| Assay Method Information | |
| | HER2 Degradation Assay with BT-474 Cell Line |
| Description: | HER2 has emerged as a key target for anticancer drugs due to its intrinsic involvement in the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase-Akt/protein kinase B (PI3 K-Akt) and the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways, both of which suppress apoptosis and promote tumor cell survival, gene transcription, angiogenesis, cellular proliferation, migration, mitosis, and differentiation. The degradation of HER2 is a measure of efficacy of anticancer therapeutics that target Hsp90. Accordingly, the SDC-TRAP molecules of the invention that comprise a binding moiety that binds Hsp90 were tested in the following HER2 degradation assay.BT-474 cells (human breast cancer cell line ATCC HTB-20) were obtained from ATCC and seeded into 12-well tissue culture plates at 0.2x106/1.8 mL/well. The cells were incubated for more than 6 hours at 37° C. in DMEM+10% FBS, +1% P/S, +1.5 g/L sodium bicarbonate. Each test compound was titrated in 4-fold dilutions from 5 μM to 78 nM with DMSO and 200 μL of the titration was added to each well of the cell plate. The DMSO final concentration was 0.2%. Cells were incubated overnight at 37° C. in 5% CO2.Media was decanted from the plate, cells were washed 1x in PBS. 400 μL trypsin (EDTA) per well was added, and the cells were incubated for 2 to 3 minutes. Cells were collected into FACS tubes containing 1 ml culture medium to neutralize the trypsin and were centrifuged for 5 minutes at 1200 rpm. Supernatant was decanted and the cells were resuspended in 5 μL FITC (anti HER2/nu)/200 μL staining buffer (1×PBS+1% FBS+0.05% Sodium Azide)/tube. Controls were 5 μL IgG isotype control and staining buffer only. Tubes were incubated for 30 minutes in the dark at room temperature. 1 mL staining buffer was added to each tube and the tubes were centrifuged for 6 minutes at 1200 rpm. The supernatant was decanted and 300 μL staining buffer was added to each tube, which was stored at 4° C. for FACS (cytometer) analysis. The cytometer readout was normalized and the potency of each compound was evaluated with IC50 calculated with XLfit software. |
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