Abstract:
:We have developed a rapid [3H]colchicine competition-binding scintillation proximity assay (SPA) to evaluate antimitotic compounds that bind to the colchicine-binding site on tubulin. The premise of our assay is that compounds will compete with radiolabeled colchicine for the tubulin-binding domain. Biotin-labeled tubulin is incubated first with unlabeled compound and radiolabeled ligand. Streptavidin-labeled SPA beads are added, and the radiolabel associated with tubulin is directly counted with no separation steps. Under our experimental conditions, the dissociation constant of binding (Kd) for colchicine to tubulin was determined to be 1.4 microM, which was consistent with previously reported values. Assay validation was performed by competitively inhibiting [3H]colchicine binding to tubulin with known microtubule inhibitors and comparing their inhibition constants (Ki). Our SPA bead method is a powerful tool since it overcomes the disadvantage of traditional filtration techniques, as there are no separation steps. It is extremely easy to set up, multiple samples can be assayed and supply and labor costs are reduced because of the minimal volume and test reagents used.
journal_name
Biotechniquesjournal_title
BioTechniquesauthors
Tahir SK,Kovar P,Rosenberg SH,Ng SCdoi
10.2144/00291rr02subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-07-01 00:00:00pages
156-60issue
1eissn
0736-6205issn
1940-9818journal_volume
29pub_type
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