External ID: SNCA-p-activity-luciferase

Protocol: PROTOCOL TABLE
SEQUENCE No. (e.g., 1, 2, 3, etc.); PARAMETER (e.g., Cells, Incubation, Reagent, etc.); VALUE; DESCRIPTION

1; Cells; 4 uL; Dispense 1500 HEK-293-SNCA-luc cells/well into Greiner 1536-well white / solid bottom tissue culture treated plate. The plate was covered with metal lids with gas-exchange holes.
2; Incubate; 24 hours; Incubate at 37C, 5% CO2, 95% RH.
3; Compounds; 23 nL; Compounds and controls were transferred via a Kalypsys Pin Tool (Wako USA) equipped with a 1536-slotted pin array. The plate was covered with metal lids with gas-exchange holes.
4; Incubate; 24 hours; Incubate at 37C, 5% CO2, 95% RH.
5; Dispense; 1 uL; Dispense Gly-Phe-7-amino-4-trifluoromethylcoumarin (GF-AFC, prepared at 125 uM in PBS) was added. The plate was covered with metal lids with gas-exchange holes.
6; Incubate; 30 min; Incubate at 37C, 5% CO2.
7; Detector; Fluorescence; Measure fluorescence with ViewLux microplate reader (PerkinElmer) equipped with 405/10 excitation and 540/25 emission filters.
8; Dispense; 3 uL; Dispense ONE-Glo (PerkinElmer) lucifase detection reagent was added to each well. Plates were covered with metal lids with gas-exchange holes.
9; Incubate; 15 min; Incubate at room temperature.
10; Detector; Luminescence; Measure luminescence with ViewLux microplate reader (PerkinElmer) equipped with clear filters.

NOTES (numbers refer to sequence above)
1; HEK-293-SNCA-luc were cultured and suspended in phenol-red free DMEM (4.5 g/L glucose, 25 mM HEPES, cat #21063 (Thermo)).
3; Compounds were added to the assay plate in an 11-point intra plate dose response, 1:3 titration in DMSO with a final concentration range of xxx - yyy uM. Vehicle-only plates, with DMSO being pin-transferred to every well, were inserted at the beginning of screening runs to confirm expected assay performance. Activity was normalized to wells containing medium only (-100% activity, full inhibition) and SNCA-luc cells treated with DMSO vehicle control (0% activity), contained on the same plate as test samples.
10; Signals were analyzed, and dose-response curves were fit using the Hill equation. Compounds in curve classes -1.1, -1.2, -2.1, -2.2 in the SNCA-luc assay were considered active. Compounds were eliminated from further consideration if also active (curve class -1.1, -1.2, -1.3, -1.4, -2.1, -2.2, -2.3, -2.4) in the GF-AFC cytotoxicity assay.

Comment: Disclaimer:
Although all reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data, caution should be exercised when interpreting the results as artifacts are possible from nonspecific effects such as assay signal interference. The curve fitting and activity calls presented here are based on the NCATS analysis methods.

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. For this assay, apparent inhibitors are ranked higher than compounds that showed apparent activation.
2. For all inactive compounds, with a ratio activity curve class of 4, 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. For a ratio activity curve class = -1.1, score = 80+abs((log_ac50+4.5)*inf_activity/20). For ratio.curve_class == -1.2 && abs(ratio.max_response) > 6*10, score = 60+abs((log_ac50+4.5)*inf_activity/20). For ratio.curve_class == -2.1 || ( ratio.curve_class==-2.2 && abs(ratio.max_response) > 6*10), score = 40+abs((log_ac50+4.5)*inf_activity/20). For ratio.curve_class == -1.2 || ratio.curve_class == -2.2, score = 20+abs((log_ac50+4.5)*inf_activity/20). Inconclusive compounds, with a donor curve class other than 4, have PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE of 10. Inconclusive compounds have PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE between 1 and 39.

External ID: CYP273

Protocol: Tox21 Assay Protocol Summary:

Two ul of enzyme-substrate mix was dispensed into medium binding white/solid 1536-well plates (Greiner Bio-One North America Inc., Monroe, NC) using a BioRaptr Flying Reagent Dispenser (FRD, Beckman Coulter, Brea, CA). Compounds dissolved in DMSO and positive control (furafyllline) were transferred to the assay plates at 23 nl using a Pintool station (Wako, San Diego, CA). The assay plates were incubated at room temperature for 10 min. Then 2 ul of NADPH regeneration solution was added to each well of the assay plates using an FRD and incubated at room temperature for 1 h. The reaction was stopped by adding 4 ul of detection reagent using an FRD and after 20 min incubation at room temperature the luminescence signal was measured using a ViewLux plate reader (Perkin Elmer, Shelton, CT). Data were expressed as relative luminescence units.

