Fluorescence Polarization-Based Binding Assay: Sensitive and quantitative FP-based binding assays were developed and optimized to determine the binding affinities of small-molecule inhibitors to the recombinant Mcl-1, A1/Bfl-1, Bcl-w, Bcl-2, and Bcl-xL proteins. The concentrations of the proteins used in the competitive binding experiments were 10 nM for Mcl-1, 80 nM for Bcl-xL, and 60 nM for Bcl-2. The fluorescent probes, Flu-BID or FAM-BID were fixed at 2 nM for all assays, which binds with Kd values of 2.3 nM, 14.2 nM and 24.1 nM against Mcl-1, Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL respectively. 5 μL of the tested compound in DMSO and 120 μL of protein/probe complex in the assay buffer (20 mM phosphate pH 7.4, 50 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA. 0.05% Pluronic F68)s) were added to 96 well black assay plates, incubated at room temperature for 3 h and the polarization values (mP) were measured at an excitation wavelength at 485 nm and an emission wavelength at 530 nm using the plate reader Synergy H1 Hybrid, BioTek.
Transactivation of human GAL4-fused PPARalpha LBD expressed in human HepG2 cells at 1 uM after 24 hrs by dual renilla-luciferase reporter gene assay relative to fenofibrate