High-throughput determination of mode of inhibition in lead identification and optimization.
After finishing the primary high-throughput screening, the screening team is often faced with thousands of hits to be evaluated further. Effective filtering of these hits is crucial in identifying leads. Mode of inhibition (MOI) study is extremely useful in validating whether the observed compound activity is specific to the biological target. In this article, the authors describe a high-throughput MOI determination method for evaluating thousands of compounds using an existing screening infrastructure. Based on enzyme or receptor kinetics theory, the authors developed the method by measuring the ratio of IC(50) or percent inhibition at 2 carefully chosen substrate or ligand concentrations to define an inhibitor as competitive, uncompetitive, or noncompetitive. This not only facilitates binning of HTS hits according to their MOI but also greatly expands HTS utility in support of the medicinal chemistry team's lead optimization practice. Three case studies are presented to demonstrate how the method was applied successfully in 3 discovery programs targeting either an enzyme or a G-protein-coupled receptor.
Wei
Min
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Biochemistry Group, CVU CEDD, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, PA, USA.
Wynn
Richard
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Hollis
Gregory
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Liao
Boshan
B
Margulis
Alexander
A
Reid
Brian G
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Klabe
Ronald
R
Liu
Phillip C C
PC
Becker-Pasha
Mary
M
Rupar
Mark
M
Burn
Timothy C
TC
McCall
Dale E
DE
Li
Yanlong
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D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D001665:Binding Sites; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D002460:Cell Line; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D015195:Drug Design; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006639:Histidine / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D020128:Inhibitory Concentration 50; D007700:Kinetics; D008024:Ligands; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism
D008024:Ligands; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D006639:Histidine; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; C516607:PTPN1 protein, human; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases