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Recent advances in cell membrane-coated technology for drug discovery from natural products. Trends Analyt Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2022.116601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Lecas L, Dugas V, Demesmay C. Affinity Chromatography: A Powerful Tool in Drug Discovery for Investigating Ligand/membrane Protein Interactions. SEPARATION & PURIFICATION REVIEWS 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/15422119.2020.1749852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lucile Lecas
- Institut Des Sciences Analytiques, Université De Lyon, Institut des Sciences Analytiques (UMR 5280-CNRS, UCBLyon 1), 5 rue de la Doua, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut Des Sciences Analytiques, Université De Lyon, Institut des Sciences Analytiques (UMR 5280-CNRS, UCBLyon 1), 5 rue de la Doua, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut Des Sciences Analytiques, Université De Lyon, Institut des Sciences Analytiques (UMR 5280-CNRS, UCBLyon 1), 5 rue de la Doua, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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Liu T, Hou Y, Liu J, Li Q, Wang J, Liang Y, Bian L, Zhao X. Screening bioactive compounds with multi-targets from Rhodiola crenulata by a single column containing co-immobilized beta2-adrenergic receptor and voltage dependent anion channel isoform 1. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2018; 1100-1101:76-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2018.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Cieśla Ł, Moaddel R. Comparison of analytical techniques for the identification of bioactive compounds from natural products. Nat Prod Rep 2016; 33:1131-45. [PMID: 27367973 PMCID: PMC5042860 DOI: 10.1039/c6np00016a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Covering: 2000 to 2016Natural product extracts are a rich source of bioactive compounds. As a result, the screening of natural products for the identification of novel biologically active metabolites has been an essential part of several drug discovery programs. It is estimated that more than 70% of all drugs approved from 1981 and 2006, were either derived from or structurally similar to nature based compounds indicating the necessity for the development of a rapid method for the identification of novel compounds from plant extracts. The screening of biological matrices for the identification of novel modulators is nevertheless still challenging. In this review we discuss current techniques in phytochemical analysis and the identification of biologically active components.
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- Łukasz Cieśla
- Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, Biomedical Research Center, 8C232, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
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Singh NS, Habicht KL, Dossou KSS, Shimmo R, Wainer IW, Moaddel R. Multiple protein stationary phases: a review. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2014; 968:64-8. [PMID: 24780640 PMCID: PMC4127356 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2014.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Revised: 03/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cellular membrane affinity chromatography stationary phases have been extensively used to characterize immobilized proteins and provide a direct measurement of multiple binding sites, including orthosteric and allosteric sites. This review will address the utilization of immobilized cellular and tissue fragments to characterize multiple transmembrane proteins co-immobilized onto a stationary phase. This approach will be illustrated by demonstrating that multiple transmembrane proteins were immobilized from cell lines and tissue fragments. In addition, the immobilization of individual compartments/organelles within a cell will be discussed and the changes in the proteins binding/kinetics based on their location.
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- N S Singh
- Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Institute of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Tallinn University, Narva mnt. 29, 10120 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Institute of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Tallinn University, Narva mnt. 29, 10120 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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Chen X, Cao Y, Zhang H, Zhu Z, Liu M, Liu H, Ding X, Hong Z, Li W, Lv D, Wang L, Zhuo X, Zhang J, Xie XQ, Chai Y. Comparative normal/failing rat myocardium cell membrane chromatographic analysis system for screening specific components that counteract doxorubicin-induced heart failure from Acontium carmichaeli. Anal Chem 2014; 86:4748-57. [PMID: 24731167 PMCID: PMC4033634 DOI: 10.1021/ac500287e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Cell membrane chromatography (CMC)
derived from pathological tissues
is ideal for screening specific components acting on specific diseases
from complex medicines owing to the maximum simulation of in vivo drug-receptor interactions. However, there are no
pathological tissue-derived CMC models that have ever been developed,
as well as no visualized affinity comparison of potential active components
between normal and pathological CMC columns. In this study, a novel
comparative normal/failing rat myocardium CMC analysis system based
on online column selection and comprehensive two-dimensional (2D)
chromatography/monolithic column/time-of-flight mass spectrometry
was developed for parallel comparison of the chromatographic behaviors
on both normal and pathological CMC columns, as well as rapid screening
of the specific therapeutic agents that counteract doxorubicin (DOX)-induced
heart failure from Acontium carmichaeli (Fuzi). In
total, 16 potential active alkaloid components with similar structures
in Fuzi were retained on both normal and failing myocardium CMC models.
Most of them had obvious decreases of affinities on failing myocardium
CMC compared with normal CMC model except for four components, talatizamine
(TALA), 14-acetyl-TALA, hetisine, and 14-benzoylneoline. One compound
TALA with the highest affinity was isolated for further in
vitro pharmacodynamic validation and target identification
to validate the screen results. Voltage-dependent K+ channel
was confirmed as a binding target of TALA and 14-acetyl-TALA with
high affinities. The online high throughput comparative CMC analysis
method is suitable for screening specific active components from herbal
medicines by increasing the specificity of screened results and can
also be applied to other biological chromatography models.
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- Xiaofei Chen
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University , No. 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, PR China
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Takaku T, Mikata K, Nagahori H, Sogame Y. Identification of metabolites of propyrisulfuron in rats. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2014; 955-956:64-71. [PMID: 24631812 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2014.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2013] [Revised: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 02/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The metabolites found in the urine, feces and bile of male and female rats administered with (14)C-labeled herbicide, propyrisulfuron [1-(2-chloro-6-propylimidazo[1,2-b]pyridazin-3-ylsulfonyl)-3- (4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)urea] were identified by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with the ultraviolet (UV) and radioisotope (RI) detectors, tandem mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Administered (14)C was excreted into the urine (5.7-29.8%) and feces (64.6-97.4%). Urine and bile samples were concentrated and purified using a solid-phase extraction cartridge, and fecal homogenates were extracted using acetonitrile. Conjugates were hydrolyzed with enzyme or hydrochloric acid solution for identification. The proposed major metabolic reactions of propyrisulfuron are as follows: (1) hydroxylation of the pyrimidine ring, propyl group, and imidazopyridazine ring, (2) O-demethylation, (3) cleavage of the pyrimidine ring, and (4) glucuronic acid and sulfate conjugation. The metabolic patterns found are not different among sulfonylurea herbicides.
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- Tomoyuki Takaku
- Environmental Health Science Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., 1-98, 3-Chome, Kasugade-Naka, Konohana-Ku, Osaka 554-8558, Japan.
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- Environmental Health Science Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., 1-98, 3-Chome, Kasugade-Naka, Konohana-Ku, Osaka 554-8558, Japan
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- Environmental Health Science Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., 1-98, 3-Chome, Kasugade-Naka, Konohana-Ku, Osaka 554-8558, Japan
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- Environmental Health Science Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., 1-98, 3-Chome, Kasugade-Naka, Konohana-Ku, Osaka 554-8558, Japan
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Ng E, Schriemer DC. Emerging challenges in ligand discovery: new opportunities for chromatographic assay. Expert Rev Proteomics 2014; 2:891-900. [PMID: 16307518 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.2.6.891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Ligand discovery initiatives are facing interesting challenges as ever-increasing numbers of proteins are entering screening programs. As an answer to steady pressure to improve performance in drug discovery, ligand discovery can expect to play an expanded role in generating small molecules as probes to help uncover the function of novel proteins. Chromatographic assay formats can offer new entry points into standard interaction characterization (binding and rate constants) as well as powerful, scaleable methods for compound screening. This review presents recent advancements in chromatographic assay technology, with a particular focus on frontal affinity chromatography as a platform technology for interaction analysis.
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- Ella Ng
- University of Calgary, SAMS Centre for Proteomics, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Health Sciences Center, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada.
