External ID: JHICC_RGS_Act_HTS

Protocol: Assay overview:

To screen for compounds that activate the RGS4 protein, a HEK293 cell line which stably expresses M3R and inducibly expresses RGS4 is employed. RGS4 function is monitored by calcium flux with a commercially available Fluo4-AM dye. Compounds that do not show increase in the Fluo4 fluorescence in induced RGS4 expressed cells are considered as activator/potentiator hits. M3 receptor and other endogenous receptor activators/potentiators will be excluded through later counter-screening against non-induced parental cells.

Protocol for RGS4 Primary Screen:
1. Cell culture: Cells (HEK293-FlpIn-TREx/M3R/RGS4) are routinely cultured in DMEM (high glucose, w/ glutamine), 10%FBS, 1%Pen/Strep, 15ug/ml Blasticidin, 400ug/ml G418, 200ug/ml Hygromycin.
2. Cell plating: Add 50 ul/well of 200,000 cells/ml re-suspended in DMEM/high glucose medium with 10% FBS, 1% Pen/Strep. Include 10 ng/ml Doxycyclin (DOX) to induce RGS4 expression.
3. Incubate overnight at 37C and 5% CO2.
4. Remove medium and add 20 ul /well of 2uM Fluo4-AM solution to cells.
5. Incubate 30 minutes at 37C in incubator.
6. Prepare 6x compound plates and control plates on Cybi-Well system: test compounds are prepared using assay buffer (HBSS-HEPES pH 7.4).
7. Remove Fluo4-AM dye solution and add 20 ul/well of assay buffer to cells.
8. Incubate 30 minutes at room temperature (RT).
9. Add 6x compounds in cell plates and incubate 20 minutes at RT.
9. Load cell plates on Hamamatsu FDSS 6000 kinetic imaging plate reader
10. Measure fluorescence for 10 seconds at 1Hz to establish baseline
11. After 100 seconds, add 4 ul of ECmax (carbachol) into the cell plates and record fluorescence for 100 seconds.
12. Calculate ratio readout as F(max-min)/F0 and integrated ratio readout.
13. Calculate the average and standard deviation for negative and positive controls in each plate, as well as Z and Z' factors [26]
14. Calculate B scores [27] for test compounds using integrated ratios calculated in Step 12
15. Outcome assignment: If the B score of the test compound is less than 4 times the standard deviation (SD) of the B scores of integrated ratios of all library compounds above the mean (B score Activator Ratio16. Score assignment: An active test compound is assigned a score between 5 and 100 by calculation of Int(((Log(ABS(B score ratio))-0.82)/0.44)*100), and they are normalized to the smallest and largest LOG(B score ratio), B score ratio, as in the result definition. The inactive test compounds are assigned a score of 0.


List of reagents

1. HEK293-FlpIn-TREx/M3R/RGS4 cell lines (provided by assay provider)
2. PBS: pH7.4 (Invitrogen Cat#10010049)
3. Medium: DMEM (Sigma, Cat#D5796)
4. Fetal Bovine Serum (Gemini, Cat# 100-106)
5. Hygromycin (Mediatech, Cat#30-240-CR)
6. 100x Penicillin-Streptomycin (Mediatech, Cat#30-001-CI)
7. Cell/stripper (Mediatech, Cat#25-056-Cl)
8. G418: (Invitrogen, Cat#11811-031)
9. Blasticidin (Sigma, Cat#R21001)
10. Doxycycline hyclate (Sigma, Cat#D9891)
11. HEPES (Sigma, Cat#H4034)
12. Fluo-4 (Invitrogen, Cat #F14202)
13. Pluronic F-127*20% in DMSO (Invitrogen, Cat#P-3000MP)
14. Atropine (Sigma, Cat#A0132)
15. Carbachol (Sigma, Cat# C4382)
16. Triple-layer flask (VWR, Cat #62407-082)
17. BD Biocoat 384-well plates (BD, Cat# (35)4663 and Lot #7346273)

Comment: To screen for compounds that activate the RGS4 protein, a HEK293 cell line which stably expresses M3R and inducibly expresses RGS4 is employed. RGS4 function is monitored by calcium flux with a commercially available Fluo4-AM dye. Compounds that do not show increase in the Fluo4 fluorescence in induced RGS4 expressed cells are considered as activator/potentiator hits. M3 receptor and other endogenous receptor activators/potentiators will be excluded through later counter-screening against non-induced parental cells.

External ID: ADAM17_INH_QFRET_1536_1X%INH PRUN

Protocol: Assay Overview:

The purpose of this assay is to identify compounds that inhibit ADAM17. This assay employs a fluorophore and quencher pair. F =EDANS fluorophore, Q = DABCYL quencher. When intact, EDANS emission at 460nm is quenched by DABCYL via fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Upon cleavage of the scissile bond (A~V) by ADAM protease, the distance between fluorophore and quencher increases resulting in fluorescence increase at 460nm. Compounds are tested in singlicate at a final nominal concentration of 6.95 micromolar.

Protocol Summary:

Prior to the start of the assay, 2.5 microliters 2X ADAM17 enzyme (20 nM in Assay Buffer: 50 mM HEPES, 0.01% Brij, pH 7.5) are dispensed into 1536 microtiter plates. Compounds are added to plate (final concentration TBD) and incubated for 30 minutes at 25 degrees Celsius. The assay is started by dispensing 2.5 microliter of2X DM2 substrate (20 uM in Assay Buffer) to all wells. Plates are centrifuged and after 3 hours of incubation at 25 degrees Celsius, fluorescence is measured (excitation = 359nm, emission = 460nm).

The % inhibition for each well was then calculated as follows:

%_Inhibition = ( RFU_Test_Compound - MedianRFU_Low_Control ) / ( MedianRFU_High_Control - MedianRFU_Low_Control ) * 100

Where:

Test_Compound is defined as wells containing test compound.
High_Control is defined as wells treated with 1 micromolar Marimastat
Low_Control is defined as wells containing DMSO.


Interval Cutoff:
A mathematical algorithm was used to determine nominally inhibiting compounds in the primary screen. Four values were calculated: (1) the average percent inhibition of all high controls tested plus three times the standard deviation of the high controls, (2) the average percent inhibition of all low controls tested minus three times the standard deviation of the low controls, (3) the average percent inhibition of all compounds tested between (1) and (2), and (4) three times their standard deviation. The sum of two of these values, (3) and (4), was used as a cutoff parameter, i.e. any compound that exhibited greater % inhibition/activity than the cutoff parameter was declared active.

PubChem Activity Outcome and Score:

The reported PubChem Activity Score has been normalized to 100% observed primary inhibition. Negative % inhibition values are reported as activity score zero.

The activity score range for active compounds is 100-8, for inactive 8-0.

List of Reagents:

ADAM17 enzyme (R&D Systems, part # 930-ADB)
EDANS-DABCYL DM2 peptide substrate (Supplied by Assay Provider)
0.5M HEPES solution, pH7.5 (Teknova, part #101319-900)
Brij-35 (Sigma-Aldrich, part # P1254)
1536 well plate (Corning, part # 7261)

Comment: Due to the increasing size of the MLPCN compound library, this assay may have been run as two or more separate campaigns, each campaign testing a unique set of compounds. In this case the results of each separate campaign were assigned "Active/Inactive" status based upon that campaign's specific compound activity cutoff value. All data reported were normalized on a per-plate basis. Possible artifacts of this assay can include, but are not limited to: dust or lint located in or on wells of the microtiter plate, compounds that modulate well fluorescence. All test compound concentrations reported above and below are nominal; the specific test concentration(s) for a particular compound may vary based upon the actual sample provided by the MLSMR.

External ID: EYA2477

Protocol: The Eya2 enzyme was kindly provided by the laboratory of Dr. Rui Zhao. The 3-O-methyl-fluorescein phosphate (OMFP) substrate and all buffer reagents were purchased from Sigma Aldrich.
qHTS Assay Setup:
1. Buffer- 50 mM HEPES pH 7.5, 50 mM NaCl, 5 uM MgCl2, 0.05% BSA, 1 mM DTT.
2. OMFP Stock- 10 mM solution prepared in 100% DMSO and stored in single use aliquots at -20C.

Assay Procedure-
1. Dispense 1.5 ul per well of Eya2 at 0.2 uM in black medium binding 1536 well Greiner plate
2. Transfer 23 nl of compound and control compound (EGTA) to plate
3. Incubate at ambient for 10 minutes
4. Dispense 1.5 ul per well of OMFP at 50 uM
5. Incubate at ambient for 10 minutes
6. Read on ViewLux using Excitation = 485 nm, Emission = 525 nm

Comment: Compound Ranking:

1. Compounds are first classified as having full titration curves, partial modulation, partial curve (weaker actives), single point activity (at highest concentration only), or inactive. See data field "Curve Description". For this assay, apparent inhibitors are ranked higher than compounds that showed apparent activation.
2. For all inactive compounds, PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE is 0. For all active compounds, a score range was given for each curve class type given above. Active compounds have PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE between 40 and 100. Inconclusive compounds have PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE between 1 and 39. Fit_LogAC50 was used for determining relative score and was scaled to each curve class' score range.

External ID: TAAR1_ANT_FLUO8_1536_3XIC50 DCSRUN for TAAR1 AG

Protocol: Assay Overview:

The purpose of this assay is to determine whether compounds identified in a previous set of experiments entitled, "Fluorescence-based cell-based primary high throughput screening assay to identify agonists of the human trace amine associated receptor 1 (TAAR1)"(AID 624467) also desensitize TAAR receptor response. This type of HTS-based measurement of desensitization (tachyphylaxis) is detailed elsewhere (23). The assay here allows TAAR1 to signal predominantly through calcium mobilization by stably expressing TAAR1 in the RD-HGA16 cell line. The RD-HGA16 cell line is a CHO cell-derived cell line that stably expresses Ga16. Ga16 has been shown to couple many GPCRs to calcium mobilization regardless of their endogenous signaling mechanisms. In other words, this cell line permits the coupling of non-Gq-coupled G-protein-coupled receptors to the mobilization of internal calcium. In this assay a CHO cell line that stably expresses TAAR1 is incubated with a fluorescent, cell permeable calcium indicator dye (Fluo-8). First, test compounds are added to the cells, followed by the addition of the TAAR1 agonist Beta-PEA. The dye serves to monitor levels of intracellular calcium in the CHO-TAAR1 cells. As designed, compounds that act as TAAR1 agonists will also decrease calcium mobilization, resulting in decreased relative fluorescence of the indicator dye, and decreased well fluorescence. The compounds are tested at 29.9uM with a 10 point, 1:3 dilution series in triplicate.

