once again at the forefront of antibiotic discovery, yet Mechanism-Of-Action (MOA) identification is still a major bottleneck. As such, methods capable of MOA elucidation coupled with the high-throughput screening of whole cells are required now more than ever, for which Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a promising metabolic fingerprinting technique. A high-throughput whole-cell FTIR spectroscopy-based bioassay was developed to reveal the metabolic fingerprint induced by 15 antibiotics on the Escherichia coli metabolism. Cells were briefly exposed to four times the minimum inhibitory concentration and spectra were quickly acquired in the high-throughput mode. After preprocessing optimization, a partial least squares discriminant analysis and principal component analysis were conducted. The metabolic fingerprints obtained with FTIR spectroscopy were sufficiently specific to allow a clear distinction between different antibiotics, across three independent cultures, with either analysis algorithm. These fingerprints were coherent with the known MOA of all the antibiotics tested, which include examples that target the protein, DNA, RNA, and cell wall biosynthesis. Because FTIR spectroscopy acquires a holistic fingerprint of the effect of antibiotics on the cellular metabolism, it holds great potential to be used for high-throughput screening in antibiotic discovery and possibly towards a better understanding of the MOA of current antibiotics.

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