Comment: Disclaimer:

Although all reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data, caution should be exercised when interpreting the results as artifacts are possible from nonspecific effects such as assay signal interference. The curve fitting and activity calls presented here are based on the NCATS analysis methods. Alternative analysis methods and interpretations of the data are available at EPA (http://actor.epa.gov) and NTP (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/cebs3/ui/).

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: HMS1625

Protocol: The fix-reporter plasmid was conjugated into this strain which the stably integrates into the chromosome using the mini-Tn7 system (PMID: 15908923). This plasmid consists of the fixK promoter, which is a target of the fixLJ pathway driving expression of GFP.
The day before screen an overnight culture of B. multivorans strain VC7102, with fix reporter, is set up in tryptic soy broth (TSB) at 37 degrees C with shaking. The day of the screen the overnight culture is diluted 1:100 in fresh tryptic soy broth.
The day of the screen, 30 microL of tryptic soy broth (TSB) is pipetted into columns 1-22 of a 384-well plate (Corning 3764) using the Combi multidrop dispenser. To column 24, 30 microL of TSB containing 78 microM of Benserazide TSB is added for a positive control. To column 23, 30 microL of TSB containing with DMSO (0.078% v/v in TSB) is added for a negative control. 300 nL of each compound are pin-transferred to each plate. For every compound plate 2 replicate assay plates are set up. 30 microL of the 1:100 diluted-B. multivorans strain VC7102 is added to each well using the Combi. Initial OD600 and GFP are measured using the PerkinElmer EnVision. Plates are stacked 5 high, covered with lids and incubated at 37 degrees C overnight (~18 h).
The following day, assay plates are read using a PerkinElmer EnVision (600 nm filter and GFP).
Positive control: Benserazide 39 microM in column 24 (No positive control was used for plates 2089 & 2090; Plates 2091-2093: columns 1 & 24)
Negative control: DMSO 300 nL/well in column 23 (For plates 2089 & 2090 negative controls were located in columns 2 & 24; plates 2091-2093: columns 2 & 23)

Comment: Analysis method:
For each compound well, the initial GFP value was subtracted from overnight GFP value to calculate the deltaGFP. The mean and standard deviation of the negative control wells deltaGFP (column 23) on both replicate plates was calculated. Wells with replicate average deltaGFP at least 3 standard deviations above the plate negative control deltaGFP average were scored as potential positives.

To determine activity scores, Z-scores were calculated for each replicate separately based on the replicate negative control deltaGFP plate average and standard deviation. The replicate average deltaGFP Z-scores were used for activity scores, with activity score of 100 set to Z-score = 4 and activity score = 0 (no activity) set to Z-score = 0. Z-scores > 4 were considered activity score = 100, and Z-scores < 0 were considered activity score = 0.

External ID: CHEMBL2077853

Protocol: N/A

Comment: Journal: Biol. Pharm. Bull.
Year: 2002
Volume: 25
Issue: 1
First Page: 393
Last Page: 396
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.25.393

Target ChEMBL ID: CHEMBL4302
ChEMBL Target Name: P-glycoprotein 1
ChEMBL Target Type: SINGLE PROTEIN - Target is a single protein chain
Relationship Type: H - Homologous protein target assigned
Confidence: Homologous single protein target assigned

External ID: APP-Toga-CHIKV-nsp2-p

Protocol: PROTOCOL TABLE (as described by Inglese J, Shamu CE and Guy RK. 2007)
SEQUENCE No. (e.g., 1, 2, 3, etc.); PARAMETER (e.g., Cells, Incubation, Reagent, etc.); VALUE; DESCRIPTION.
1; Control / Compound; 20 nL; Echo 655 acoustic dispenser, Greiner 1536-well solid bottom black plate.
2; Enzyme; 4 uL; BioRAPTR FRD liquid dispenser (Beckman Coulter).
3; Incubation; 15 min; room temperature.
4; Reagent; 4 uL; 2.5 uM Peptide 2 substrate.
5; Incubation; 1 hr; room temperature.
6; Detection; Fluorescence; WiewLux microplate reader (PerkinElmer), 525 nm excitation, 598/25 nm emission.