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Frontal affinity chromatography in characterizing immobilized receptors. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2011; 54:911-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2010.11.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2010] [Revised: 11/22/2010] [Accepted: 11/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Moaddel R, Wainer IW. The preparation and development of cellular membrane affinity chromatography columns. Nat Protoc 2009; 4:197-205. [PMID: 19180089 PMCID: PMC4605383 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cellular membrane affinity chromatography is a technique that is based on the immobilization of a target trans-membrane protein onto a stationary phase. The target protein is isolated by homogenization and solubilization of a source (e.g., cell line) followed by immobilization on either the immobilized artificial membrane-phosphatidyl choline (IAM-PC) stationary phase or the surface of an open tubular capillary during a dialysis step. The procedure typically takes 3-4 d for the IAM-PC stationary phase, whereas the open-tubular method takes an extra week for the preparation of the capillary. The resulting columns can then be used to characterize binding sites on the target protein through frontal chromatographic and/or nonlinear chromatographic studies using a wide variety of ligands including small molecules and polypeptides. The columns have been used in drug discovery as well as in the screening of tobacco smoke condensates.
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- Ruin Moaddel
- Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging/NIH, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
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Kitabatake T, Moaddel R, Cole R, Gandhari M, Frazier C, Hartenstein J, Rosenberg A, Bernier M, Wainer IW. Characterization of a multiple ligand-gated ion channel cellular membrane affinity chromatography column and identification of endogenously expressed receptors in astrocytoma cell lines. Anal Chem 2008; 80:8673-80. [PMID: 18847217 DOI: 10.1021/ac8016407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Cellular membranes obtained from the 1321N1 and A172 astrocytoma cell lines were immobilized on a chromatographic phase to create cellular membrane affinity chromatography (CMAC) columns, CMAC(1321N1) and CMAC(A172). The columns were characterized using frontal affinity chromatography with [(3)H]-epibatidine as the marker ligand and epibatidine, nicotine, and methyllycaconitine as the displacers. The results indicated that the columns contained homomeric alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (alpha7 nAChR) and heteromeric nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (alpha(x)beta(y) nAChRs), which was confirmed by the addition of subtype-specific inhibitors, alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha7 nAChR) and kappa-bungarotoxin (alpha(x)beta(y) nAChR) to the mobile phase. The presence of two additional ligand-gated ion channels (LGICs), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA(A)) and N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA), was established using frontal affinity chromatography with flunitrazepam and diazepam (GABA(A) receptor) and MK-801 and NMDA (NMDA receptor). The presence of the four LGICs was confirmed using confocal microscopy and flow cytometry. The results indicate that the CMAC(1321N1) and CMAC(A172) columns contain four independently functioning LGICs, that the columns can be used to characterize binding affinities of small molecules to each of the receptors, and that the CMAC approach can be used to probe the expression of endogenous membrane receptors.
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- T Kitabatake
- Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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Lebert JM, Forsberg EM, Brennan JD. Solid-phase assays for small molecule screening using sol-gel entrapped proteins. Biochem Cell Biol 2008; 86:100-10. [PMID: 18443623 DOI: 10.1139/o08-010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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With compound libraries exceeding one million compounds, the ability to quickly and effectively screen these compounds against relevant pharmaceutical targets has become crucial. Solid-phase assays present several advantages over solution-based methods. For example, a higher degree of miniaturization can be achieved, functional- and affinity-based studies are possible, and a variety of detection methods can be used. Unfortunately, most protein immobilization methods are either too harsh or require recombinant proteins and thus are not amenable to delicate proteins such as kinases and membrane-bound receptors. Sol-gel encapsulation of proteins in an inorganic silica matrix has emerged as a novel solid-phase assay platform. In this minireview, we discuss the development of sol-gel derived protein microarrays and sol-gel based monolithic bioaffinity columns for the high-throughput screening of small molecule libraries and mixtures.
