Nat. Commun.
6, 10091 doi:10.1038/ncomms10091.
Target engagement and drug residence time can be observed in living cells with BRET.
2015
Robers, M.B, Dart, M.L., Woodroofe, C.C, Zimprich, C.A., Kirkland, T.A., Machleidt, T., Kupcho, K.R., Levin, S., Hartnett, J.R., Zimmerman, K., Niles, A.L., Ohana, R.F., Daniels, D.L., Slater, M., Wood, M.G., Cong, M., Cheng Y., and Wood, K.V.
Notes: This paper describes a method for using bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) to reveal the binding characteristics of a drug with selected targets in live cells. The authors used cell-permeable fluorescent tracers in a competitive binding assay to quantify drug engagement with target proteins fused to Nanoluc luciferase. Using this approach, they were able to profile isozyme-specific engagement and binding kinetics for a panel of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors. (4587)
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