| Assay Method Information | |
| | Biological Assays for Inhibition of Rho-Associated Protein Kinase |
| Description: | Assays for ROCK inhibition were performed using the following protein constructs: glutathione S-transferase (GST)-tagged human ROCK1 catalytic domain 1-477 from Carna Biosciences (cat #01-109; apparent Km value for ATP is 10 μM) and GST-tagged human ROCK2 catalytic domain 1-553 from Carna Biosciences (Cat#01-110; apparent Km value for ATP is 15 μM). Protein constructs were purified from a baculovirus expression system. The peptide substrate was fluorescent LANCE Ultra ULight-CREBtide: CKRREILSRRPSYRK (PerkinElmer, # TRF0107-D). Kinase reactions were carried out in in a 10 μL volume in 384-well plates: 50 nM ULight-CREBtide substrate, 2 nM constitutively active ROCK1 or ROCK2 kinase, and test compound in DMSO (or DMSO only for controls) were diluted into assay buffer containing 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH=7.5), 10 mM MgCl2, 1 mM EGTA, 0.01% Tween-20, and 2 mM DTT such that the final concentration of DMSO was 0.5%. After a 90 minute incubation at room temperature on a shaker table, the kinase reaction was stopped by addition of 10 mM EDTA, and phosphorylation of the substrate was detected by adding 1 nM LANCE Ultra Europium-anti-phospho-CREB (ser133) antibody (PerkinElmer, # TRF0200-D) and incubating for 60 minutes on a shaker at room temperature. The flurorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) signals were read and analyzed on an Envision 2103 Multilabel Reader (Perkin Elmer). The concentration of test compound required to inhibit substrate phosphorylation by 50% (the IC50) was calculated by non-linear regression using GraphPad PRIZM. |
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