CHEMBL5734634

HDAC Inhibition Assays: This example describes in vitro inhibition properties of exemplary HDAC11 inhibitors for various HDACs. HDAC inhibition assays were performed using an electrophoretic mobility shift assay at Nanosyn, Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.). Full length human recombinant HDAC proteins were expressed in the baculoviral system and purified by affinity chromatography. A human recombinant HDAC3 was co-expressed with nuclear receptor corepressor (Ncor2). The following peptide substrates were used: FAM-RHKK(Ac)-NH2 for HDAC3, HDAC6 and HDAC8; FITC-H3K27(Ac)-NH2 for HDAC1, HDAC2 and HDAC10; FAM-RHKK(tri-fluor-Ac)-NH2 for HDAC4, HDAC5, HDAC7, HDAC9 and HDAC11. Reactions consisting of compound, enzyme, and substrate were performed in reaction buffer (comprised of 100 mM HEPES, pH7.5, 25 mM KCl, 0.1% bovine serum albumin, 0.01% Triton X-100) at 25° C. and quenched by the addition of termination buffer (100 mM HEPES, pH7.5, 0.01% Triton X-100, 0.05% SDS). The fluorescence intensity of the electrophoretically separated de-acetylated product and substrate peptide were measured and analyzed using the LabChip® 3000 microfluidic electrophoresis instrument (Perkin Elmer/Caliper Life Sciences). The IC50 values of inhibitors were determined by fitting the %-inhibition curves with 4 parameter dose-response model using XLfit 4 software (IDBS).