Protocol Summary:

The TAAR1-HGA16 cell line was routinely cultured in T-175 sq cm flasks at 37 C and 95% relative humidity (RH). The growth media consisted of Ham's F-12 Nutrient Media (F-12) supplemented with 10% v/v heat-inactivated qualified fetal bovine serum, 20 mM HEPES, 400 ug/mL Geneticin, 200 ug/mL Hygromycin and 1X antibiotic mix (penicillin and streptomycin).

The day before the assay 750 cells in 3 uL of growth media, lacking Geneticin and Hygromycin, were seeded into each well of 1536 well microtiter plates and allowed to incubate at 37 C, 5% CO2, and 95 % RH for 17-24 hours. Next, 2 uL of the fluorogenic Fluo-8 intracellular calcium indicator mixture (prepared according to the manufacturer's protocol) was added to each well. Plates were then incubated for 75 minutes at 37 C, 5% CO2, and 95 % RH, followed by 30 minute incubation at room temperature. Then, 30nL of 100% DMSO was added to each well and incubated at room temperature for 5 minutes. Then, 15 nL of test compound in DMSO were dispensed to appropriate wells. The assay was started by performing a basal read of plate fluorescence (470-495 nm excitation and 515-575 nm emission) for 5 seconds on the FLIPR Tetra (Molecular Devices). Then a real time fluorescence measurement was immediately performed for the remaining 140 seconds of the assay. Then, a basal read of plate fluorescence for 5 seconds on the FLIPR Tetra prior to all wells being treated with EC80 of PEA in DMSO. Then a real time fluorescence measurement was immediately performed for the remaining 140 seconds of the assay (this is the read for the antagonist mode).

Hits for this assay were determined according to the following mathematical expression:

Ratio = I_Max / I_Min

Where:

I_Max represents the maximum measured fluorescence emission intensity over the 140 second read for the antagonist mode and;
I_Min represents the minimum (basal) measured fluorescence emission intensity before EC80 of PEA was added.

The percent inhibition was calculated from the median ratio as follows:

%_Inhibition = ( 1 - ( Ratio Test_Compound - Median_Ratio_High_Control ) / ( Median_Ratio_Low_Control - Median_Ratio_High_Control ) ) ) * 100

Where:

Test_Compound is defined as wells containing test compound.
High_Control is defined as wells containing DMSO.
Low_Control is defined as wells containing PEA (EC80) and DMSO.


For each test compound, percent inhibition was plotted against compound concentration. A four parameter equation describing a sigmoidal dose-response curve was then fitted with adjustable baseline using Assay Explorer software (Accelrys Inc). The reported IC50 values were generated from fitted curves by solving for the X-intercept value at the 50% activation level of the Y-intercept value. In cases where the highest concentration tested (i.e. 29.9 uM) did not result in greater than 50% activation, the IC50 was determined manually as greater than 29.9 uM.

PubChem Activity Outcome and Score:

Compounds with an IC50 greater than 10 uM were considered inactive. Compounds with an IC50 equal to or less than 10 uM were considered active.

The PubChem Activity Score range for active compounds is 100-83, and for inactive compounds 82-0.

List of Reagents:

RD-HGA Cell Line (Molecular Devices)
Agonist:PEA Control (Sigma, P6513)
Calcium sensitive dye: Fluo-8 No Wash Calcium Assay Kit; (AAT Bioquest, part 36316)
Growth media: Ham's F-12; 10% FBS, 2 0mM HEPES, 400 ug/mL G418, 200ug/ml Hygromycin
Assay media: Ham's F-12, 10% FBS, 20 mM HEPES
Assay plates: Corning black/clear 1536 well FLIPR plate; (Corning, part 7338)
Probenecid: 250 mM (pH 8.0); (Sigma P8761)
Ham's F-12 Nutrient Mixture (Invitrogen, part 11765-054)
Charcoal/Dextran-treated Feta Bovine Serum (Hyclone, part SH3006803HI)
Penicillin-Streptomycin (100X) (Invitrogen, 15070-063)
Hygromycin B (Invitrogen, part 10687-010)
Geneticin(R) Selective Antibiotic (Invitrogen, part 10131-027)
Detachin Cell Detachment Reagent (Genlantis, part T100100)
T-175 Flasks (Nunc, part 159910)

Comment: Due to the increasing size of the MLPCN compound library, this assay may have been run as two or more separate campaigns, each campaign testing a unique set of compounds. All data reported were normalized on a per-plate basis. Possible artifacts of this assay can include, but are not limited to: dust or lint located in or on wells of the microtiter plate, and compounds that modulate well fluorescence. All test compound concentrations reported above and below are nominal; the specific test concentration(s) for a particular compound may vary based upon the actual sample provided by the MLSMR. Not all compounds requested were available from the MLSMR. Due to limitations in the amount of MLSMR compounds that could be selected for retesting, compounds that demonstrated selective activity in AID 624467 vs. other Fluo8 agonist screening assays run at the SRIMSC were prioritized for testing in this assay.

External ID: TAAR1_AG_FLUO8_1536_3XEC50 DRUN

Protocol: Assay Overview:

The purpose of this assay is to confirm activity of compounds identified as active in a previous set of experiments entitled, "Fluorescence-based cell-based primary high throughput screening assay to identify agonists of the human trace amine associated receptor 1 (TAAR1)"(AID 624467). This assay allows TAAR1 to signal predominantly through calcium mobilization by stably expressing TAAR1 in the RD-HGA16 cell line. The RD-HGA16 cell line is a CHO cell-derived cell line that stably expresses Ga16. Ga16 has been shown to couple many GPCRs to calcium mobilization regardless of their endogenous signaling mechanisms. In other words, this cell line permits the coupling of non-Gq-coupled G-protein-coupled receptors to the mobilization of internal calcium. In this assay a CHO cell line that stably expresses TAAR1 is incubated with a fluorescent, cell permeable calcium indicator dye (Fluo-8), followed by the addition of test compounds. The dye serves to monitor levels of intracellular calcium in the CHO- TAAR1 cells. As designed, compounds that act as TAAR1 agonists will increase calcium mobilization, resulting in increased relative fluorescence of the indicator dye, and increased well fluorescence. The compounds are tested at 29.9uM with a 10 point, 1:3 dilution series in triplicate.

Protocol Summary:

The TAAR1-HGA16 cell line was routinely cultured in T-175 sq cm flasks at 37 C and 95% relative humidity (RH). The growth media consisted of Ham's F-12 Nutrient Media (F-12) supplemented with 10% v/v heat-inactivated qualified fetal bovine serum, 20 mM HEPES, 400 ug/mL Geneticin, 200 ug/mL Hygromycin and 1X antibiotic mix (penicillin and streptomycin).

The day before the assay 750 cells in 3 uL of growth media, lacking Geneticin and Hygromycin, were seeded into each well of 1536 well microtiter plates and allowed to incubate at 37 C, 5% CO2, and 95 % RH for 17-24 hours. Next, 2 uL of the fluorogenic Fluo-8 intracellular calcium indicator mixture (prepared according to the manufacturer's protocol) was added to each well. Plates were then incubated for 75 minutes at 37 C, 5% CO2, and 95 % RH, followed by 30 minute incubation at room temperature. Then, 30 nL of 100% DMSO was added to each well and incubated at room temperature for 5 minutes. Then, 15 nL of test compound in DMSO were dispensed to appropriate wells. The assay was started by performing a basal read of plate fluorescence (470-495 nm excitation and 515-575 nm emission) for 5 seconds on the FLIPR Tetra (Molecular Devices). Then a real time fluorescence measurement was immediately performed for the remaining 140 seconds of the assay.

A ratio for each well was calculated to normalize assay data, according to the following mathematical expression:

Ratio = I_Max / I_Min

Where:

I_Max represents the maximum measured fluorescence emission intensity over the 140 second read and;
I_Min represents the minimum (basal) measured fluorescence emission intensity before compound was added.

The percent activation was calculated from the median ratio as follows:

%_Activation = ( ( Ratio_Test_Compound - Median_Ratio_Low_Control ) / ( Median_Ratio_High_Control - Median_Ratio_Low_Control ) ) * 100

Where:

Test_Compound is defined as wells containing test compound.
Low_Control is defined as wells containing DMSO.
High_Control is defined as wells containing PEA (EC100) and DMSO.

For each test compound, percent activity was plotted against compound concentration. A four parameter equation describing a sigmoidal dose-response curve was then fitted with adjustable baseline using Assay Explorer software (Accelrys Inc). The reported EC50 values were generated from fitted curves by solving for the X-intercept value at the 50% activation level of the Y-intercept value. In cases where the highest concentration tested (i.e. 29.9 uM) did not result in greater than 50% activation, the EC50 was determined manually as greater than 29.9 uM.

PubChem Activity Outcome and Score:

Compounds with an EC50 greater than 10 uM were considered inactive. Compounds with an EC50 equal to or less than 10 uM were considered active.

The PubChem Activity Score range for active compounds is 100-80, and for inactive compounds 80-0.

List of Reagents:

RD-HGA Cell Line (Molecular Devices)
Agonist:PEA Control (Sigma, P6513)
Calcium sensitive dye: Fluo-8 No Wash Calcium Assay Kit; (AAT Bioquest, part 36316)
Growth media: Ham's F-12; 10% FBS, 20mM HEPES, 400 ug/mL G418, 200ug/ml Hygromycin
Assay media: Ham's F-12, 10% FBS, 20 mM HEPES
Assay plates: Corning black/clear 1536well FLIPR plate; (Corning, part 7338)
Probenecid: 250mM (pH 8.0); (Sigma P8761)
Ham's F-12 Nutrient Mixture (Invitrogen, part 11765-054)
Charcoal/Dextran-treated Feta Bovine Serum (Hyclone, part SH3006803HI)
Penicillin-Streptomycin (100X) (Invitrogen, 15070-063)
Hygromycin B (Invitrogen, part 10687-010)
Geneticin(R) Selective Antibiotic (Invitrogen, part 10131-027)
Detachin Cell Detachment Reagent (Genlantis, part T100100)
T-175 Flasks (Nunc, part 159910)

Comment: Due to the increasing size of the MLPCN compound library, this assay may have been run as two or more separate campaigns, each campaign testing a unique set of compounds. All data reported were normalized on a per-plate basis. Possible artifacts of this assay can include, but are not limited to: dust or lint located in or on wells of the microtiter plate, and compounds that modulate well fluorescence. All test compound concentrations reported above and below are nominal; the specific test concentration(s) for a particular compound may vary based upon the actual sample provided by the MLSMR.

Due to limitations in the amount of MLSMR compounds that could be selected for retesting, compounds that demonstrated selective activity in AID 624467 vs. other Fluo8 agonist screening assays run at the SRIMSC were prioritized for testing in this assay.