NOTES (numbers refer to sequence numbers above).
1. Briefly, 20 nL DMSO, positive control ZnAc (20nM final concentration), and test compounds were transferred into a 1,536-well solid bottom black plate (789176-F, Greiner One) via Echo 655 acoustic dispenser (Beckman Coulter). For primary screens, compounds were tested at 7 concentrations, 1:3 dilution points ranging from 25 uM to 34 nM. Follow-up confirmatory screens were carried out at 11 concentrations, 1:3 dilution points from 25 uM to 0.42 nM.
2. Four uL nsP2pro enzyme mix (150 nM final concentration) in 10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0 with 0.01% Tween 20 assay buffer was dispensed into the plate using a BioRAPTR FRD liquid dispenser (Beckman Coulter).
3. The plate was incubated at room temperature (protected from light) for 15 min
4. Four microliter of peptide 2 substrate (2.5 uM final concentration) in assay buffer was added to the plate.
5. After 1 hour, plates were immediately read on a ViewLux high-throughput CCD imager (Exposure = 10 sec, Gain = High, Speed = Slow, Binning = 2X). The above assay was also incorporated in the NCATS HTS facility41, which allowed for robotic liquid and compound dispensing, microplate handling, and fluorescence reading..

REFERENCE:
Inglese J, Shamu CE and Guy RK, Reporting data from high throughput screening of small molecule libraries, Nature Chemical Biology, 2007, 3(8): 438-441. doi.org/10.1038/nchembio0807-438.

Comment: Disclaimer:
Although all reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data, caution should be exercised when interpreting the results as artifacts are possible from nonspecific effects such as assay signal interference. The curve fitting and activity calls presented here are based on the NCATS analysis methods [1].

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. For this assay, apparent inhibitors are ranked higher than compounds that showed apparent activation.
2. For all inactive compounds, with a ratio activity curve class of 4, 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. For a ratio activity curve class = -1.1, score = 80+abs((log_ac50+4.5)*inf_activity/20). For ratio.curve_class == -1.2 && abs(ratio.max_response) > 6*10, score = 60+abs((log_ac50+4.5)*inf_activity/20). For ratio.curve_class == -2.1 || ( ratio.curve_class==-2.2 && abs(ratio.max_response) > 6*10), score = 40+abs((log_ac50+4.5)*inf_activity/20). For ratio.curve_class == -1.2 || ratio.curve_class == -2.2, score = 20+abs((log_ac50+4.5)*inf_activity/20). Inconclusive compounds, with a donor curve class other than 4, have PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE of 10. Inconclusive compounds have PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE between 1 and 39.

Reference:
1. Inglese J, Auld DS, Jadhav A, et al. Quantitative high-throughput screening: a titration-based approach that efficiently identifies biological activities in large chemical libraries. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006;103(31):11473-11478.

External ID: ERR985

Protocol: Tox21 Assay Protocol Summary:

The ERR cells were dispensed at 2,000 cells/5 ul/well in 1536-well white plates using a Multidrop dispenser. After the assay plates were incubated at a 37 C/5% CO2 incubator for 6 hours, 23 nL of compounds dissolved in DMSO, positive and negative controls or DMSO only was transferred to the assay plate by a pin tool. The plates were incubated at 37 C for 18 hours. 4 ul/well of One-Glo reagent was added into the assay plates using a Flying Reagent Dispenser. After 30-minute incubation at room temperature, the luminescence intensity in the plates was measured using a ViewLux plate reader.

Comment: Disclaimer:

Although all reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data, caution should be exercised when interpreting the results as artifacts are possible from nonspecific effects such as assay signal interference. The curve fitting and activity calls presented here are based on the NCATS analysis methods. Alternative analysis methods and interpretations of the data are available at EPA (http://actor.epa.gov) and NTP (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/cebs3/ui/).

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: ERR504

Protocol: Assay Protocol Summary:

The ERR cells were dispensed at 2,000 cells/5 ul/well in 1536-well white plates using a Multidrop dispenser. After the assay plates were incubated at a 37 C/5% CO2 incubator for 6 hours, 23 nL of compounds dissolved in DMSO, positive and negative controls or DMSO only was transferred to the assay plate by a pin tool. The plates were incubated at 37 C for 18 hours. 4 ul/well of One-Glo reagent was added into the assay plates using a Flying Reagent Dispenser. After 30-minute incubation at room temperature, the luminescence intensity in the plates was measured using a ViewLux plate reader.

Comment: Disclaimer:

Although all reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data, caution should be exercised when interpreting the results as artifacts are possible from nonspecific effects such as assay signal interference. The curve fitting and activity calls presented here are based on the NCATS analysis methods. Alternative analysis methods and interpretations of the data are available at EPA (http://actor.epa.gov) and NTP (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/cebs3/ui/).

