| Assay Method Information | |
| | High Throughput Fluorescence Displacement Assay |
| Description: | FABP5 was purified and delipidated as described previously (Kaczocha, M. et al. 2012). FABP5 (30 μg), NBD-stearate (1 μM), and a competitor test compound were incubated in 30 mM Tris-HCl, 100 mM NaCl buffer (pH 7.6). Competitors included arachidonic acid, BMS309403, 48 test compounds from ChemDiv library, Compound 26 and Compound 49. The initial assay was run with buffer (30 mM Tris-HCl buffer), negative controls (buffer and NBD-stearate), positive controls (buffer, NBD-stearate, FABP5), and experimental wells with a variable test compound added (arachidonic acid or one of the 48 test compounds) at 10 μM. Test compounds that produced high inhibition and proved statistically significant were then added to the fluorescent assay at 10 μM and tested in triplicate to verify their success. The most effective test compound and BMS309403 were measured in increasing concentrations (0.01-50 μM), as were the Compound 26 and γ-truxillic acid 1-naphthyl ester, which were discovered following the test. The fluorescent assays were tested in the wells of Microtest 96-well Assay Plates, Optilux (BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, N.J.) and loss of fluorescence intensity was measured with a FLUOstar OPTIMA spectrofluorometer set to excitation and emission wavelengths of 460 nm and 544 nm, respectively. For the most effective test compounds, IC50 values were calculated with GraphPad Prism. GraphPad Prism was also used to determine the Ki of these select competitors from the equation Ki=IC50/(1+([NBD-stearate]/Kd)). |
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