External ID: CHO-GA16_ANT_FLUO8_1536_3XIC50 DCSRUN for TAAR1 AG

Protocol: Assay Overview:

The purpose of this assay is to determine whether compounds identified in a previous set of experiments entitled, "Fluorescence-based cell-based primary high throughput screening assay to identify agonists of the human trace amine associated receptor 1 (TAAR1)" (AID 624467) also behave as non-specific antagonists. In this assay the CHO-Ga16 cell line is incubated with a fluorescent, cell permeable calcium indicator dye (Fluo-8). The dye serves to monitor levels of intracellular calcium. Test compounds are then added to the cells, followed by the addition of ATP, a purinergic receptor agonist. As designed, compounds that decrease calcium mobilization will cause a decrease in the relative fluorescence of the indicator dye, leading to decreased well fluorescence. The compounds are tested at 29.9uM with a 10 point, 1:3 dilution series in triplicate.

Protocol Summary:

The CHO-HGA16 cell line was routinely cultured in T-175 sq cm flasks at 37 C and 95% relative humidity (RH). The growth media consisted of Ham's F-12 Nutrient Media (F-12) supplemented with 10% v/v heat-inactivated qualified fetal bovine serum, 20 mM HEPES, 200 ug/mL Hygromycin and 1X antibiotic mix (penicillin and streptomycin).

The day before the assay 750 cells in 3 uL of growth media, lacking Hygromycin, were seeded into each well of 1536 well microtiter plates and allowed to incubate at 37 C, 5% CO2, and 95 % RH for 17-24 hours. Next, 2 uL of the fluorogenic Fluo-8 intracellular calcium indicator mixture (prepared according to the manufacturer's protocol) was added to each well. Plates were then incubated for 75 minutes at 37 C, 5% CO2, and 95 % RH, followed by 30 minute incubation at room temperature. Then, 30nL of 100% DMSO was added to each well and incubated at room temperature for 5 minutes. Then, 15 nL of test compound in DMSO were dispensed to appropriate wells. The assay was started by performing a basal read of plate fluorescence (470-495 nm excitation and 515-575 nm emission) for 5 seconds on the FLIPR Tetra (Molecular Devices). Then a real time fluorescence measurement was immediately performed for the remaining 140 seconds of the assay. Then, a basal read of plate fluorescence for 5 seconds on the FLIPR Tetra prior to all wells being treated with EC80 of ATP in DMSO. Then a real time fluorescence measurement was immediately performed for the remaining 140 seconds of the assay (this is the read for the antagonist mode).

Hits for this assay were determined according to the following mathematical expression:

Ratio = I_Max / I_Min

Where:

I_Max represents the maximum measured fluorescence emission intensity over the 140 second read for the antagonist mode and;
I_Min represents the minimum (basal) measured fluorescence emission intensity before EC80 of ATP was added.

The percent inhibition was calculated from the median ratio as follows:

%_Inhibition = ( 1 - ( Ratio Test_Compound - Median_Ratio_High_Control ) / ( Median_Ratio_Low_Control - Median_Ratio_High_Control ) ) ) * 100

Where:

Test_Compound is defined as wells containing test compound.
High_Control is defined as wells containing DMSO.
Low_Control is defined as wells containing ATP (EC80) and DMSO.

For each test compound, percent inhibition was plotted against compound concentration. A four parameter equation describing a sigmoidal dose-response curve was then fitted with adjustable baseline using Assay Explorer software (Accelrys Inc). The reported IC50 values were generated from fitted curves by solving for the X-intercept value at the 50% activation level of the Y-intercept value. In cases where the highest concentration tested (i.e. 29.9 uM) did not result in greater than 50% activation, the IC50 was determined manually as greater than 29.9 uM.


PubChem Activity Outcome and Score:

Compounds with an IC50 greater than 10 uM were considered inactive. Compounds with an IC50 equal to or less than 10 uM were considered active.

The PubChem Activity Score range for active compounds is 100-100, and for inactive compounds 91-0.

List of Reagents:

RD-HGA Cell Line (Molecular Devices)
Agonist:ATP (Sigma, A9187)
Calcium sensitive dye: Fluo-8 No Wash Calcium Assay Kit; (AAT Bioquest, part 36316)
Growth media: Ham's F-12; 10% FBS, 20 mM HEPES, 200ug/ml Hygromycin
Assay media: Ham's F-12, 10% FBS, 20 mM HEPES
Assay plates: Corning black/clear 1536 well FLIPR plate; (Corning, part 7338)
Probenecid: 250 mM (pH 8.0); (Sigma P8761)
Ham's F-12 Nutrient Mixture (Invitrogen, part 11765-054)
Charcoal/Dextran-treated Feta Bovine Serum (Hyclone, part SH3006803HI)
Penicillin-Streptomycin (100X) (Invitrogen, 15070-063)
Hygromycin B (Invitrogen, part 10687-010)
Detachin Cell Detachment Reagent (Genlantis, part T100100)
T-175 Flasks (Nunc, part 159910)

Comment: Due to the increasing size of the MLPCN compound library, this assay may have been run as two or more separate campaigns, each campaign testing a unique set of compounds. All data reported were normalized on a per-plate basis. Possible artifacts of this assay can include, but are not limited to: dust or lint located in or on wells of the microtiter plate, and compounds that modulate well fluorescence. All test compound concentrations reported above and below are nominal; the specific test concentration(s) for a particular compound may vary based upon the actual sample provided by the MLSMR. Not all compounds requested were available from the MLSMR. Due to limitations in the amount of MLSMR compounds that could be selected for retesting, compounds that demonstrated selective activity in AID 624467 vs. other Fluo8 agonist screening assays run at the SRIMSC were prioritized for testing in this assay.

External ID: BCCG-A405-UPR-XBP1-PrimaryAgonist-Assay

Protocol: UPR CHO-XBP1 1536-Well Assay Protocol
A. Brief Description of the Assay:
The purpose of this assay is to detect activators of the IRE1-XBP1 (adaptive) arm of the Unfolded Protein Response pathway.
B. Materials:
CHO-XBP1 Cell Line
F12 nutrient mix HAMs (Invitrogen, Cat# 11765047)
Fetal Bovine Serum, heat-inactivated (Hyclone, Cat# SH30396)
Penicillin/Streptomycin, liquid (Invitrogen, Cat# 15140122)
L-glutamine (100X ) (Invitrogen, Cat# 25030081)
MEM Non-Essential Amino Acids Solution 10 mM (100X) (Invitrogen, Cat# 11140050)
Trypsin-EDTA 0.25% (Invitrogen, Cat# 25200-056)
DPBS (Hyclone, Cat# 30028.02)
T225 TC Flask (Nunc, Cat# 159934)
Cell strainer, 40 um (BD, Cat# 352340)
Aurora 1536 well white solid bottom TC plate (Aurora Biotechnology 00029846)
Tunicamycin (Sigma-Aldrich, Cat# T7765)
Steady-Glo Luciferase Assay System (1L) (Promega, Cat# E2550)

C. Plate Map:
Positive control (P) in columns 1 and 2, 10ug/mL Tunicamycin
Negative control (N) in columns 3 and 4, No Tunicamycin
Test compound (T) in columns 5 - 48, No Tunicamycin

D. Procedures:
Day1 Cell Seeding
1. Prepare cell suspensions as described in section F. Cell culture.
2. Set up Kalypsys dispenser as described in section G. Kalypsys dispenser setting.
3. Plate 1000 cells/well in 5 uL of assay media into columns 1-48 of a 1536-well assay plate, using straight tip dispense on a Kalypsys dispenser.
4. Centrifuge plates at 500 rpm for 1 minute on Eppendorf centrifuge 5810. Use Kalypsys metal lids.
5. Incubate overnight at 37 degrees, 100% relative humidity, 5% CO2 for 16-18 hours.

Day2 Compound Addition
6. Using LabCyte Echo, transfer 50 nL from a 2 mM Echo qualified plate containing test compounds into assay plate Col. 5 - 48 (final concentration of test compounds is 20 uM, 1% DMSO), 50 nL of 1 mg/mL Tunicamycin in DMSO to positive control wells in Columns 1 and 2, and 50 nL of DMSO to negative control wells in Columns 3 and 4.
7. Centrifuge plates at 1000 rpm for 1 minute on a Vspin centrifuge.
8. Incubate plates in incubator (37 degrees, 100% relative humidity, 5% CO2) for 6 hours.
9. Set up Kalypsys dispenser and Perkin Elmer Envision as described in section G. Kalypsys dispenser setting and H. Envision setting.
10. Following 6 hours incubation, remove lid and incubate plate for 10 min in at room temp.
11. Add 3 uL of Steady-Glo to each wells (Columns 1 - 48) using a Kalypsys dispenser.
12. Centrifuge plates at 2000 rpm for 2 minutes on a Vspin centrifuge.
13. Lid plate and incubate for 10 min at room temp.
14. Read plates using Envision using a luminescence protocol.
E. Recipe:
Growth Media
F12 nutrient mix HAMs supplemented with 10% hi-FBS, 1X Penicillin/Streptomycin, 1X L-glutamine, and 1X MEM-NEAA
Assay Media
Filtered Growth Media
Trypsin
Dilute 0.25% Trypsin/EDTA to 0.05% Trypsin/EDTA using DPBS
Positive Control
Tunicamycin at 10 ug/mL final.
(Note: Tunicamycin is reconstituted in DMSO to a concentration of 10mg/ml).

F. Cell Culture:
Prepare Growth Media/Assay Media as described in section E. Recipe.
Procedure to expand and maintain cells:
CHO-CHOP cells are seeded into T225 flasks at 3.75 x 105 cells. Cells are passaged twice a week (Monday or Tuesday, and Thursday or Friday depending on cell growth). Confluency should be maintained at <75%. After 3 days incubation, ~2.5X10^7 cells are expected per T225 flask. Incubate cells in 5% CO2.
1. Put media in water bath and leave for 30 minutes. Also leave Trypsin at room temp for 15 minutes. Keep DPBS at room temp (no need to warm up DPBS at 37 degrees).
2. Aspirate off old media from T225 flask.
3. Wash the flasks with 20 mL DPBS per T225 flask. Leave cells in DPBS for about 30 seconds.
4. Add 6.5 mL 0.05% Trypsin solution into the flask. Rock the flask gently so that the solution covers all over the surface.
5. Allow the cells to detach by incubating at room temperature for about 4 minutes.
6. Wash the flask with 25 mL fresh growth media.
7. Collect the cell suspension in a 50 mL sterile conical tube.
8. Centrifuge at 900 rpm for 5 minutes. Once pelleted, remove the supernatant and resuspend the cell pellet carefully in 1 mL fresh growth media with p1000 pipette.
9. Add 19 mL of growth media and mix gently.
10. Filter the cell suspension with cell strainer.
11. Count the cells and prepare stock flasks with
3.00 x 10^5 cells per T225 flask for 4 days incubation.
3.75 x 10^5 cells per T225 flask for 3 days incubation.
Procedure to prepare cells for the assay:
Follow steps 1 - 3 above
4. Add 5 mL Trypsin into the flask. Rock the flask gently so that the solution covers all over the surface.
5. Allow the cells to detach by incubating at room temperature for about 4 minutes.
6. Wash the flask with 25 mL fresh growth media.
7. Collect the cell suspension in a 50 mL sterile conical tube.
8. Centrifuge at 500 rpm for 10 minutes. Once pelleted, remove the supernatant and resuspend the cell pellet carefully in 1 mL fresh assay with p1000 pipette.
9. Add 19 mL of assay media and mix gently.
10. Filter the cell suspension with cell strainer.
11. Count the cells and adjust cell density to 1.0x10^5 cells/mL in media.

