Micro Arrayed Compound Screening (μARCS) for Inhibitors of Methionine Aminopeptidase Type 2

Title: Micro Arrayed Compound Screening (μARCS) for Inhibitors of Methionine Aminopeptidase Type 2

Volume: 2 Issue: 6

Author(s): Yihong Fan, Jieyi Wang, Pingping Lou, Jack Henkin, James L. Kofron, David J. Burns, Usha Warrior and Steven N Anderson

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Keywords: arcs, cancer, metap2, membranes, methionine, aminopeptidase

Abstract: Methionine aminopeptidase type 2 catalyzes the removal of the amino-terminal methionine from newly translated polypeptides and has been shown to be a promising target for anti-angiogenesis and anticancer drugs. We describe a novel μARCS HTS method to identify inhibitors of this target utilizing porous matrices to introduce reagents throughout the assay. A library of 250,000 compounds was screened and compounds with IC50 values of less than 10μM were identified. These compounds may serve as initial lead molecules for further medicinal chemistry optimization.

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Fan Yihong, Wang Jieyi, Lou Pingping, Henkin Jack, Kofron L. James, Burns J. David, Warrior Usha and Anderson N Steven, Micro Arrayed Compound Screening (μARCS) for Inhibitors of Methionine Aminopeptidase Type 2, Letters in Drug Design & Discovery 2005; 2 (6) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570180054771518