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Assay Name:  Estrogen Receptor (ER) Degradation Assay
Description:  A screening strategy was implemented utilizing an In-Cell Western assay to measure their ability to degrade the estrogen receptor in vitro. MCF7 cells, which are estrogen receptor positive, were plated at a cell density of 3.5E-05 cells/mL into black walled clear bottom 96-well plates. Cells were incubated in phenol red free Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Media (DMEM) supplemented with 8% charcoal-stripped fetal bovine calf serum for 24 hours in a humidified 37° C. incubator. Concentrated stock compounds were diluted to 10× in complete media. Compounds were added to the plated cells in a dose-dependent manner ranging from 1E-12 to 1E-05 M and incubated for an additional 24 hours at 37° C. Culture medium was removed from the culture plates by gentle inversion. Cells were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde in 1× phosphate buffered saline-calcium magnesium free (PBS-CMF) for 15 minutes at room temperature, washed 3 times for 5 minutes each in 1×PBS-CMF. Cells were permeabilized in immunofluorescence (IF) blocking buffer (Cell Signaling #12411) containing 0.3% Triton X100. Cells were washed 3 times for 5 minutes each in 1×PBS-CMF and incubated in estrogen receptor α (D6R2W) rabbit primary antibody (Cell Signaling #13258) diluted 1:300 in IF antibody dilution buffer (Cell Signaling #12378). Cells were washed 3 times for 5 minutes each in 1×PBS-CMF and stained with goat anti-rabbit (Biotium #CF770) secondary antibody diluted 1:2000 in IF antibody dilution buffer and normalizing stain CellTag 700 diluted 1:500 (Licor #926-41090). ER protein expression was assessed by the Licor Odyssey CLx imaging system using Image Studio v5.2. Data is processed utilizing GraphPad Prism 7 by subtracting background from the vehicle and setting the vehicle to 100% ER activity, followed by comparing treated samples to vehicle.
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