Comment: Compounds that test with activity greater than or equal to 30% activation at 20 uM concentration relative to the positive control are defined as actives in the primary assay.
To simplify the distinction between the inactives of the primary screen and of the confirmatory screening stage, the Tiered Activity Scoring System was developed and implemented. Its utilization for the assay is described below.

Activity Scoring
Activity scoring rules were devised to take into consideration compound efficacy, its potential interference with the assay and the screening stage that the data was obtained. Details of the Scoring System will be published elsewhere. Briefly, the outline of the scoring system utilized for the assay is as follows:
1) First tier (0-40 range) is reserved for primary screening data. The score is correlated with % activity in the assay demonstrated by a compound at 20 uM concentration:
a. If outcome of the primary screen is inactive, then the assigned score is 0
b. If outcome of the primary screen is inconclusive, then the assigned score is 10
c. If outcome of the primary screen is active, then the assigned score is 20
Scoring for Single concentration confirmation screening is not applicable to this assay.
d. If outcome of the single-concentration confirmation screen is inactive, then the assigned score is 21
e. If outcome of the single-concentration confirmation screen is inconclusive, then the assigned score is 25
f. If outcome of the single-concentration confirmation screen is active, then the assigned score is 30
This scoring system helps track the stage of the testing of a particular SID. For the primary hits which are available for confirmation, their scores will be greater than 20. For those which are not further confirmed, their score will stay under 21.
2) Second tier (41-80 range) is reserved for dose-response confirmation data and is not applicable in this assay
3) Third tier (81-100 range) is reserved for resynthesized true positives and their analogues and is not applicable in this assay

External ID: CHEMBL4296186

Protocol: N/A

Comment: Compounds with activity <= 10uM or explicitly reported as active by ChEMBL are flagged as active in this PubChem assay presentation.

Target ChEMBL ID: CHEMBL350
ChEMBL Target Name: Klebsiella pneumoniae
ChEMBL Target Type: ORGANISM - Target is a complete organism
Relationship Type: N - Non-molecular target assigned
Confidence: Target assigned is non-molecular

Data Source: CO-ADD Antimicrobial Screening

External ID: JHICC_MrgX1_AlloAgonist_Primary

Protocol: Protocol:
1) Seed cells (MRGX1-HEK293) 15,000/50ul/well on BD PDK-pre-coated 384-well plate, overnight.
2) Dump the medium thoroughly and add 20 microl of Fluo4 NW solution.
3) 37 degrees C and 5% CO2 incubation in the dark for 0.5 hr and Room temperature incubation in the dark for 0.5 hr.
4) Mount the cell plate to FDSS, with compound plate from plate loading (1 by 1, 4 microl, 6x this step, 10x final); 2nd plate on Stage II (10 plate/2nd addition plate, 6 microl, 5x this step, 6.67x final) and 3rd plate on Stage III (10 plate/3rd addition plate, 6 microl, 6x this step, 6x final).
5) Read for the first 2 additions for 10 plates (~5 min/plate; total 55 min)
6) After that, read the 3rd addition of all 10 plates (~3 min/plate)
7) Change tips and repeat step 5 to step 7.
8) Calculate ratio readout as F(max-min)/F0 for the 2nd addition
9) Calculate the average and standard deviation for negative and positive controls in each plate, as well as Z and Z' factors [6].
10) Calculate B scores [7] for test compounds using ratios calculated in Step 9.
11) Outcome assignment: If the B score of the test compound is more than 3 times the standard deviation (SD) of the B scores of ratios of the library compounds (>=3*SD), AND the B score of initial fluorescence intensity is within 5 times the standard deviation of the B scores of the library compounds, AND not as a MrgX1 agonist in 1st addition, the compound is designated in the Outcome as active as an allosteric agonist hit of the MrgX1 target. Otherwise, it is designated as inactive.
12) Score assignment: An active test compound is assigned a score between 5 and 100 by calculation of with normalized ratioBScore, ratioBScore as in the result definition. Among the active compounds in the assay, the activity score range is 100-5. All inactive test compounds are assigned to the score 0.

List of reagents
(1) Cells (MrgX1 stably expressed HEK293 cells) from Dr. Xinzhong Dong.
(2) PBS: pH7.4 (Gibco, Cat#10010)
(3) Medium: DMEM (Mediatech 10-014-CV)
(4) Fetal Bovine Serum (Gibco, Cat# 26140)
(5) 200 mM L-Glutamine(Gibco, Cat#25030)
(6) Penicillin-Streptomycin(Mediatech, Cat#30-001-CI)
(7) Trypsin-EDTA: 0.25% Trypsin (Gibco, Cat#25300)
(8) G418 (100X): 50mg/mL(filtered) (Gibco, Cat#11811-031)
(9) HEPES (Sigma, Cat#H4034)
(10) BD Biocoat 384-well plates (BD, Cat#(35)4663 and Lot #7346273)
(11) Fluo-4 NW Calcium Assay Kit (Invitrogen Cat# F36205)
(12) BAM8-22 (Tocris, Cat#: 1763)

Comment: Possible artifacts of this assay can include, but are not limited to: non-intended chemicals or dust in or on wells of the microtiter plate, compounds that non-specifically modulate the cell host or the targeted activity, and compounds that quench or emit light or fluorescence within the well. All test compound concentrations reported are nominal; the specific concentration for a particular test compound may vary based upon the actual sample provided by the MLSMR.

External ID: JHICC_MrgX1_Antagonist_Primary

Protocol: Protocol:
1) Seed cells (MRGX1-HEK293) 15,000/50ul/well on BD PDK-pre-coated 384-well plate, overnight.
2) Dump the medium thoroughly and add 20 microl of Fluo4 NW solution.
3) 37 degrees C and 5% CO2 incubation in the dark for 0.5 hr and Room temperature incubation in the dark for 0.5 hr.
4) Mount the cell plate to FDSS, with compound plate from plate loading (1 by 1, 4 microl, 6x this step, 10x final); 2nd plate on Stage II (10 plate/2nd addition plate, 6 microl, 5x this step, 6.67x final) and 3rd plate on Stage III (10 plate/3rd addition plate, 6 microl, 6x this step, 6x final).
5) Read for the first 2 additions for 10 plates (~5 min/plate; total 55 min)
6) After that, read the 3rd addition of all 10 plates (~3 min/plate)
7) Change tips and repeat step 5 to step 7.
8) Calculate ratio readout as F(max-min)/F0 for the 3rd addition
9) Calculate the average and standard deviation for negative and positive controls in each plate, as well as Z and Z' factors [12].
10) Calculate B scores [13] for test compounds using ratios calculated in Step 8.
11) Outcome assignment: If the B score of the test compound is more than 3 times the standard deviation (SD) of the B scores of ratios of the library compounds (<=3*SD), AND the B score of initial fluorescence intensity is within 5 times the standard deviation of the B scores of the library compounds, AND not as a MrgX1 agonist in 1st addition, the compound is designated in the Outcome as active as an antagonist hit of the MrgX1 target. Otherwise, it is designated as inactive.
12) Score assignment: An active test compound is assigned a score between 5 and 100 by calculation of with normalized ratioBScore, ratioBScore as in the result definition. Among the active compounds in the assay, the activity score range is 100-5. All inactive test compounds are assigned to the score 0.

List of reagents
(1) Cells (MrgX1 stably expressed HEK293 cells) from Dr. Xinzhong Dong.
(2) PBS: pH7.4 (Gibco, Cat#10010)
(3) Medium: DMEM (Mediatech 10-014-CV)
(4) Fetal Bovine Serum (Gibco, Cat# 26140)
(5) 200 mM L-Glutamine(Gibco, Cat#25030)
(6) Penicillin-Streptomycin(Mediatech, Cat#30-001-CI)
(7) Trypsin-EDTA: 0.25% Trypsin (Gibco, Cat#25300)
(8) G418 (100X): 50mg/mL(filtered) (Gibco, Cat#11811-031)
(9) HEPES (Sigma, Cat#H4034)
(10) BD Biocoat 384-well plates (BD, Cat#(35)4663 and Lot #7346273)
(11) Fluo-4 NW Calcium Assay Kit (Invitrogen Cat# F36205)
(12) BAM8-22 (Tocris, Cat#: 1763)

Comment: Possible artifacts of this assay can include, but are not limited to: non-intended chemicals or dust in or on wells of the microtiter plate, compounds that non-specifically modulate the cell host or the targeted activity, and compounds that quench or emit light or fluorescence within the well. All test compound concentrations reported are nominal; the specific concentration for a particular test compound may vary based upon the actual sample provided by the MLSMR.

External ID: MH080376 Biochemical HTS for Inhibitors of the Proprotein Convertase Furin.

Protocol: Biochemical Furin HTS Assay protocol

Reaction Buffer Concentrations (final concentrations): 50 mM Hepes pH 7.5, 1 mM CaCl2, 1 mM beta-mercaptoethanol , 0.2 mg/ml BSA.

Substrate Stock Solution: 10 mM pERTKR-AMC in DMSO; stored in aliquots at -20 oC.

rhFurin714 prep (5.2 units/uL)Stored in aliquots at -80oC.

Furin Assay Protocol

The assay involves three liquid transfer steps of 5 uL each of 30 uM compound in 1% DMSO (10 uM final), 1 unit/5 uL rhFurin714 in 3X reaction buffer and 5 #L of 30 uM pERTKR-AMC substrate (10 uM final).

The assay plates used are Greiner 384-well, flat-bottom, low volume, black polystyrene plates (VWR catalog # 784076).

1. Add 5 uL of compound/controls to each well.
2. Add 5 uL of rhFurin714 in 3X buffer (1.0 units/well final).
3. Add 5 uL of 30 uM pERTKR-AMC fluorigenic substrate (10 uM/well final).
4. Incubate the plates for 1 hr at room temperature.
5. Stop the reaction by adding 5 uL of 1M Acetic acid.
6. Measure the amount of fluorigenic AMC released on the SpectraMax M5 using Ex = 345nm; Em = 440nm; cut-off 420 nm.

