CHEMBL5735448

Exemplary MCL-1 Inhibitors Bind MCL-1 in the presence of 10% HS: The ability of the exemplary MCL-1 inhibitors of Examples 1 through 151 to bind MCL-1 was demonstrated using the Time Resolved-Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (TR-FRET) Assay. Tb-anti-GST antibody was purchased from Invitrogen (Catalog No. PV4216). The ability of exemplary MCL-1 inhibitors Example 1 to Example 3 to compete with probe F-Bak for binding MCL-1 was demonstrated using a Time Resolved Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (TR-FRET) binding assay.MethodFor the assay, an acoustic dispenser was used to prepare dilution series from 10 mM test compounds in 100% DMSO and directly transfer 160 nL into low volume 384-well assay plates. 8 μL of a protein/probe/antibody mix was then added to each well resulting in final concentrations listed below: Test compound: 11 three-fold dilutions beginning at 25 μMProtein: GST-MCL-1  1 nM Antibody Tb-anti-GST  1 nM Probe: F-Bak 100 nMThe samples were then mixed on a shaker for 1 minute and incubated for an additional 2 hours at room temperature. For each assay plate, a probe/antibody and protein/antibody/probe mixture were included as a negative and a positive control, respectively. Fluorescence was measured on the Envision (Perkin Elmer) using a 340/35 nm excitation filter and 520/525 (F-Bak) and 495/510 nm (Tb-labeled anti-his antibody) emission filters. Dissociation constants (Ki) were determined using Wang's equation (Wang, 1995, FEBS Lett. 360:111-114). The TR-FRET assay can be performed in the presence of varying concentrations of human serum (HS) or fetal bovine serum (FBS). Compounds were tested in the presence of 10% HS.