A fluorescence polarization-based assay for the identification and evaluation of calmodulin antagonists.
A fluorescence polarization (FP) assay was developed to identify calmodulin (CaM) antagonists. A fluorescent tracer was newly designed by covalently labeling N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalenesulfonamide (W-7), which is a well-known CaM antagonist, with the Cy5 dye. In the FP assay, the tracer (Cy5-W-7) was bound to CaM with a dissociation constant (K(d)) of 6.5 microM and demonstrated efficient competitive activity with other CaM antagonists, including W-7, chlorpromazine, trifluoperazine, W-5, and clozapine, indicating that Cy5-W-7 binds to the ligand-binding site of CaM in a specific manner. The inhibitory activities of Cy5-W-7 and CaM antagonists were subsequently measured by the CaM-dependent calcineurin phosphatase assay, and the results were confirmed with those of the FP assays. In addition, assay optimization for high-throughput screening was performed, and a Z' factor of 0.7 was achieved in a 1536-well format. The FP assay was found to be a simple and reliable alternative to conventional assays for evaluating CaM antagonists.
Arai
Tomonori
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Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, 2-2-50 Kawagishi, Toda-shi, Saitama 335-8505, Japan. arai.tomonori@me.mt-pharma.co.jp
Yatabe
Mai
M
Furui
Megumi
M
Akatsuka
Hiroyuki
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Uehata
Masayoshi
M
Kamiyama
Tsutomu
T
D001665:Binding Sites; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002232:Carbocyanines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry; D005454:Fluorescence Polarization / Q000379:methods*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
D002147:Calmodulin; D002232:Carbocyanines; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D013449:Sulfonamides; C085321:cyanine dye 5; C017967:W 7; C120817:calcineurin phosphatase; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases