Assay Method Information

Assay Name:  Estrogen Receptor Degradation Activity
Description:  MCF7 cells (ATCC) were seeded in 384 wells microplate (collagen coated) at a concentration of 10000 cells/30 μL per well in red phenol free MEM alpha medium (invitrogen) containing 5% charcoal dextran striped FBS. The following day, 9 points serial 1:5 dilution of each compound was added to the cells in 2.5 μL at final concentrations ranging from 0.3-0.0000018 μM (in table 2), or 0.1 μM for fulvestrant (using as positive control). At 4 hours post compound addition the cells were fixed by adding 25 μL of formalin (final concentration 5% formalin containing 0.1% triton) for 10 minutes at room temperature and then washed twice with PBS. Then, 50 μL of LI-COR blocking buffer containing 0.1% Triton was added to plate for 30 minutes at room temperature. LI-COR blocking buffer was removed and cells were incubated overnight at cold room with 50 μL anti-ER rabbit monoclonal antibody (Thermo scientific MA1-39540) diluted at 1:1000 in LI-COR blocking buffer containing 0.1% tween-20. Wells which were treated with blocking buffer but no antibody were used as background control. Wells were washed twice with PBS (0.1% tween-20) and incubated at 37° C. for 60 minutes in LI-COR (0.1% tween-20) containing goat anti-rabbit antibody Alexa 488 (1:1000) and Syto-64 a DNA dye (2 μM final concentration). Cells were then washed 3 times in PBS and scanned in ACUMEN explorer (TTP-Labtech). Integrated intensities in the green fluorescence and red fluorescence were measured to determine the levels of ERα and DNA respectively.
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