Sudhir Nayak, Michela Fiaschi, Dana King, Erica R Tabakin, Lyndsay Wood, David A Hunt
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Abstract
We have developed a screening protocol to identify compounds with characteristics of small molecule proteasome inhibitors using the real-time analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans germ line. This screen is able to identify compounds that induce germ line phenotypes characteristic of a reduction in proteasome function such as changes in polarity, aberrant nuclear morphology, and stimulation of apoptosis. This basic protocol is amenable to a high throughput (96-well) format and has been used successfully to identify multiple compounds for further analysis based on structural elements from the naturally occurring compounds lactacystin and the β-lactone homologs omuralide and salinosporamide A. The further development of this assay system should allow for the generation of novel small molecule proteasome inhibitors in a genetically tractable whole animal amenable to biochemical analysis.
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International Journal of Medicinal Chemistry is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of chemistry associated with drug discovery, design, and synthesis. International Journal of Medicinal Chemistry is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of chemistry associated with drug discovery, design, and synthesis.