Assay Method Information

Assay Name:  Biological Enzymatic Assay
Description:  Flag tagged Human recombinant MetAP2 expressed and isolated for use as the enzyme source. 10 mM stock solutions of compounds were prepared in 100% DMSO and further diluted in 100% DMSO required concentration to 1 mM stocks. The stock compound solutions and DMSO vehicle controls were diluted to target final compound concentrations using assay buffer to a final concentration of 50 mM HEPES containing 100 mM NaCl, pH adjusted to 7.5. The MAS peptide was formulated to a 7.5 mM stock in distilled water and prior to use further diluted 1:4. Amino acid oxidase was prepared as a stock solution (6.2 mg/ml) and prior to use further diluted 1:49.6 in distilled water. A 250 μM solution of MnCl2 was prepared in advance of thawing an aliquot of MetAP2 enzyme. 40 μl of enzyme was mixed with 100 μl of MnCl2 then further diluted in assay buffer to a final concentration of 16 μg/ml. To test for compound effect on MetAP2 enzyme activity, 5 μl of test compound, 10 μl of MAS substrate/amino acid oxidase mixture, 10 μl of MetAP2 was added to test wells in a 384 well black plate with blank wells containing no enzyme, replaced with 10 μl of assay buffer. All compounds were tested in duplicate on two occasions on the same day. The final in well concentrations of the assay were: 1% DMSO, 0.272 μg/ml MetAP2, 10 μM MnCl2, 50.0 μg/ml (0.225 U/ml) amino acid oxidase, and 0.75 mM MAS. The plate was sealed with a TopSeal A cover and mixed briefly on an orbital mixer at 900 rpm. The plate was incubated for a further 25 minutes at 25° C. A 5× stock of Amplex buffer was prepared (0.25M sodium phosphate, pH 7.4) and stored at 4° C. When preparing for use the stock was diluted with distilled water Amplex Ultraread stock solution was prepared at 2.57 mg/ml in 100% DMSO and stored in 50 μl aliquots at −20° C. 20 μl of 505 U/ml. Horse radish peroxidase was diluted in 990 ml of Amplex buffer, 100 μl of this was combined with 50 μl of Amplex Ultrared in 4850 ml of 1× Amplex buffer to generate sufficient detection reagent for a 384 well plate. 25 μl detection reagent was added to each well of the test plate, which was re-sealed and mixed briefly on an orbital shaker. The plate was transferred to an Envision Multi-label reader and RFU measured corresponding to excitation 531 nm and emission 595 nm At the end of the MetAP2 incubation 25 μl Amplex/HRP mixture per well was added and the plate read plate on a plate reader.
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