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- Julie M Lebert
- Chemical Biology Program, Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON L8S4M1, Canada
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Sharma J, Besanger TR, Brennan JD. Assaying Small-Molecule−Receptor Interactions by Continuous Flow Competitive Displacement Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2008; 80:3213-20. [DOI: 10.1021/ac702421e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jai Sharma
- Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
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Ng ESM, Chan NWC, Lewis DF, Hindsgaul O, Schriemer DC. Frontal affinity chromatography-mass spectrometry. Nat Protoc 2007; 2:1907-17. [PMID: 17703202 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Frontal affinity chromatography (FAC) is a biophysical method for the discovery and characterization of molecular interactions in a flow-based system. Several different modes of analysis are possible by interfacing to the mass spectrometer, including robust single-compound characterizations as well as high-throughput screening of over 1,000 compounds per run. The method supports thermodynamic and kinetic characterization of interactions for a wide range of molecular species and possesses similarities to flow-based biosensors such as surface plasmon resonance. It offers sensitive detection of ligands present well below their respective dissociation constants, and can be assembled from readily available laboratory components. Direct coupling of the FAC cartridge to the mass spectrometer is useful for the interrogation of single compounds or mixtures of limited complexity. An offline fractionation schema is more appropriate for discovery-mode applications. A high-performance FAC system enabling both modes can be assembled in 2-3 h. Measurements of dissociation constants can be made with such a system in 0.5-3 h, and the system supports higher-throughput screening modes at a rate of 10,000 compounds d(-1).
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- Ella S M Ng
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Moaddel R, Jozwiak K, Wainer IW. Allosteric modifiers of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: new methods, new opportunities. Med Res Rev 2007; 27:723-53. [PMID: 17238157 DOI: 10.1002/med.20091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Allosteric, non-competitive inhibitors (NCIs) of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) have been shown to produce a wide variety of clinically relevant responses. Many of the observed effects are desired as the nAChR is the therapeutic target, while others are undesired consequences due to off-target binding at the nAChR. Thus, the determination of whether or not a lead drug candidate is an NCI should play an important role in drug discovery programs. However, the current experimental techniques used to identify NCIs are challenging, expensive, and time consuming. This review focuses on an alternative approach to the investigation of interactions between test compounds and nAChRs based upon liquid chromatographic stationary phases containing cellular fragments from cell lines expressing nAChRs. The development and validation of these phases as well as their use in drug discovery and pharmacophore modeling are discussed.
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- Ruin Moaddel
- Gerontology Research Center, Laboratory of Clinical Investigations, National Institute on Aging/NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Roman Kaliszan
- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gen. J. Hallera 107, 80416 Gdańsk, Poland.
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Chan N, Lewis D, Kelly M, Ng ESM, Schriemer DC. Frontal Affinity Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry for Ligand Discovery and Characterization. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/9783527610907.ch6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kovarik P, Hodgson RJ, Covey T, Brook MA, Brennan JD. Capillary-scale frontal affinity chromatography/MALDI tandem mass spectrometry using protein-doped monolithic silica columns. Anal Chem 2007; 77:3340-50. [PMID: 15889927 DOI: 10.1021/ac048263p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Frontal affinity chromatography (FAC) interfaced with electrospray mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) has been reported as a potential method for screening of compound mixtures against immobilized target proteins. However, the interfacing of bioaffinity columns to ESI-MS requires that the eluent that passes through the protein-loaded column have a relatively low ionic strength to produce a stable spray. Such low ionic strength solvents can cause serious problems with protein stability and may also affect binding constants and lead to high nonspecific binding to the column. Herein, we report on the interfacing of bioaffinity columns to matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) MS/MS as a new platform for FAC/MS studies. Capillary columns containing a monolithic silica material with entrapped dihydrofolate reductase were used for frontal affinity chromatography of small-molecule mixtures. The output from the column was combined with a second stream containing alpha-cyano-hydoxycinnamic acid in methanol and was deposited using a nebulizer-assisted electrospray method onto a conventional MALDI plate that moved relative to the column via a computer-controlled x-y stage, creating a semipermanent record of the FAC run. The use of MALDI MS/MS allowed for buffers with significantly higher ionic strength to be used for FAC studies, which reduced nonspecific binding of ionic compounds and allowed for better retention of protein activity over multiple runs. Following deposition, MALDI analysis required only a fraction of the chromatographic run time, and the deposited track could be rerun multiple times to optimize ionization parameters and allow signal averaging to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. Furthermore, high levels of potential inhibitors could be detected via MALDI with limited ion suppression effects. Both MALDI- and ESI-based analysis showed similar retention of inhibitors present in compound mixtures when using identical ionic strength conditions. The results show that FAC/MALDI-MS should provide advantages over FAC/ESI-MS for high-throughput screening of compound mixtures.