Comment: Active Criteria, Secondary Assay Plan, Hit and Lead Criteria.

Furin HTS Activity scoring rules:

The Furin inhibitor HTS run at the PMLSC utilized % inhibition calculated from maximum (n=32) and minimum (n=24) plate controls, with a hit criteria of >/= 25% inhibition to identify active compounds.

Furin Inhibitor scoring rules:

PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_OUTCOME

1 - Substance is considered inactive when the % inhibition is < 25 %
2 - Substance is considered active when % activation is >/= 25 %
3 - Substance activity outcome is inconclusive

PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE

0-40 scoring range is reserved for primary HTS data
a) if the % inhibition is >/= 25 %, the score is 40.
b) if the % inhibition is < 25 %, the score is 0.

Definition of Hit Criteria:
It is anticipated that all Furin inhibitor HTS actives will be confirmed in duplicate at the primary HTS concentration of 30 uM.
Furin inhibitor actives confirmed in the primary HTS format will then be run in 10-pt IC50 concentration response curves.
Confirmed hits will be subjected to structural confirmation by LCMS.

Secondary assay testing paradigm: Confirmed concentration dependent Furin inhibitors will be tested in the HeLa pcFur1.6 cell based ELISA assay.

External ID: Bursicon-induced LGR2 mediated cAMP production in LGR-2/CRE6x-Luciferase co-transfected HEK293 cells Inhibition - 7011-01_Antagonist_SinglePoint_HTS_Activity

Protocol: Protocol

Day 0:
Cell Culture
HEK 293 cells are plated in DMEM culture media (containing 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) and 1X penn/strep/glutamine) at a density of 5x106 cells/T175 flask and grown for 3 days at 37 degrees C in 5% CO2 incubator.

Day 3:
Transient Transfection
Cells are transiently transfected in DMEM transfection media (containing 1X penn/strep/glutamine without serum) using polyethyleneimine (PEI).
1)Mix 2.9ug/flask of cDNA encoding the wild-type Bursicon Receptor with 14.6ng/flask of cDNA encoding a CRE-luciferase reporter gene with a PEST/HCL sequence in 2mL of transfection media
2)Add 61uL/flask of PEI of 1mg/mL in 1.5mL of transfection media
3)Mix the 2mL cDNA solution with 1.5mL of PEI solution and incubate at RT for 20 mins
4)Aspirated the culture media from the cells in T175 flask
5)Add 25 mL of transfection media and 3.5mL of transfection mixture to T175 falsk.
6)Mix the media with transfection mixture well and transfect for 2 days at 37 degrees C in 5% CO2 incubator

Day 5:
Cell Plating
1)Typsinize the Cells with 5mL of 0.05% Trypsin and incubate at 37oC for 5 min.
2)Add 5mL of DMEM assay media (containing DMEM without phenol red, 10% NuSerum and 1x Pen/Strep/Glutamine) to inactive trypsin
3)Collect cells by centrifugation at 1000rpm for 5 min
4)Suspend the cells in DMEM assay media to a cell density of 4x105 cells/mL
5)Plate the cells to 1536-well Aurora Mako plate with 2000 cells/well/5uL using ViaFill
6)Incubate the cells at 37 degrees C in 5% CO2 incubator on GS system for overnight

Day 6:
Compound Treatment, Agonist Stimulation and Detection
Assay Setup
1)Thaw aliquoted Bursicon conditioned media and diluted with DMEM assay media at a 1/20 dilution. Filter the solution through a 0.22uM filter
2)Add DMEM condition media, the diluted Bursicon conditioned media and SteadyGlo to the bottles and setup BioRAPTR

Run automation protocol on GS system
1)Take the assay plate with transfected cells from the incubator
2)Transfer 5nL/well of 10mM compound to assay plate
3)Incubate 30 mins in incubator
4)Add 1uL/well of DMEM assay media to PosCon wells and diluted Bursicon solution to the other wells using BioRAPTR (Beckman) based on the plate map
5)Incubate the assay plate for 4 h in incubator
6)Take the plate out from the incubator and equilibrate the assay plate at RT for 10 mins
7)Add 1uL/well of SteadyGlo to assay plate using BioRAPTR, incubate at RT for 10 mins
8)Read the plate on ViewLux (PerkinElmer) for Luminescence.

Culture Media
DMEM high glucose, no glutamine (Invitrogen, 11960)
Pen/Strep/Glutamine (Invitrogen 10378-016)
Fetal Bovine Serum (Atlanta Biological, S10350)

Transfection Media
DMEM high glucose, no glutamine (Invitrogen, 11960)
Pen/Strep/Glutamine (Invitrogen 10378-016)

Assay Media
DMEM no phenol red (Invitrogen, 21063-029)
Pen/Strep/Glutamine (Invitrogen 10378-016)
NuSerum (BD biosciences, 24883)

0.05% Trypsin-EDTA (Invitrogen, 25300-062)
Aurora 1536-well Mako plate (Aurora/Brooks, 00028778)

Comment:

External ID: CHO-Ga16_AG_FLUO8_1536_3XEC50 DCSRUN for TAAR1 AG

Protocol: Assay Overview:
The purpose of this assay is to determine whether compounds identified as active in a previous set of experiments entitled, "Fluorescence-based cell-based primary high throughput screening assay to identify agonists of the human trace amine associated receptor 1 (TAAR1)"(AID 624467) are non-selective modulators of calcium mobilization. In this assay the CHO-Ga16 cell line is incubated with a fluorescent, cell permeable calcium indicator dye (Fluo-8), followed by the addition of test compounds. The dye serves to monitor levels of intracellular calcium. As designed, compounds that increase calcium mobilization will cause an increase in the relative fluorescence of the indicator dye, leading to increased well fluorescence. The compounds are tested at 29.9 uM with a 10 point, 1:3 dilution series in triplicate.

Protocol Summary:

The CHO-HGA16 cell line was routinely cultured in T-175 sq cm flasks at 37 C and 95% relative humidity (RH). The growth media consisted of Ham's F-12 Nutrient Media (F-12) supplemented with 10% v/v heat-inactivated qualified fetal bovine serum, 20 mM HEPES, 200 ug/mL Hygromycin and 1X antibiotic mix (penicillin and streptomycin).

The day before the assay 750 cells in 3 uL of growth media, lacking Hygromycin, were seeded into each well of 1536 well microtiter plates and allowed to incubate at 37 C, 5% CO2, and 95 % RH for 17-24 hours. Next, 2 uL of the fluorogenic Fluo-8 intracellular calcium indicator mixture (prepared according to the manufacturer's protocol) was added to each well. Plates were then incubated for 75 minutes at 37 C, 5% CO2, and 95 % RH, followed by 30 minute incubation at room temperature. Then, 30 nL of 100% DMSO was added to each well and incubated at room temperature for 5 minutes. Then, 15 nL of test compound in DMSO were dispensed to appropriate wells. The assay was started by performing a basal read of plate fluorescence (470-495 nm excitation and 515-575 nm emission) for 5 seconds on the FLIPR Tetra (Molecular Devices). Then a real time fluorescence measurement was immediately performed for the remaining 140 seconds of the assay.

A ratio for each well was calculated to normalize assay data, according to the following mathematical expression:

Ratio = I_Max / I_Min

Where:

I_Max represents the maximum measured fluorescence emission intensity over the 140 second read and;
I_Min represents the minimum (basal) measured fluorescence emission intensity before compound was added.

The percent activation was calculated from the median ratio as follows:

%_Activation = ( ( Ratio_Test_Compound - Median_Ratio_Low_Control ) / ( Median_Ratio_High_Control - Median_Ratio_Low_Control ) ) * 100

Where:

Test_Compound is defined as wells containing test compound.
Low_Control is defined as wells containing DMSO.
High_Control is defined as wells containing ATP (EC100) and DMSO.

For each test compound, percent activity was plotted against compound concentration. A four parameter equation describing a sigmoidal dose-response curve was then fitted with adjustable baseline using Assay Explorer software (Accelrys Inc). The reported EC50 values were generated from fitted curves by solving for the X-intercept value at the 50% activation level of the Y-intercept value. In cases where the highest concentration tested (i.e. 29.9 uM) did not result in greater than 50% activation, the EC50 was determined manually as greater than 29.9 uM.

PubChem Activity Outcome and Score:

Compounds with an EC50 greater than 10 uM were considered inactive. Compounds with an EC50 equal to or less than 10 uM were considered active.

The PubChem Activity Score range for inactive compounds is 100-0, there are no active compounds.

List of Reagents:

RD-HGA Cell Line (Molecular Devices)
Agonist:ATP (Sigma, A9187)
Calcium sensitive dye: Fluo-8 No Wash Calcium Assay Kit; (AAT Bioquest, part 36316)
Growth media: Ham's F-12; 10% FBS, 20 mM HEPES, 200 ug/ml Hygromycin
Assay media: Ham's F-12, 10% FBS, 20 mM HEPES
Assay plates: Corning black/clear 1536well FLIPR plate; (Corning, part 7338)
Probenecid: 250mM (pH 8.0); (Sigma P8761)
Ham's F-12 Nutrient Mixture (Invitrogen, part 11765-054)
Charcoal/Dextran-treated Feta Bovine Serum (Hyclone, part SH3006803HI)
Penicillin-Streptomycin (100X) (Invitrogen, 15070-063)
Hygromycin B (Invitrogen, part 10687-010)
Detachin Cell Detachment Reagent (Genlantis, part T100100)
T-175 Flasks (Nunc, part 159910)

Comment: Due to the increasing size of the MLPCN compound library, this assay may have been run as two or more separate campaigns, each campaign testing a unique set of compounds. All data reported were normalized on a per-plate basis. Possible artifacts of this assay can include, but are not limited to: dust or lint located in or on wells of the microtiter plate, and compounds that modulate well fluorescence. All test compound concentrations reported above and below are nominal; the specific test concentration(s) for a particular compound may vary based upon the actual sample provided by the MLSMR.

Due to limitations in the amount of MLSMR compounds that could be selected for retesting, compounds that demonstrated selective activity in AID 624467 vs. other Fluo8 agonist screening assays run at the SRIMSC were prioritized for testing in this assay.