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 activators are ranked higher than compounds that showed apparent inhibition.
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: ZIK159

Protocol: Assay Protocol Summary:

The medium for SNB-19 cells is composed of RPMI 1640 (ATCC, Cat.# 30-2001), 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) (GE healthcare Life Sciences, Cat.# SH30071.03), and 1% Pen/Strep (Gibco, Cat.# 15140-122). A Caspase-Glo 3/7 assay kit (catalog number G8092; Promega, Madison, WI) was used to detect caspase-3 activity induced by Zika virus infection in human cells. The reagent mixture was reconstituted as described in the protocol from the manufacturer. Polystyrene tissue culture treated and PDL coated white plates were obtained from Greiner Bio-One (Monroe, NC). Cells were seeded in 384- or 1536-well assay plates and cultured at 37 C with 5% CO2 for 16 to 20 hours. The typical cell seeding density in the 1536-well plate assay is 250 cells/well in 3ul medium for SNB-19 cells in tissue culture treated plates. Compounds were added to cells and incubated for one hour before addition of ZIKV solution to cells (2 FFU/cell). After incubation at 37 C with 5% CO2 for 6 hours, the reagent mixture of Caspase-Glo 3/7 assay kit was added to each well, followed by incubation at room temperature for 30 minutes. The luminescence intensity of the assay plates was measured using a ViewLux plate reader (PerkinElmer). Data were normalized by using the cell-containing wells without ZIKV as a negative control (0% induction of caspase 3/7 activity) and wells containing ZIKV infected cells (Caspase-3 activity induced) as a positive control (100% induction of caspase 3 activity). The percentage inhibitions of the increased Caspase-3 activity by small molecule inhibitors were then calculated.

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: ZIK097

Protocol: Assay Protocol Summary:

The medium for hNPCs consists of DMEM/F12, N2 supplement (ThermoFisher, Cat.# 17502048), NEAA (ThermoFisher, Cat. # 11140050), 2 ug/ml heparin, 2 uM cyclopamine, and B27 (ThermoFisher, Cat. # 17504044). A Caspase-Glo 3/7 assay kit (catalog number G8092; Promega, Madison, WI) was used to detect caspase-3 activity induced by Zika virus infection in human cells. The reagent mixture was reconstituted as described in the protocol from the manufacturer. Polystyrene tissue culture treated and PDL coated white plates were obtained from Greiner Bio-One (Monroe, NC). Cells were seeded in 384- or 1536-well assay plates and cultured at 37 C with 5% CO2 for 16 to 20 hours. The typical cell seeding density in the 1536-well plate assay is 350 cells/well in 3 ul medium for hNPCs in tissue culture treated plates. Compounds were added to cells and incubated for one hour before addition of ZIKV solution to cells (2 FFU/cell). After incubation at 37 C with 5% CO2 for 6 hours, the reagent mixture of Caspase-Glo 3/7 assay kit was added to each well, followed by incubation at room temperature for 30 minutes. The luminescence intensity of the assay plates was measured using a ViewLux plate reader (PerkinElmer). Data were normalized by using the cell-containing wells without ZIKV as a negative control (0% induction of caspase 3/7 activity) and wells containing ZIKV infected cells (Caspase-3 activity induced) as a positive control (100% induction of caspase 3 activity). The percentage inhibitions of the increased Caspase-3 activity by small molecule inhibitors were then calculated.