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- Peter Kovarik
- MDS/Sciex, 71 Four Valley Drive, Concord, Ontario L4K 4V8, Canada
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Besanger TR, Hodgson RJ, Green JRA, Brennan JD. Immobilized enzyme reactor chromatography: Optimization of protein retention and enzyme activity in monolithic silica stationary phases. Anal Chim Acta 2006; 564:106-15. [PMID: 17723368 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2005.12.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2005] [Revised: 12/19/2005] [Accepted: 12/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Our group recently reported on the application of protein-doped monolithic silica columns for immobilized enzyme reactor chromatography, which allowed screening of enzyme inhibitors present in mixtures using mass spectrometry for detection. The enzyme was immobilized by entrapment within a bimodal meso/macroporous silica material prepared by a biocompatible sol-gel processing route. While such columns proved to be useful for applications such as screening of protein-ligand interactions, significant amounts of entrapped proteins leached from the columns owing to the high proportion of macropores within the materials. Herein, we describe a detailed study of factors affecting the morphology of protein-doped bioaffinity columns and demonstrate that specific pH values and concentrations of poly(ethylene glycol) can be used to prepare essentially mesoporous columns that retain over 80% of initially loaded enzyme in an active and accessible form and yet still retain sufficient porosity to allow pressure-driven flow in the low muL/min range. Using the enzyme gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma-GT), we further evaluated the catalytic constants of the enzyme entrapped in capillary columns with different silica morphologies as a function of flowrate and backpressure using the enzyme reactor assay mode. It was found that the apparent activity of the enzyme was highest in mesoporous columns that retained high levels of enzyme. In such columns, enzyme activity increased by approximately 2-fold with increases in both flowrate (from 250 to 1000 nL/min) and backpressure generated (from 500 to 2100 psi) during the chromatographic activity assay owing to increases in k(cat) and decreases in K(M), switching from diffusion controlled to reaction controlled conditions at ca. 2000 psi. These results suggest that columns with minimal macropore volumes (<5%) are advantageous for the entrapment of soluble proteins for bioaffinity and bioreactor chromatography.
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- Travis R Besanger
- Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, Ont. L8S 4M1, Canada
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Moaddel R, Wainer IW. Development of immobilized membrane-based affinity columns for use in the online characterization of membrane bound proteins and for targeted affinity isolations. Anal Chim Acta 2005; 564:97-105. [PMID: 17723367 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2005.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2005] [Revised: 09/06/2005] [Accepted: 09/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Membranes obtained from cell lines that express or do not express a target membrane bound protein have been immobilized on a silica-based liquid chromatographic support or on the surface of an activated glass capillary. The resulting chromatographic columns have been placed in liquid chromatographic systems and used to characterize the target proteins and to identify small molecules that bind to the target. Membranes containing ligand gated ion channels, G-protein coupled receptors and drug transporters have been prepared and characterized. If a marker ligand has been identified for the target protein, frontal or zonal displacement chromatographic techniques can be used to determine binding affinities (K(d) values) and non-linear chromatography can be used to assess the association (k(on)) and dissociation (k(off)) rate constants and the thermodynamics of the binding process. Membrane-based affinity columns have been created using membranes from a cell line that does not express the target protein (control) and the same cell line that expresses the target protein (experimental) after genomic transfection. The resulting columns can be placed in a parallel chromatography system and the differential retention between the control and experimental columns can be used to identify small molecules and protein that bind to the target protein. These applications will be illustrated using columns created using cellular membranes containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and the drug transporter P-glycoprotein.
