Enzyme Inhibition Assay: Determination of the enzymatic activity of the catalytic domain of human Cathepsin B. This protein is obtained as an inactive enzyme from Sigma, Wiesbaden, Germany (catalog No. C8571).
Biological Assay: Human liver Cathepsin B (Calbiochem) was pre-incubated with test compound at various concentrations for 5 minutes at 37C. The assay was initiated by addition of substrate Z-Arg-Arg-aminomethylcoumarin (Z-R-R-AMC Bacchem) and the final assay conditions were 1.1 nM cathepsin B, 60 uM Z-R-R-AMC, 126 mM sodium potassium phosphate pH 6.0 (Fisher), 0.3 mM EDTA (Omnipure), 2.7 mM DTT (Omnipure), 0.004% BRIJ 35 (Sigma), and 2.0% DMSO (Acros) in a final volume of 200 uL. Test compounds were serially diluted with DMSO and 0.01% BRIJ 35 to include a final concentration range of 20 uM to 10 pM. The reaction was monitored fluorometrically for 5 minutes at 37C. using black 96-well Corning 3686 assay microplates with a Thermo Fluoroskan Ascent FL microplate reader at excitation and emission filter wavelengths of 355 nm and 460 nm, respectively.
Enzyme Inhibition Assay: Enzyme activity is measured by observing the increase in fluorescence intensity caused by cleavage of a peptide substrate containing a fluorophore whose emission is quenched in the intact peptide. Assay buffer: 100 mM potassium phosphate pH 6.5, EDTA-Na 5 mM, Triton X-100 0.001%, DTT 5 mM. Enzymes (all at 1 nM): human and mouse Cathepsin S, Cat K, Cat B, Cat L. Substrate (20 μM): Z-Val-Val-Arg-AMC, except for Cat K which uses Z-Leu-Arg-AMC (both from Bachem).Z=Benzyloxycarbonyl.AMC=7-Amino-4-Methyl-Coumarin. DTT=dithiothreitol. Final volume: 100 μL. Excitation 360 nm, Emission 465 nm.
Inhibition of human liver cathepsin B using Cbz-Arg-Arg-pNA as substrate at pH 4.5 incubated for 30 mins measured for 20 mins by photometrical analysis
Inhibition of human liver cathepsin B using Abz-Gly-Ile-Val-Arg-Ala-Lys(Dnp)-OH as substrate at pH 4.5 incubated for 30 mins measured for 10 mins by photometrical analysis