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: CF Folding

Protocol: A high throughput 384-well microplate based fluorescence assay was developed using HeLa cells engineered to express F508del-CFTR. Cells were maintained in cell culture media (High Glucose DMEM (Gibco) supplemented w/ 10% FBS (Gibco)). For the assay, cells were trypsinized (0.25% Trypsin-EDTA solution (Gibco)) and resuspended in assay media (cell culture media + 1% Pen/Strep (Gibco)) at a density of 320,000 cells per ml. Cells were dispensed to the assay plates (Corning 3712) in 25 ul using a Wellmate (Matrix/Thermo). Plates were incubated overnight at 37C, 5% CO2 and high humidity. The next day, compounds were prepared by making a dilution in assay media to a concentration of either 150 uM or 60 ug/ml (6x) depending on the library being screened. Then 5 ul of the diluted compound was transferred to the assay plate containing the cells. Assay plates were incubated for 24 hours 37C, 5% CO2 and high humidity. Following incubation with the compounds, relative cell number was determined by adding 3 ul of alamarBlue (TREK Diagnostics) and incubating the plates at 37C, 5% CO2 and high humidity, until cell control values reached ~4 million, as measured with a fluorescent intensity protocol on an Envision multimode plate reader (Perkin Elmer) (excitation 535 nm, emission 595 nm wavelengths) . Following the alamarBlue read, the media was removed and the cells were fixed with the addition of 13 ul of 4% paraformaldehyde in PBS (pH 7.4) and incubated for 10 minutes at room temperature. Plates were washed twice with PBS to remove the fixative. Cells were permeabilized with the addition of blocking solution (PBS, 0. 1% Triton X-100, 10 mg/ml BSA) and incubated at room temperature for 30 minutes. The blocking solution was removed and the primary antibody mixture was added in 13ul (Antibodies UNC570 and UNC596; CFF Therapeutics, Inc., Bedford, MA) at a 1/5000 dilution of each antibody in blocking solution. Plates were then incubated over night at 4oC. Primary antibody was removed by washing three times with 50 ul of wash solution (PBS, 0.1% Triton X-100) with at least 5 minutes between wash cycles. Secondary antibody (Alexa 488 anti-mouse IgG Invitrogen) was then added in a volume of 13 ul (1/1000 dilution in blocking solution) and incubated for two hours at room temperature in the dark. To remove excess secondary antibody, plates were washed three times with 50 ul of wash solution and one time with 50 ul of PBS. Plates were read from the bottom using a fluorescent intensity protocol on an Envision multimode plate reader (485 nm excitation and 535 nm emission).
To minimize the disruption of the cell monolayer during the numerous washes, the following process was used. The removal of media or other reagents for the wells of the microtiter plate was done using a Biomek FX (Beckman, Fullerton CA) with a 384 tip multichannel head. Aspiration was done at a slow rate following the liquid level with the tip positioned in the top right corner of the well. All solution additions, starting with the fixative, were done with a Matrix Wellmate. Again to avoid disturbing the cell monolayer, the plate offset was adjusted so that the liquid dispensed to the left wall of the well rather than directly on the cell monolayer.
For the screen, approximately ten thousand compounds from a mix of FDA and diverse libraries (MicroSource Pharmacon-1600 (FDA), Enzo (FDA), Selleck (FDA) and Enamine) were tested at a final concentration 25 uM (Enzo, Selleck & MS Pharmakon) or 10 ug/ml (Enamine 30K diversity set). The proteasome inhibitor ALLN was used as the positive control (50 uM) and 100 uM Hyamine was used as a viability control on all microtiter plates. All wells including the cell controls contained 0.5% DMSO. In-plate controls were used to normalize the data and results were reported as fold increase above the cell control and normalized to relative cell number derived from the alamarBlue data.
Ninety six compounds identified in the single dose screen were evaluated further in dose response. Compound high dose was twice the screening concentration and a ten point series of two fold dilutions were done for each compound. DMSO concentration was 1% for in all wells. Compounds were evaluated in both the immunostain assay and in the cell viability assay.

Data Analysis: Thirty two control wells containing cells only, 24 wells containing Hyamine and 8 wells containing ALLN were included on each assay plate and used to calculate Z' value for each plate and to normalize the data on a per plate basis. Data were analyzed using the IDBS Activity Base software. Results were expressed as Fold Increase (FI) for the immunostain assay and cell viability (V) for the alamarBlue assay. Final data was reported as Normalized fold increase (NFI). Data was analyzed as follows FI=DataValue/Median cell control, V= (DataValue-median Hyamine control)/(median cell control -median Hyamine control) and NFI=FI/V.

For the immunostain dose response assay, IC50 values were calculated for active compounds by plotting the FI for each concentration, and using a 4 parameter Levenburg-Marquardt algorithm with the minimum limit set at 0. Similarly, EC50 values were calculated for the cell viability dose response assay, plotting the % Viability at each concentration and also using a 4 parameter Levenburg-Marquardt algorithm with the minimum limit set at 0 and the maximum limit set at 100.

Outcome- From the primary screen, compounds selected as Active were those that met one of the following two criteria: (1) Fold Induction >/= 1.5, Cell Viability >/= 50% and the ratio of Fold Induction to Cell Viability >/= 1.5; or (2) Fold Induction >/= 1, Cell Viability >/= 50% and the ratio of Fold Induction to Cell Viability >/=1.75. While 101 compounds met this criteria, 96 were ultimately selected for confirmatory screening. For the dose response screen, compounds were labeled as "Active" if they showed at least 8 fold increase over the ALLN control at any concentration.

Comment: Possible Artifacts: Possible artifacts in this assay include, but are not limited to, compounds that are fluorescent, absorb at the excitation or emission wavelengths, or non-specifically upregulate protein expression