CHEMBL5736517

In Vitro Assays for IDH1m (R132H or R132C) Inhibitors: In the primary reaction, the reduction of α-KG acid to 2-HG is accompanied by a concomitant oxidation of NADPH to NADP. The amount of NADPH remaining at the end of the reaction time is measured in a secondary diaphorase/resazurin reaction in which the NADPH is consumed in a 1:1 molar ratio with the conversion of resazurin to the highly fluorescent resorufin. Uninhibited reactions exhibit a low fluorescence at the end of the assay, while reactions in which the consumption of NADPH by R132H IDH1 has been inhibited by a small molecule show a high fluorescence.The primary reaction is performed in a volume of 50 μL 1× Buffer (150 mM NaCl, 20 mM Tris 7.5, 10 mM MgCl2, 0.05% (w/v) bovine serum albumin), contained 0.25 ug/mL (2.7 nM) IDH1 wt/IDH1 R132H heterodimer, 0.3 mM alpha-ketoglutarate, 4 μM NADPH, and either 300 μM NADP (saturated) or 30 μM NADP (without saturation), and 1 uL of 50× compound in DMSO. The mixture of compound, enzyme, and cofactor is pre-incubated at room temperature for 1 hr prior to the addition of alpha-ketoglutarate. To perform the secondary reaction, 10 uL of 1× buffer containing 36 μg/ml diaphorase and 30 mM resazurin is added to the primary reaction and incubated for a further 5 minutes at 25° C. Florescence is read on a Spectramax platereader at Ex 544 Em 590. Compounds or compound dilutions are prepared in 100% DMSO concentration and diluted 1:50 into the final reaction. IDH1 wt/IDH1 R132C is assayed under similar conditions except that 1× Buffer is 50 mM K2HPO4, pH 6.5; 10 mM MgCl2; 10% glycerol; 0.03% (w/v) bovine serum albumin and final concentrations are 0.4 ug/mL (4.3 nM) IDH1 wt/IDH1 R132C heterodimer, 0.02 mM alpha-ketoglutarate, 4 uM NADPH, and either 300 μM NADP (saturated) or 30 μM NADP (without saturation). IC50s are determined.IDH1 or IDH2 wildtype (wt) and mutant heterodimers are expressed and purified by methods known in the art. For example, IDH1wt/R132m heterodimer is expressed and purified as follows. Co-expression of IDH1wt-his and IDH1R132C-flag is carried out in sf9 insect cells. Cells (25 g) are resuspended in 250 ml of 50 mM Tris, 500 mM NaCl, pH7.4, at 4° C. with stirring. Cells are disrupted with 4 passes through an M-Y110 Micro fluidizer (Microfluidics) set to 500 psi, and then centrifuged at 22,000 rcf for 20 min at 4° C. The supernatant is harvested and loaded at 15 cm/h on a Histrap FF 5*1 ml column (GE) which is equilibrated with 50 mM Tris, 500 mM NaCl, pH7.4. Host cell contaminants are removed by washing the column with equilibration buffer followed by equilibration buffer containing 20 mM imidazole and 60 mM imidazole to baseline. IDH1wt-his homodimer and IDH1wt-his/IDH1R132C-flag are eluted by equilibration buffer containing 250 mM imidazole. Fractions eluted by 250 mM imidazole are pooled together and loaded at 15 cm/h onto a column pre-packed with 10 ml ANTI-FLAG® M2 Affinity Gel (Sigma), the column is equilibrated with 50 mM Tris, 500 mM NaCl, pH7.4. After washing with equilibration buffer, IDH1wt-his/IDH1R132C-flag heterodimer is eluted by equilibration buffer containing flag peptide (0.2 mg/ml). Aliquots of IDH1wt-his/IDH1R132C-flag are flash frozen in liquid N2 and stored at −80° C. Same conditions are used for the purification of IDH1wt-his/IDH1R132H-flag.