CHEMBL5738485

Inhibition of Caspase Activity Assay: Caspase-1 was diluted to 10 U/μl in assay buffer consisting of 50 mM HEPES, pH 7.4, 100 mM NaCl, 0.1% CHAPS, 1 mM EDTA, 10% glycerol and 10 mM DTT.Reaction Conditions:45 μl of assay buffer was added into ½ volume microtiter plate. The plate was allowed to equilibrate to assay temperature. 5 μl of Caspase-1 (10 U/μl) was added to each appropriate well. Two 2 blank wells containing just assay buffer without Caspase-1 were included on the plate.The reaction was started by the addition of 50 μl Ac-YVAD-pNA substrate, for a final substrate concentration of 200 μM. The reaction was continuously monitored at 405 nm.The data was graphed as OD405 nm vs time, and the slope was determined over the linear portion of the curve. The rates in OD/min were converted to substrate/min using an extinction coefficient for p-nitroaniline of 10,500 M-1 cm-1, and were adjusted for pathlength of sample. Similarly, assays were conducted for Caspase-3, Caspase-8 and Caspase-9.