title: A guided materials screening approach for developing quantitative sol-gel derived protein microarrays.
abstract: Microarrays have found use in the development of high-throughput assays for new materials and discovery of small-molecule drug leads. Herein we describe a guided material screening approach to identify sol-gel based materials that are suitable for producing three-dimensional protein microarrays. The approach first identifies materials that can be printed as microarrays, narrows down the number of materials by identifying those that are compatible with a given enzyme assay, and then hones in on optimal materials based on retention of maximum enzyme activity. This approach is applied to develop microarrays suitable for two different enzyme assays, one using acetylcholinesterase and the other using a set of four key kinases involved in cancer. In each case, it was possible to produce microarrays that could be used for quantitative small-molecule screening assays and production of dose-dependent inhibitor response curves. Importantly, the ability to screen many materials produced information on the types of materials that best suited both microarray production and retention of enzyme activity. The materials data provide insight into basic material requirements necessary for tailoring optimal, high-density sol-gel derived microarrays.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University.
authors.forename: Blake-Joseph
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Helka
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Brennan
mesh_terms: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized / Q000737:chemistry*; D057166:High-Throughput Screening Assays / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D040081:Protein Array Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D054852:Small Molecule Libraries / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D011506:Proteins; D054852:Small Molecule Libraries
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