Single-label time-resolved luminescence assay for estrogen receptor--ligand binding |
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Authors: | Huttunen Roope Shweta Martikkala Eija Lahdenranta Merja Virta Pasi Hänninen Pekka Härmä Harri |
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Affiliation: | aLaboratory of Biophysics, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy and Medicity Research Laboratories, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland;bDepartment of Chemistry, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland |
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Abstract: | Homogeneous luminescence-based microplate assays are desirable in high-throughput screening of new nuclear receptor regulators. Time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer (TR–FRET) assays provide high sensitivity due to low background signal. The TR–FRET concept requires labeling of both ligand and receptor, making the assay format and its development relatively expensive and complex compared with single-label methods. To overcome the limitations of the multilabel methods, we have developed a single-label method for estrogen receptor (ER)–ligand binding based on quenching resonance energy transfer (QRET), where estradiol labeled with luminescent europium(III) chelate (Eu–E2) is quenched using soluble quencher molecules. The luminescence signal of Eu–E2 on binding to full-length ER is protected from quenching while increasing competitor concentrations displace Eu–E2 from the receptor, reducing the signal. The QRET method was paralleled with a commercial fluorescence polarization (FP) assay. The measured signal-to-background (S/B) values for estradiol, estrone, fulvestrant, and tamoxifen obtained for the QRET assay (5.8–9.2) were clearly higher than the S/B values for the FP assay (1.3–1.5). A Kd value of 30 nM was calculated for binding of Eu–E2 to ER from a saturation binding isotherm. The QRET method provides an attractive new single-label assay format for nuclear receptor ligand screening. |
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Keywords: | Drug discovery Time-resolved luminescence Nuclear receptors Steroids Homogeneous assay |
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