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- Ruin Moaddel
- Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224-6825, USA
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Hodgson RJ, Brook MA, Brennan JD. Capillary-Scale Monolithic Immunoaffinity Columns for Immunoextraction with In-Line Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection. Anal Chem 2005; 77:4404-12. [PMID: 16013853 DOI: 10.1021/ac048142p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A bimodal meso/macroporous monolithic silica capillary column containing an entrapped antibody was prepared by a biocompatible sol-gel process and used for nanoflow immunoaffinity chromatography and immunoextraction studies. Stationary phases were prepared by combining the protein-compatible silane precursor diglycerylsilane with an aqueous solution containing 10,000 Da poly(ethylene glycol) and the antibody. An analytical method was developed that was capable of determining both the dissociation constant and binding site content for the anti-fluorescein antibody within the stationary phase. The assay showed that while the antibody residing in macropores was easily removed, approximately 20% of initially loaded antibody remained active and accessible after several washes, consistent with the antibody being entrapped within the mesopores of the sol-gel matrix. The dissociation constants for fluorescein binding to the anti-fluorescein antibody were similar in solution and in the meso/macroporous silica, indicating that the entrapped antibody retained its native conformation within such a matrix. The mixture was loaded into a 250-microm-i.d. fused-silica capillary where the polymer phase separated from the silica followed by gelation of the silica. The capillary-scale immunoaffinity columns could be operated at low back pressure using a syringe pump and were capable of performing chromatographic separations that were dependent on the presence of the antibody within the stationary phase. Such columns could also be operated using in-line laser-induced fluorescence detection. The use of the capillary-scale monolithic columns for on-column immunoextraction and preconcentration is also demonstrated.
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- Richard J Hodgson
- Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M1, Canada
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Chen Y, Zhang Z, Sui X, Brennan JD, Brook MA. Reduced shrinkage of sol–gel derived silicas using sugar-based silsesquioxane precursors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1039/b502959g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Beigi F, Chakir K, Xiao RP, Wainer IW. G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Chromatographic Stationary Phases. 2. Ligand-Induced Conformational Mobility in an Immobilized β2-Adrenergic Receptor. Anal Chem 2004; 76:7187-93. [PMID: 15595859 DOI: 10.1021/ac048910c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Membranes from a HEK-293 cell line expressing the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor (beta(2)-AR) have been immobilized on an artificial membrane liquid chromatographic stationary phase. The resulting phase was packed into a glass column (1.8 x 0.5 (i.d.) cm) and used in on-line chromatographic system. Frontal displacement affinity chromatography was used to determine the dissociation constants (K(d)) of CGP 12177A (552.6 nM) and (S)-propranolol (84.3 nM). Zonal displacement chromatography using CGP 12177A as the marker and racemic mixtures of the antagonists nadolol and propranolol demonstrated that the immobilized beta(2)-AR retained its ability to specifically bind these compounds. Similar experiments with (R)- and (S)-propranolol demonstrated that the immobilized receptor retained its enantioselectivity as (S)-propranolol displaced the CGP 12177 marker to a great extent that the (R)-enantiomer. The addition of the agonist butoxamine to the mobile phase increased the retention of the CGP-12177A as did the addition of the agonist fenoterol. These results indicate that the immobilized beta(2)-AR retained its ability to undergo ligand-induced conformational changes. The data from this study suggest that the immobilized beta(2)-AR can be used to screen for ligand binding interactions in both the resting and active states of the receptor.
