Lead discovery for microsomal prostaglandin E synthase using a combination of high-throughput fluorescent-based assays and RapidFire mass spectrometry |
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Authors: | Leveridge Melanie V Bardera Ana Isabel LaMarr William Billinton Andrew Bellenie Ben Edge Colin Francis Peter Christodoulou Erica Shillings Anthony Hibbs Martin Fosberry Andrew Tanner Rob Hardwicke Philip Craggs Peter Sinha Yugesh Elegbe Oluseyi Alvarez-Ruiz Emilio Martin-Plaza Jose Julio Barroso-Poveda Vanessa Baddeley Stuart Chung Chun-wa Hutchinson Jonathan |
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Institution: | Department of Screening, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, UK. |
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Abstract: | Microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1 (mPGES-1) represents an attractive target for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and pain, being upregulated in response to inflammatory stimuli. Biochemical assays for prostaglandin E synthase activity are complicated by the instability of the substrate (PGH(2)) and the challenge of detection of the product (PGE(2)). A coupled fluorescent assay is described for mPGES-1 where PGH(2) is generated in situ using the action of cyclooxygenase 2 (Cox-2) on arachidonic acid. PGE(2) is detected by coupling through 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH) and diaphorase. The overall coupled reaction was miniaturized to 1536-well plates and validated for high-throughput screening. For compound progression, a novel high-throughput mass spectrometry assay was developed using the RapidFire platform. The assay employs the same in situ substrate generation step as the fluorescent assay, after which both PGE(2) and a reduced form of the unreacted substrate were detected by mass spectrometry. Pharmacology and assay quality were comparable between both assays, but the mass spectrometry assay was shown to be less susceptible to interference and false positives. Exploiting the throughput of the fluorescent assay and the label-free, direct detection of the RapidFire has proved to be a powerful lead discovery strategy for this challenging target. |
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