| Assay Method Information | |
| | Fluorescent Assay |
| Description: | MGL: Compound inhibition of hMGL activity was assessed by a fluorometric assay recently developed in our laboratory (Makriyannis et al WO Patent Application 2009/117444 A1, (2009) 109 pp.), (Zvonok et al Chem. Biol. (2008) 15: 854-862), (Zvonok et al J. Proteome Res. (2008) 7: 158-2164). This medium throughput assay involved a 96-well plate format in which hMGL activity was monitored by the hydrolysis of the substrate 7-hydroxy-6-methoxy-4-methylcoumarin ester (AHMMCE) to form the fluorescent product, coumarin. In brief, various concentrations of each compound were preincubated with hMGL (175 ng of total protein in E. coli lysate containing hMGL) for 15 min at room temperature. Upon the addition of AHMMCE, the reaction was incubated at 25° C. for 120 min; fluorescence readings were taken every 15 min at 360 nm/460 nm (λexcitation/λemission) using a Synergy HT Plate Reader (Bio-Tek, Winooski, Vt.). Under these incubation conditions, negligible spontaneous AHMMCE hydrolysis was observed. External standards were used to convert relative fluorescence units to the amount of 4-methylcoumarin formed. |
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