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- Farideh Beigi
- Laboratory of Clinical Investigation and Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, NIA, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland 21224-6825, USA
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Cruz-Aguado JA, Chen Y, Zhang Z, Brook MA, Brennan JD. Entrapment of Src Protein Tyrosine Kinase in Sugar-Modified Silica. Anal Chem 2004; 76:4182-8. [PMID: 15253661 DOI: 10.1021/ac0497048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A novel sugar-modified silica has been used to entrap for the first time a protein tyrosine kinase (PTK). Silane precursors bearing covalently attached gluconamide moieties were used in combination with the biocompatible precursor diglycerylsilane (DGS) to generate sol-gel derived silica that was able to encapsulate highly active Src PTK and preserve the activity of the enzyme over multiple uses. The relative activity of the enzyme was assayed using a LANCE based fluorescence resonance energy transfer method involving time-gated detection of fluorescence from a europium labeled antiphosphotyrosine antibody and Cy5 labeled streptavidin upon mutual binding to biotinylated phosphopeptides. Using this detection method, with the antibody and streptavidin external to the sol-gel matrix, it was possible to detect the phosphorylation of peptides with molecular weights of up to 2300 Da using the entrapped enzyme in N-(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)gluconamide (GLTES) doped glasses. Src kinase-doped glasses, derived from precursors such as tetramethyl orthosilicate, tetraethyl orthosilicate, or DGS that did not contain GLTES, provided no detectable enzyme activity. The addition of 1 mM ATP to the GLTES/DGS sol before the encapsulation of the protein increased the activity of the enzyme in the resulting gel, likely through a ligand-based stabilization mechanism. The use of such a system for determination of PTK activity and inhibition is demonstrated, setting the stage for the development of chromatographic and microarray based methods for the screening of kinase inhibitors.
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- Jorge A Cruz-Aguado
- Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
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Hodgson RJ, Chen Y, Zhang Z, Tleugabulova D, Long H, Zhao X, Organ M, Brook MA, Brennan JD. Protein-Doped Monolithic Silica Columns for Capillary Liquid Chromatography Prepared by the Sol−Gel Method: Applications to Frontal Affinity Chromatography. Anal Chem 2004; 76:2780-90. [PMID: 15144188 DOI: 10.1021/ac0352124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The development of bioaffinity chromatography columns that are based on the entrapment of biomolecules within the pores of sol-gel-derived monolithic silica is reported. Monolithic nanoflow columns are formed by mixing the protein-compatible silica precursor diglycerylsilane with a buffered aqueous solution containing poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO, MW 10,000) and the protein of interest and then loading this mixture into a fused-silica capillary (150-250-microm i.d.). Spinodal decomposition of the PEO-doped sol into two distinct phases prior to the gelation of the silica results in a bimodal pore distribution that produces large macropores (>0.1 microm), to allow good flow of eluent with minimal back pressure, and mesopores (approximately 3-5-nm diameter) that retain a significant fraction of the entrapped protein. Addition of low levels of (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane is shown to minimize nonselective interactions of analytes with the column material, resulting in a column that is able to retain small molecules by virtue of their interaction with the entrapped biomolecules. Such columns are shown to be suitable for pressure-driven liquid chromatography and can be operated at relatively high flow rates (up to 500 microL x min(-1)) or with low back pressures (<100 psi) when used at flow rates of 5-10 microL x min(-1). The clinically relevant enzyme dihydrofolate reductase was entrapped within the bioaffinity columns and was used to screen mixtures of small molecules using frontal affinity chromatography with mass spectrometric detection. Inhibitors present in compound mixtures were retained via bioaffinity interactions, with the retention time being dependent on both the ligand concentration and the affinity of the ligand for the protein. The results suggest that such columns may find use in high-throughput screening of compound mixtures.