External ID: Sarm1 TIR NADase inhibitors

Protocol: Sarm1 "Sam-Tir" (Sarm1 without N-terminus, including residues 410-721 of human Sarm1 protein) was expressed in NRK1-HEK/293T cells by transient transfection: 15 million cells were transfected with 15microg plasmid DNA (Kow et al., 2018. Current Biology, 28:421), supplementing with 1mM nicotinamide riboside (NR). After 48 hours, cells were harvested and lysed. Reaction mixtures were prepared by mixing SARM1 SAM-TIR cell lysate (0.13 microg total protein), compound stock (5 microM final concentration, NCI diversity IV), and PBS (pH 7.4) to a final volume of 12 microl. NAD (5 microM final concentration) was then added for a final reaction volume of 20 microl. The reaction was incubated at 37 degrees C for 60 min, and then stopped by addition of 180 microl of 0.55 M perchloric acid (HClO4) and placed on ice. After 10 min on ice, the reaction plates were centrifuged for 10 min at 4,000 rpm (Sorvall ST 16R centrifuge). The supernatant (120 microl) was transferred to a new plate and 10 microl of 3M K2CO3 was added to neutralize the solution. Precipitated salts were removed by centrifugation 10 min at 4,000 rpm (Sorvall ST 16R centrifuge). The supernatant was transferred and analyzed by HPLC (Shimadzu Nexera X2) to quantify the amounts of NAD and the enzymatically cleaved product ADPR in each sample. From these values, the NAD/ADPR ratio was calculated for each compound as a measure of NAD cleavage activity (Note: there is a residual but detectable ADPR in control samples). This ratio was compared to the ratio generated in the absence of compound inhibitors. A reduction of NADase activity (NAD/ADPR ratio > 4) was used to identify compounds that inhibited the SAM-TIR catalyzed NAD cleavage.

Comment: The ratio of NAD/ADPR at time 0 is 15-16. The compounds are listed with their NSC numbers.

External ID: 7124-01_Inhibitor_SinglePoint_HTS_Activity

Protocol:
Protocol:
1) Plate 10 uL BL2-NFkB-luc cells at 12.5K cells/well, using a Multidrop Combi reagent dispenser (1,250 cells/uL).
2) Add 25 nL compound or positive control, by pin transfer; IKK inhibitor VII will be used at 50 uM.
3) Incubate at 37 masculineC for 1 hour (allowing compounds to enter cells for action).
4) Add 5 uL 192 ng/mL tCD40L per well for a final concentration of 64 ng/ml using a Thermo Multidrop Combi.
5) Incubate at 37 masculineC for 4 hrs, then leave plate at RT for 30 minutes.
6) Add 15 uL SteadyGlo luciferase substrate (Promega) per well using a Thermo Multidrop Combi.
7) Incubate at RT for 5min, then read Luminescence using LJL Analyst HT plate reader.

Comment: PRESENCE OF CONTROLS: Neutral control wells (NC) and positive control wells (PC) were included on every plate.

EXPECTED OUTCOME: Active compounds result in decreasing readout signal.

NORMALIZATION:
The raw signals of the plate wells were normalized using the 'Neutral Controls Minus Inhibitors' method in Genedata Assay Analyzer (v10.0.2):
The median raw signal of the intraplate neutral control wells was set to a normalized activity value of 0.
The median raw signal of the intraplate positive control wells was set to a normalized activity value of -100.
Experimental wells values were scaled to this range.

PATTERN CORRECTION: No plate pattern correction algorithm from Genedata Condoseo (v.10.0.2) was applied.

PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE:
This was set as equal to the mean of the normalized sample replicate activities, rounded to the nearest integer .
The minimum PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE required for a compound to be called a hit (the activity threshold, or AT) was set at -50.

PERCENTAGE OF ACTIVE REPLICATES:
For each sample, the percentage of replicates (PCT_ACTIVE_REP) which had activity scores >= AT was determined.
The minimum percentage of replicates required for a compound to be called a hit (PAR_T) was set at 55.

PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_OUTCOME:
Samples passing BOTH threshold criteria were assigned an outcome of 2 (active):
PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE >= AT, and PCT_ACTIVE_REP >= PAR_T

Samples passing NEITHER threshold criteria were assigned an outcome of 1 (inactive):
PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE < AT, and PCT_ACTIVE_REP < PAR_T

Samples passing AT only were assigned an outcome of 1 (inactive) :
PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE >= AT, and PCT_ACTIVE_REP < PAR_T

Samples passing PAR_T only were assigned an outcome of 1 (inactive) :
PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE < AT, and PCT_ACTIVE_REP >= PAR_T

External ID: ABHD4_INH_FP_1536_1X%INH PRUN

Protocol: Assay Overview:

The purpose of this biochemical assay is to identify compounds that act as inhibitors of alpha/beta hydrolase domain containing 4 (ABHD4). In this assay, ABHD4 protein is incubated with test compounds and fluorophosphonate-rhodamine (FP-Rh) activity-based probe. The reaction is excited with linear polarized light and the intensity of the emitted light is measured as the polarization value (mP). As designed, test compounds that act as ABHD4 inhibitors will prevent ABHD4-probe interactions, thereby increasing the proportion of free (unbound) fluorescent probe in the well, leading to low fluorescence polarization. Compounds are tested in singlicate at a nominal test concentration of 8.92 micromolar.

Protocol Summary:

Prior to the start of the assay, 4 microliters of assay buffer (50 mM HEPES pH 7.0, 150 mM NaCl and 0.01% Pluronic F-127) were dispensed into column 2 only. Next, 4 microliters of assay buffer containing 46.9 ug/mL of ABHD4 mutant protein (S159A) were dispensed into columns 1 and 3 of 1536 microtiter plates and 4 microliters of assay buffer containing 46.9 ug/mL of ABHD4 wild type protein were dispensed into columns 4 thru 48. Then, 45 nL of test compound in DMSO or DMSO alone (0.89% final concentration) were added to the appropriate wells and incubated for 45 minutes at 25 degrees Celsius.

The assay was started by dispensing 1.0 microliter of 188 nM FP-Rh in assay buffer to all wells. Plates were centrifuged and after 60 minutes of incubation at 25 degrees Celsius, fluorescence polarization was read on a Viewlux microplate reader (PerkinElmer, Turku, Finland) using a BODIPY TMR FP filter set and a BODIPY dichroic mirror (excitation = 525nm, emission = 598nm) for 30 seconds for each polarization plane (parallel and perpendicular).

Prior to further calculations, the following formula was used to calculate fluorescence polarization (FP):

FP = ( Raw1 - Raw2 ) / ( Raw1 + Raw2 )

Where:

Raw1 is defined as the S channel.
Raw2 is defined as the P channel.

The percent inhibition for each compound was calculated as follows:

100 *( ( Test_Compound - Median_Low_Control ) / ( Median_High_Control - Median_Low_Control ) )

Where:

Test_Compound is defined as wells containing ABHD4 wild type protein in the presence of test compound and FP-Rh.
High_Control is defined as wells containing ABHD4 mutant protein, DMSO and FP-Rh.
Low_Control is defined as the median of the wells containing test compounds.

PubChem Activity Outcome and Score:


A mathematical algorithm was used to determine nominally inhibiting compounds in the primary screen. Two values were calculated: (1) the average percent inhibition of all compounds tested, and (2) three times their standard deviation. The sum of these two values was used as a cutoff parameter, i.e. any compound that exhibited greater % inhibition than the cutoff parameter was declared active.

The reported PubChem Activity Score has been normalized to 100% observed primary inhibition. Negative % inhibition values are reported as activity score zero.

The activity score range for active compounds is 100-6, for inactive 6-0.

List of Reagents:

mABHD4 wild type protein (supplied by Assay Provider)
mABHD4 (S159A) mutant protein (supplied by Assay Provider).
FP-Rh probe (supplied by Assay Provider)
HEPES (Sigma, part 83264)
NaCl (Sigma, part S6546)
Pluronic F-127 (Invitrogen, part P6866)
1536-well plates (Corning, part 7261)

Comment: Due to the increasing size of the MLPCN compound library, this assay may have been run as two or more separate campaigns, each campaign testing a unique set of compounds. All data reported were normalized on a per-plate basis. Possible artifacts of this assay can include, but are not limited to: dust or lint located in or on wells of the microtiter plate, compounds that modulate well fluorescence. All test compound concentrations reported above and below are nominal; the specific test concentration(s) for a particular compound may vary based upon the actual sample provided by the MLSMR.

External ID: HIV1-VIF_MS

Protocol: The assay protocol for screening and testing compounds included plating a mixture of GST-Vif "donor" protein and bio-A3G "acceptor" peptide with test compounds in white, non-binding surface 1536-well plates. LANCE reagents were purchased from PerkinElmer. Briefly, 15nM GST-Vif protein was added to the assay plate containing test compounds. Following a 30 minute incubation, 500 nM bio-A3G peptide was added. Following another 30 minute incubation, 2 nM Eu-labeled anti-GST and 50 nM streptavidin-Ulight detection reagents were added to the assay plate and incubated for 1 hour. After the final incubation, TR-FRET signals were measured using an Envision microplate reader with excitation at 340 nm and emission at 615 and 665 nm. The emission at 615 nm from Eu-labeled anti-GST induces emission at 665 nm from Ulight conjugated to streptavidin when the two molecules are in close proximity, resulting in a FRET signal. GST-Vif binding to the bio-A3G peptide produced a significant increase in the FRET signal over background levels measured in the presence of GST.

To evaluate the screening results each plate included negative and positive controls. Negative control wells included all assay components in the absence of an inhibitor and positive control wells included all assay components with GST-Vif 1-94 protein replaced by GST protein. Percent inhibition was determined as: 100*((Test Compound Signal - Median Negative Control Signal)/(Median Positive Control Signal - Median Negative Control Signal)).

Comment: In the Dose Response, compounds that showed >30% inhibition for at least one concentration were considered potentially active, however some compounds were tested in dose response on more than one occasion. If conflicting results were observed, the compound was deemed "inconclusive". Only compounds that consistently showed activity across all test dates were labeled "Active". Any compounds in the primary screen active range that were not available for testing in dose response were labeled "Inconslusive".
The following tiered system has been implemented at Southern Research Institute for use with the PubChem Score. Compounds in the primary screen are scored on a scale of 0-40 based on inhibitory activity where a score of 40 corresponds to 100% inhibition. In the confirmatory dose response screen, active compounds were scored on a scale of 41-80 based on the average IC50 result, inconclusive compounds were given the lowest confirmatory score of 41, and compounds that were tested and did not confirm as actives were given the score 0.

