Assay Report Card

ID: ALA3888182

Type: Binding

Description: DGAT2 Cell-Based Assay: For evaluation of the effects of DGAT2 inhibitors in a cell-based setting, cryopreserved human hepatocytes (Lot QOC, Celsis, Chicago, Ill.) were thawed and plated onto type I collagen-coated plates according to the manufacturer's instructions. After 24 hours overnight recovery period, the cells were overlayed with media containing 250 ug/ml Matrigel (BD Biosciences, San Jose, Calif.). The following day, media was aspirated and replaced with serum-free Williams Media E (Life Technologies, Grand Island, N.Y.) containing 400 uM sodium dodecanoate (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo.). Forty minutes later, DGAT2 inhibitors (prepared as 100× stocks in 25% DMSO, 75% Williams' Media E) were added to the desired final concentration. All wells contained a selective DGAT1 inhibitor (Example 3, WO2009016462) at a concentration (3 uM) that completely suppressed endogenous DGAT1 activity. After a 20 minute preincubation, 0.2 uCi [1,3-14C]-glycerol (American Radio Chemicals, St. Louis, Mo.) was added to each well and mixed by gentle pipetting prior to a 3 hour incubation. At this point, media was aspirated and the cells were lysed in isopropyl alcohol:tetrahydrofuran (9:1) prior to centrifugation at 3000 rpm for 5 minutes. Radiolabeled lipids were resolved using a 2-solvent system by thin layer chromatography using standard technique (solvent 1 contained ethyl acetate: isopropyl alcohol: chloroform:methanol:0.25% potassium chloride in water (100:100:100:40.2:36.1, v/v/v/v) and solvent 2 contained hexane: diethyl ether: acetic acid (70:27:3, v/v/v)). After separation, radiolabeled lipids were visualized using a Molecular Dynamics' PhosphorImager system. The half maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50 values) were determined using Graph Pad Prism (GraphPad Software, Inc., La Jolla, Calif.).

Organism: Homo sapiens