Arnold Group at UWM-Research: Biochemical, Biophysical, and Cell-Based Assays Page

Biochemical assays

VDR-SRC2-3 interaction Fluorescence Polarization 384 Alexa Fluor 647/Texas Red/Fluorescein
VDR-SRC2 interaction Fluorescence   Pull-down assay (ROX-antibody)
VDR-ligand interaction Fluorescence Polarization 384 Invitrogen Polarscreen
VDR-Coregulator interaction (10 coactivators and corepressors) Fluorescence Polarization 384 Alexa Fluor 647/Texas Red/Fluorescein
         
TR alpha-SRC2-2 interaction Fluorescence Polarization 384 Alexa Fluor 647/Texas Red/Fluorescein
TR beta-SRC2-2 interaction Fluorescence Polarization 384 Alexa Fluor 647/Texas Red/Fluorescein
AR-SRC2-3 interaction Fluorescence Polarization 384 Alexa Fluor 647/Texas Red/Fluorescein
PPAR gamma-DRIP2 interaction Fluorescence Polarization 384 Alexa Fluor 647/Texas Red/Fluorescein
ER alpha-SRC2-3 interaction Fluorescence Polarization 384 in the making
ER beta-SRC2-3 interaction Fluorescence Polarization 384 in the making
RxR alpha-SRC2-3 interaction Fluorescence Polarization 384 in the making
         
GLO1 inhibition UV Detection 384  
GLO1 inhibition Fluorescence Intensity 384  
GLO1 inhibition UV Detection 384 Kinetic assay
         
         

In vitro preclinical assays

Aqueous small molecule solubility UV/VIS 384 Filter-based Assay (pH range)
Permeability(PAMPA) UV/VIS 96 Hexadecane method (pH range)
Stability assay LCMS 384 Single injection (pH range)
logP (octanol/water) UV/VIS 384  
         
Heptatoxicity assay Luminescence 384 HepG2/CellTiterGlo (Promega)
Nephrotoxicity assay Luminescence 384 HEK293/CellTiterGlo
Cardiotoxicity assay Luminescence 384 Cardiomyocytes/CellTiterGlo
Neurotoxicity Luminescence 384 Glial/CellTiterGlo
Cardiotoxicity (hERG) automated patch clamp 96 transfected HEK293T
         
Livermicrosome metabolism LCMS 96 stability
Hepatocyte metabolism LCMS 96 stability
P450 metabolism LCMS/Luminescence 96 metabolites
Enzyme conjugation LCMS/Luminescence 96 metabolites
         
Plasma Protein Binding assay Fluorescence 384 multiple fluorophores
Plasma Protein Binding assay UV Detection 384 filtration-based
         
         

Cell-based assays

VDR-coregulator recruitment Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) 384 GeneBLAzer assay (Invitrogen)
Gene-specific VDR-coregulator recruitment Luminescence 384 24-hydroxylase promoter transcription assay
VDR-coactivator interaction Luminescence 384 VDR-SRC1 two-hybrid assay
HL60 differentiation assay UV Detection 384  
         
  rt-PCR Fluorescence 96 A mix of 20 NR target gene primers and 10 cell lines
         
AR-activated transcription Luminescence 384 Agonist and Antagonist
ER alpha-activated transcription Luminescence 384 Agonist and Antagonist
ER beta-activated transcription Luminescence 384 Agonist and Antagonist
PPAR alpha-activated transcription Luminescence 384 Agonist and Antagonist
PPAR gamma-activated transcription Luminescence 384 Agonist and Antagonist
PPAR delta-activated transcription Luminescence 384 Agonist and Antagonist
PxR-activated transcription Luminescence 384 Agonist and Antagonist
CAR-activated transcription Luminescence 384 Agonist and Antagonist
  RxR alpha-activated transcription Luminescence 384 Agonist and Antagonist
         
GABA(A) receptor assay (a1b3y2) automated patch clamp 96 Electrophysiology
GABA(A) receptor assay (a2b3y2) automated patch clamp 96 Electrophysiology
GABA(A) receptor assay (a3b3y2) automated patch clamp 96 Electrophysiology
GABA(A) receptor assay (a4b3y2) automated patch clamp 96 Electrophysiology
GABA(A) receptor assay (a5b3y2) automated patch clamp 96 Electrophysiology
GABA(A) receptor assay (a6b3y2) automated patch clamp 96 Electrophysiology
         

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