External ID: 2152-01_Activator_SinglePoint_HTS_Activity

Protocol: . Coat plates with 0.1% Gelatin in PBS (20ul per well) for 20 minutes at room temp.
Day 0
. Plate 3,000 HUVEC cells/well in 384 well plates, 50l per well, in EGM-2 medium, incubate at 37 degrees Celsius
Day 2
. Pin 100nl of compound, DMSO
. Add 10 ul Positive Control (TNFalpha at 0.3ng/ml)
. Incubate 16h
Day 3
. Aspirate media using plate washer
. Add 70 ul wash buffer using Thermo Multidrop Combi or plate washer (assay provider uses combi)
. Aspirate wash buffer with plate washer
. Add 20 ul blocking antibody (IgG) with combi
. Incubate at room temp for 15 minutes
. Aspirate
. Add 20 ul Biotin conjugated anti-e-selectin antibody with combi
. Incubate 30 minutes at room temp (or 15 minutes at 37 degrees Celsius)
. Aspirate
. Add 70 ul wash buffer using combi or plate washer (assay provider uses combi)
. Aspirate
. Add 20 ul streptavidin-PE using combi or plate washer (assay provider uses combi)
. Incubate 30 minutes at room temp (or 15 minutes at 37 degrees Celsius)
. Aspirate
. Add 70 ul of PBS (not wash buffer)
. Aspirate
. Add 20ul Hoechst/4% PF/PBS mix (fix cells and stain nuclei)
. Incubate 15 minutes at room temp
. Aspirate (PF is a hazardous waste and is collected in a seperate hazardous waste container)
. Add 70ul PBS
. Aspirate
. Add 70 ul PBS
Plates are sealed with foil seal and stored overnight at 4 degrees Celsius prior to imaging

Plates are imaged on an automated microscope (ImageXpress Micro, Molecular Devices Inc.) at 2x magnification using appropriate filter sets for Hoechst and PE fluorescence.

Cell counts and % of cells positive for PE fluorescence are quantified by using a modified Cell Scoring application module in the image analysis software (MetaXpress, Molecular Devices Inc.)

Comment: PRESENCE OF CONTROLS: Neutral control wells (NC) and positive control wells (PC) were included on every plate.

EXPECTED OUTCOME: Active compounds result in increasing readout signal.

NORMALIZATION:
The raw signals of the plate wells were normalized using the 'Stimulators Minus Neutral Controls' method in Genedata Assay Analyzer (v10.0.2):
The median raw signal of the intraplate neutral control wells was set to a normalized activity value of 0.
The median raw signal of the intraplate positive control wells was set to a normalized activity value of 100.
Experimental wells values were scaled to this range.

PATTERN CORRECTION: No plate pattern correction algorithm from Genedata Condoseo (v.10.0.2) was applied.

PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE:
This was set as equal to the mean of the normalized sample replicate activities, rounded to the nearest integer .
Compounds decreasing cell viability by more than 20 per cent were eliminated. The minimum PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE of E-selectin positive cells required for a compound to be called a hit (the activity threshold, or AT) was set at 10.

PERCENTAGE OF ACTIVE REPLICATES:
For each sample, the percentage of replicates (PCT_ACTIVE_REP) which had activity scores >= AT was determined.
The minimum percentage of replicates required for a compound to be called a hit (PAR_T) was set at 60.

PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_OUTCOME:
Samples passing BOTH threshold criteria were assigned an outcome of 2 (active):
PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE >= AT, and PCT_ACTIVE_REP >= PAR_T

Samples passing NEITHER threshold criteria were assigned an outcome of 1 (inactive):
PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE < AT, and PCT_ACTIVE_REP < PAR_T

Samples passing AT only were assigned an outcome of 1 (inactive) :
PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE >= AT, and PCT_ACTIVE_REP < PAR_T

Samples passing PAR_T only were assigned an outcome of 1 (inactive) :
PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE < AT, and PCT_ACTIVE_REP >= PAR_T

External ID: SIAE_INH_FP_1536_1X%INH PRUN

Protocol: Assay Overview:

The purpose of this biochemical assay is to identify compounds that act as inhibitors of sialic acid acetylesterase (SIAE). In this assay, SIAE protein is incubated with test compounds and fluorophosphonate-rhodamine (FP-Rh) activity-based probe. The reaction is excited with linear polarized light and the intensity of the emitted light is measured as the polarization value (mP). As designed, test compounds that act as SIAE inhibitors will prevent SIAE-probe interactions, thereby increasing the proportion of free (unbound) fluorescent probe in the well, leading to low fluorescence polarization. Compounds are tested in singlicate at a nominal test concentration of 9.66 micromolar.

Protocol Summary:

Prior to the start of the assay, 3 microliters of assay buffer (1X DPBS and 0.01% Pluronic F-127) were dispensed into column 1 thru column 3 of 1536 microtiter plates. Next, 3 microliters of assay buffer containing 0.73uM of SIAE protein were dispensed into columns 4 thru 48. Then, 39 nL of test compound in DMSO or DMSO alone (0.97% final concentration) were added to the appropriate wells and incubated for 45 minutes at 25 degrees Celsius.

The assay was started by dispensing 1.0 microliter of 300 nM FP-Rh in assay buffer to all wells. Plates were centrifuged and after 120 minutes of incubation at 25 degrees Celsius, fluorescence polarization was read on a Viewlux microplate reader (PerkinElmer, Turku, Finland) using a BODIPY TMR FP filter set and a BODIPY dichroic mirror (excitation = 525nm, emission = 598nm) for 25 seconds for each polarization plane (parallel and perpendicular).

Prior to further calculations, the following formula was used to calculate fluorescence polarization (FP):

FP = ( Raw1 - Raw2 ) / ( Raw1 + Raw2 )

Where:

Raw1 is defined as the S channel.
Raw2 is defined as the P channel.

The percent inhibition for each compound was calculated as follows:

100 *( ( Test_Compound - Median_Low_Control ) / ( Median_High_Control - Median_Low_Control ) )

Where:

Test_Compound is defined as wells containing SIAE protein in the presence of test compound and FP-Rh.
High_Control is defined as wells containing DMSO, FP-Rh but, no SIAE protein.
Low_Control is defined as the median of the wells containing test compounds.

PubChem Activity Outcome and Score:

A mathematical algorithm was used to determine nominally inhibiting compounds in the primary screen. Four values were calculated: (1) the average percent inhibition of all high controls tested plus three times the standard deviation of the high controls, (2) the average percent inhibition of all low controls tested minus three times the standard deviation of the low controls, (3) the average percent inhibition of all compounds tested between (1) and (2), and (4) three times their standard deviation. The sum of two of these values, (3) and (4), was used as a cutoff parameter, i.e. any compound that exhibited greater % inhibition/activity than the cutoff parameter was declared active.

The reported PubChem Activity Score has been normalized to 100% observed primary inhibition. Negative % inhibition values are reported as activity score zero.

The activity score range for active compounds is 100-2, for inactive 2-0.

List of Reagents:

SIAE protein (supplied by Assay Provider)
FP-Rh probe (supplied by Assay Provider)
DPBS (Mediatech, part 20-031-CV)
Pluronic F-127 (Invitrogen, part P6866)
1536-well plates (Greiner, part 789176)

Comment: Due to the increasing size of the MLPCN compound library, this assay may have been run as two or more separate campaigns, each campaign testing a unique set of compounds. All data reported were normalized on a per-plate basis. Possible artifacts of this assay can include, but are not limited to: dust or lint located in or on wells of the microtiter plate, compounds that modulate well fluorescence. All test compound concentrations reported above and below are nominal; the specific test concentration(s) for a particular compound may vary based upon the actual sample provided by the MLSMR.

External ID: 7052-01_Inhibitor_SinglePoint_HTS_Activity_Set2

Protocol: Caspase 6 enzyme was received from collaborator and stored at -80 C. Stock concentration was at 1.2 mg/ml (43.1 uM).

Assay Buffer:
100 mM Hepes pH 7.5, 10% sucrose, 0.1 % CHAPS, 5 mM DTT (final concentration) was added fresh just prior to assay

Reagents:
VEID-R110-VEID: Caspase 6 substrate, was reconstituted to 10 mM from dry powder with DMSO and stored at -20 C.
VEID-CHO: Caspase inhibitor (positive control) was reconstituted to 10 mM from dry powder with DMSO and stored at -20 C.

Assay Ready Plates:
1536 black, solid bottom plates containing 7.5 ul of compound

Protocol:
Add 4 ul 2.2 nM Caspase-6 to 1536 ARPS using BioRaptR
Add 100 nL VEID-CHO to positive control wells using Combi nL
Incubate Room temp 60 min
Add 2 ul of 24 uM VEID-R110-VEID (Caspase 6 substrate) to all wells
Incubate at room temp for 40 min
Read plate on Envision (FITC settings and filters)

Comment: PRESENCE OF CONTROLS: Neutral control wells (NC) and positive control wells (PC) were included on every plate.

EXPECTED OUTCOME: Active compounds result in decreasing readout signal.

NORMALIZATION:
The raw signals of the plate wells were normalized using the 'Neutral Controls' method in Genedata Assay Analyzer (v10.0.2):
The median raw signal of the intraplate neutral controls (NC) is set to a normalized activity value of 0.
A normalized activity value of 100 is defined as (2)(NC).
A normalized activity value of -50 is defined as (0.5)(NC).
Experimental wells values were scaled to this range.
All well activities were then multiplied by -1 to create a positive activity readout value range, to match Pubchem convention.


PATTERN CORRECTION: The plate pattern correction algorithm 'Runwise Pattern (Multiplicative)' in Genedata (v10.0.2) was applied to the normalized plate data.

PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE:
This was set as equal to the mean of the normalized and corrected sample replicate activities, rounded to the nearest integer .
The minimum PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE required for a compound to be called a hit (the activity threshold, or AT) was set at 35.

PERCENTAGE OF ACTIVE REPLICATES:
For each sample, the percentage of replicates (PCT_ACTIVE_REP) which had activity scores >= AT was determined.
The minimum percentage of replicates required for a compound to be called a hit (PAR_T) was set at 100.

PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_OUTCOME:
Samples passing BOTH threshold criteria were assigned an outcome of 2 (active):
PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE >= AT, and PCT_ACTIVE_REP >= PAR_T

Samples passing NEITHER threshold criteria were assigned an outcome of 1 (inactive):
PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE < AT, and PCT_ACTIVE_REP < PAR_T

Samples passing AT only were assigned an outcome of 3 (inconclusive) :
PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE >= AT, and PCT_ACTIVE_REP < PAR_T

Samples passing PAR_T only were assigned an outcome of 3 (inconclusive) :
PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE < AT, and PCT_ACTIVE_REP >= PAR_T

External ID: PROCASPASE3_ACT_EPIABS_1536_1X%ACT PRUN

Protocol: Assay Overview:

The purpose of this assay is to identify compounds that activate procaspase 3 activity. This assay employs a procaspase 3 mutant enzyme, D9A/D28A/D175A (called PC-3 D3A) which is unable to autoproteolyze itself because its aspartic acid cleavage sites have been mutated to alanines. The mutant has a fully functional active site that can process the peptidic Ac-DEVD-pNA chromogenic substrate. Cleavage of substrate by procaspase 3 hydrolyzes the bond between the aspartic acid and p-nitroaniline, leading to release of yellow p-nitroaniline and an increase in well absorbance at 405 nm. In this assay, PC-3 D3A enzyme is pre-incubated with test compounds, followed by addition of substrate and measurement of well epi-absorbance. As designed, compounds that activate procaspase 3 activity will increase substrate hydrolysis, leading to an increase in well absorbance. Compounds are tested in singlicate at a nominal concentration of 8.5 uM.

