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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-28
pubmed:abstractText
Heparanase plays an important role in the degradation of the extracellular matrix. It is implicated in inflammation, tumor angiogenesis and metastasis. We have developed two high-throughput methods for measuring heparanase activity and screening potential inhibitors. The first method involves coating fibroblast growth factor (FGF) on microtiter plates and capturing fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled heparin sulfate (HS), which is used as a substrate for heparanase digestion. Labeled HS fragments are released into the medium and quantitated by fluorescence intensity measurement. We have implemented this assay method into a Zeiss uHTS system and screened compound libraries for heparanase inhibitors. The second method involves labeling HS with biotin followed by FITC to generate a dual-labeled HS. The labeled material is bound to streptavidin-coated plates and used as a substrate for heparanase digestion. Both methods are sensitive and easily applicable to robotic systems. In addition, we have labeled both HS and biotin-HS with Eu-chelate, a fluorophore that exhibits long decay fluorescence. Assays using Eu-labeled HS and Eu-labeled biotin-HS have been developed and show higher sensitivity than those using FITC-labeled material. Furthermore, assays using Eu-chelate HS (or biotin-HS) should eliminate the interference of fluorescence compounds.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0003-2697
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
333
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
389-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Anti-Inflammatory Agents, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Biotin, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Fibroblast Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Glucuronidase, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Heparitin Sulfate, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Staining and Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:15450817-Tritium
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
High-throughput methods for measuring heparanase activity and screening potential antimetastatic and anti-inflammatory agents.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Discovery Technologies, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., 340 Kingsland Street, Nutley, NJ 07110, USA. kuo-sen.huang@roche.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article