| Assay Method Information | |
| | Quanta Red Assay |
| Description: | Measuring ATX activity using an enzyme coupled Quanta Red assay (Thermo Scientific Pierce Protein Research Products, Product #15159) was determined as follows. 8 μL human recombinant ATX (final concentration 0.8 μg/mL) in 1× Assay buffer containing 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 5 mM CaCl2 was added to an opaque black flat-bottom 384-well plate (Corning, #3575) containing 2 μL test compound in 40% DMSO (4% final DMSO concentration). 10 μL of Quanta Red, Horseradish peroxidase (HRP), Choline Oxidase (CO), Rac-1-Palmitoyl-glycero-3-phosphocholine solution (final concentration 1:250 for Quanta Red, 0.5units/ml HRP, 0.5units/ml CO, 15 μM Rac-1-Palmitoyl-glycero-3-phosphocholine) in 1× assay buffer (as described previously) was added to each well to start the reaction and the plate was incubated at room temperature for 2 hours. The reaction was stopped after 2 hours with a 20 μL addition of Quanta Red Stop solution (1:20 dilution in distilled water). The above-described mixture with DMSO alone was used as a positive control whereas that with DMSO alone without ATX was taken as a negative control. For each test compound, ten concentrations were measured covering a range of 6.1 nM to 120 μM to determine IC50 values. The top concentration was decreased to 1.2 μM when a test compound's IC50 value was evaluated in low nanomolar range. Fluorescence was determined in a BMG Labtech Pherastar plus plate reader (λ emission=540 nm, λ excitation=590 nm). Data were analysed using Excel fit software. |
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