Protocol Summary:

Prior to the start of the assay, 2.5 uL of zinc-free Assay Buffer (50 mM HEPES, 300 mM NaCl, pH 7.4, 0.01% Triton-X 100) containing 2 uM of PC-3 D3A protein were dispensed into 1536 microtiter plates. Next, 43 nL of test compound in DMSO or DMSO alone (0.8% final concentration) were added to the appropriate wells and incubated for 1 hour at 25 C.

The assay was started by dispensing 2.5 uL of 400 uM Ac-DEVD-pNA in Assay Buffer to all wells. Plates were centrifuged and after 2 hours of incubation at 25 C, epi-absorbance was read on the EnVision plate reader using a photometric filter set (excitation = 405 nm, emission = 450 nm) and a dichroic mirror with 425 nm cutoff. Fluorescence emission was read at 10 flashes per well at two time points (0 minutes and 120 minutes).

Prior to further calculations, the following formula was used to calculate absorbance:

Abs = ( -Log10( ( [ Raw2 ] / [ Mean Reference2 ] ) ) - ( -Log10 ( ( [ Raw1 ] ) / [ Mean Reference ] ) )

Where:

Raw1 is defined as the read at T0 minutes.
Raw2 is defined as the read at T120 minutes.
Mean Reference is defined as a mean of values from wells containing buffer only at T0.
Mean Reference2 is defined as a mean of values from wells containing buffer only at T120.

The percent activation for each compound was calculated as follows:

% Activation = ( ( Ratio_Test_Compound - Median_Ratio_Low_Control ) / ( Median_Ratio_High_Control - Median_Ratio_Low_Control ) ) * 100

Where:

Test_Compound is defined as wells containing test compound.
Low_Control is defined as wells containing DMSO.
High_Control is defined as wells containing DMSO and 5 uM PC-3 D3A.

A mathematical algorithm was used to determine nominally activating compounds in the primary screen. Two values were calculated: (1) the average percent activation of all compounds tested, and (2) three times their standard deviation.The sum of these two values was used as a cutoff parameter, i.e. any compound that exhibited greater % activation than the cutoff parameter was declared active.

PubChem Activity Outcome and Score:

The reported PubChem Activity Score has been normalized to 100% observed primary activation. Negative % activation values are reported as activity score zero.

The PubChem Activity Score range for active compounds is 100-9, and for inactive compounds 9-0.

List of Reagents:

Recombinant PC-3 D3A (procaspase 3 enzyme) (Assay Provider)
Assay Buffer (Assay Provider)
Chromogenic Substrate (Ac-DEVD-pNA) (Assay Provider)
1536 SWSN plates (Corning, part 7254)

Comment: Due to the increasing size of the MLPCN compound library, this assay may have been run as two or more separate campaigns, each campaign testing a unique set of compounds. All data reported were normalized on a per-plate basis. Possible artifacts of this assay can include, but are not limited to: dust or lint located in or on wells of the microtiter plate, and compounds that modulate well absorbance. All test compound concentrations reported above and below are nominal; the specific test concentration(s) for a particular compound may vary based upon the actual sample provided by the MLSMR.

External ID: UHRF1-CPGDNA_INH_TRFRET_1536_1X%INH CSRUN for MBD2-CPGDNA INH

Protocol: Assay Overview:

The purpose of this assay is to determine whether compounds identified as inhibitors of MBD2 are nonselective, as determined by inhibition of methylated DNA-binding activity of the SRA domain polypeptide of ubiquitin-like with PHD and ring finger domains 1 (UHRF1). The UHRF1 gene encodes a member of a subfamily of RING-finger type E3 ubiquitin ligases. It contains a Set-and RING Associated (SRA) domain that binds to partially methylated DNA sequences during DNA synthesis. UHRF1 exhibits a different mode of DNA binding than MBD2, binding so-called hemi-methylated cytosines in order to promote their fully methylation. This assay is performed in a similar manner as the MBD2 screen, except that it employs recombinant UHRF1 SRA domain protein (UHRF1_SRA) and hemi-methylated DNA as its substrate. This assay monitors the ability of compounds to inhibit binding of cloned recombinant UHRF1_SRA to a FAM-labeled 14 bp hairpin oligonucleotide containing a hemimethylated CpG. In this biochemical assay, test compounds are incubated with UHRF1_SRA and a 5-carboxyfluorescene (FAM)-labeled 14bp hairpin DNA oligonucleotide containing one hemimethylated CpG dinucleotide in the presence of Tb-labeled anti-His antibody. An inhibitor of the UHRF1_SRA:FAM hemimethylated CpG interaction will inhibit binding between UHRF1 and FAM hemimethylated oligo, leading to reduced energy transfer and reduced well FRET (fluorescein emission / Tb emission). Compounds are tested in singlicate at a final nominal concentration of 4.4 micromolar.

Protocol Summary:

The assay was started by dispensing 5 microliters of Control Mix in assay buffer (4% glycerol, 1 mM MgCl2, 0.5 mM EDTA, 0.5 mM DTT, 125 mM NaCl, 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.4), and 0.2% Tween-20) containing 125 nanomolar of UHRF1 protein, 5 micromolar of FAM labeled methylated CpG DNA oligo and 5 nanomolar of Terbium labeled anti-his antibody into columns 1 thru columns 2 of 1536 microtiter plates. Next, 5 microliters of Experimental Mix containing 125 nanomolar of UHRF1 protein, 100 nanomolar FAM labeled Hemimethylated CpG DNA oligo and 5 nanomolar Terbium labeled anti-his antibody in assay buffer were dispensed into columns 3 thru 48. Then, the plates were centrifuged and pinned with 22 nL of test compound in DMSO, Mitoxantrone (1.3 micromolar final concentration) in DMSO or DMSO alone (0.44% final concentration). The plates were incubated for 60 minutes at 25 degrees Celsius and TR-FRET was measured on a Viewlux microplate reader (Perkin Elmer, Turku, Finland). After excitation at 340 nm, well fluorescence was monitored at 495 nm (Tb) and 525 nm (FAM). For each well, a fluorescence ratio was calculated according to the following mathematical expression:
Ratio = I525nm / I495nm

Where:

I525nm represents the measured fluorescence emission at 525 nm.
I495nm represents the measured fluorescence emission at 495 nm.

The percent inhibition for each compound was calculated using as follows:

%_Inhibition = 100 * ( Ratio_Test_Compound - Median_Ratio_Low_Control ) / ( Median_Ratio_High_Control - Median_Ratio_Low_Control ) )

Where:

Test_Compound is defined as wells containing the Experimental Mix in the presence of test compound.
High_Control is defined as wells containing the Experimental Mix, Mitoxantrone and DMSO.
Low_Control is defined as the median of the wells containing test compounds.

PubChem Activity Outcome and Score:

A mathematical algorithm was used to determine nominally inhibiting compounds in the primary screen. Two values were calculated: (1) the average percent inhibition of all compounds tested, and (2) three times their standard deviation. The sum of these two values was used as a cutoff parameter, i.e. any compound that exhibited greater % inhibition than the cutoff parameter was declared active.

The reported Pubchem Activity Score has been normalized to 100% observed primary inhibition. Negative % inhibition values are reported as activity score zero.

The PubChem Activity Score range for active compounds is 100-19, and for inactive compounds 19-0.

List of Reagents:

UHRF1_SRA protein (supplied by Assay Provider)
FAM labeled Hemimethylated CpG DNA Oligo (IDT-custom order)
FAM labeled Methylated CpG DNA Oligo (IDT-custom order)
Lanthascreen Tb Anti-His Antibody (Invitrogen, part PV5895)
MgCl2 (Fisher, part BP214)
NaCl (Sigma, part S6546)
DTT (Fisher, part BP172)
EDTA (Sigma, part E7889)
Tris (Amresco, part 0497)
Tween 20 (Sigma, part P9416)
Glycerol (Sigma, part G7893)
1536-well plates (Corning, part 7261)

Comment: Due to the increasing size of the MLPCN compound library, this assay may have been run as two or more separate campaigns, each campaign testing a unique set of compounds. All data reported were normalized on a per-plate basis. Possible artifacts of this assay can include, but are not limited to: dust or lint located in or on wells of the microtiter plate, compounds that modulate well fluorescence. All test compound concentrations reported above and below are nominal; the specific test concentration(s) for a particular compound may vary based upon the actual sample provided by the MLSMR.

External ID: SBCCG-A1016-RevErbaLBD-Primary-Assay

Protocol: This assay is to identify modulators of Rev-erb alpha protein binding to DNA

A. Materials:
REV-alpha_beta purified protein = Rastinejad lab
FITC-DNA = Rastinejad lab
Tris = Biorad (cat #161-0719)
DTT = Akron Biotechnology (cat #AK2948-0005)
5M NaCl = Sigma-Aldrich (cat #56546-1L)
Glycerol 99.5% = Acros (cat #327255000)
Tween 20 = Sigma-Aldrich (cat #P1379)
Corning high base black plates = Corning (cat #3724)
Molecular grade water = Cellgro (cat #46-000-CM)

B. Plate Map:
Negative (low) control in columns 1 and 2 is 6nM DNA and 35nM Protein, DMSO
Positive (high) control in columns 3 and 4, Protein at 750nM and 6nM DNA, DMSO
Test compound in columns 5 - 48, Protein at 35nM + 6nM DNA + test compound

C. Procedures:
Step#Description
1#Prepare 2X Rev-erb alpha protein stock and 2X DNA stock
2#Using LabCyte Echo, transfer xnL from a 2 mM Echo qualified plate containing test compounds into assay plate Col. 5 - 48. Add same volume of DMSO in col 1-4.
3#Spin plates at 1000 rpm for 1 minute in centrifuge.
4#Using the bioraptr, add 3 uL/well of (35nM protein control) to columns 1 and 2 and test compound wells.
5#Using the bioraptr, add 3 uL/well of Mix 2 (750nM protein) to col. 3-4 for the positive control
6#Using the bioraptr, add 3uL/well of Mix 3 (DNA) to col. 1-48.
7#Spin plates at 1000 rpm for 1 minute in centrifuge.
8#Incubate plates in the dark at room temperature for 90 minutes.
9#Set up Perkin Elmer EnVision as described in section Instrument setting.
10#Read plates on EnVision using FP Dual enhanced mirror, FP 480 excitation filter, FP-P-pol 535 and FP-S-pol 535 emissin filters

Comment: Actives were selected based on, % response = 45% or greater