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- Richard J Hodgson
- Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M1, Canada
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Bertucci C, Bartolini M, Gotti R, Andrisano V. Drug affinity to immobilized target bio-polymers by high-performance liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2003; 797:111-29. [PMID: 14630146 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2003.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This review addresses the use of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and capillary electrophoresis (CE) as affinity separation methods to characterise drugs or potential drugs-bio-polymer interactions. Targets for the development of new drugs such as enzymes (IMERs), receptors, and membrane proteins were immobilized on solid supports. After the insertion in the HPLC system, these immobilized bio-polymers were used for the determination of binding constants of specific ligands, substrates and inhibitors of pharmaceutical interest, by frontal analyses and zonal elution methods. The most used bio-polymer immobilization techniques and methods for assessing the amount of active immobilized protein are reported. Examples of increased stability of immobilized enzymes with reduced amount of used protein were shown and the advantages in terms of recovery for reuse, reproducibility and on-line high-throughput screening for potential ligands are evidenced. Dealing with the acquisition of relevant pharmacokinetic data, examples concerning human serum albumin binding studies are reviewed. In particular, papers are reported in which the serum carrier has been studied to monitor the enantioselective binding of chiral drugs and the mutual interaction between co-administered drugs by CE and HPLC. Finally CE, as merging techniques with very promising and interesting application of microscale analysis of drugs' binding parameters to immobilized bio-polymers is examined.
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- C Bertucci
- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università di Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Beigi F, Wainer IW. Syntheses of Immobilized G Protein-Coupled Receptor Chromatographic Stationary Phases: Characterization of Immobilized μ and κ Opioid Receptors. Anal Chem 2003; 75:4480-5. [PMID: 14632053 DOI: 10.1021/ac034385q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Opioid receptors are members of the superfamily of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Liquid chromatographic stationary phases containing either the human mu or kappa opioid receptor subtypes have been developed to study the binding between the opioid receptors and their ligands. The receptors were obtained from Chinese hamster ovary cells stably transfected with human mu or kappa receptor subtypes. The receptors were isolated through partial solubilization with sodium cholate detergent, and the partially purified receptor complex was immobilized in the phospholipid analogue monolayer of an immobilized artificial membrane liquid chromatographic stationary phase. The resulting phase was packed into a glass column (1.8 x 0.5 (i.d.) cm) and used in the on-line chromatographic determination of drug/ligand binding affinities to the immobilized opioid receptors. Preliminary on-line binding studies employing frontal chromatographic techniques were conducted with the known mu antagonist (naloxone) and a kappa agonist (U69593). The calculated dissociation constants (Kd) were 110 nM for naloxone and 84 nM for U69593. The results indicate that the immobilized receptors retained their ability to specifically bind ligands and were active for 1200 column volumes applied over two weeks. Zonal chromatographic experiments were also conducted, and competitive displacements of the marker ligands were observed. The results suggest that the immobilized opioid receptor stationary phases can be used to qualitatively assess the binding affinities of compounds to the immobilized receptors and represent the first example of the use of immobilized GPCRs in a chromatographic system.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- CHO Cells
- Chromatography, Affinity/methods
- Cricetinae
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Humans
- Ligands
- Naloxone/pharmacology
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/chemistry
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/chemistry
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Solubility
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- Farideh Beigi
- Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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Moaddel R, Wainer IW. Immobilized nicotinic receptor stationary phases: going with the flow in high-throughput screening and pharmacological studies. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2003; 30:1715-24. [PMID: 12485712 DOI: 10.1016/s0731-7085(02)00513-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subtypes alpha3beta4-nAChR and alpha4beta2-nAChR have been immobilized and the resulting stationary phases used to determine binding affinities. The alpha3beta4-nAChR column was coupled to a C(18) column and a mixture of 18 compounds was sorted into ligands and non-ligands for the alpha3beta4-nAChR. The results demonstrate that the nAChR stationary phases can be used for on-line high-throughput screening (HTS).
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- Ruin Moaddel
- Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224-6825, USA
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