Amplified Luminescent Proximity Homogeneous Assay: A Bead-Based Proximity Assay to Screen Small Molecules Inhibiting Protein-Protein Interactions

Abstract

Source: Wang, L. et al., Studies of Chaperone-Cochaperone Interactions using Homogenous Bead-Based Assay. J. Vis. Exp. (2021)

In this video, we demonstrate the amplified luminescent proximity homogeneous assay—a bead-based proximity assay. It utilizes homogeneously-sized acceptor and donor beads, immobilized with two proteins that tend to interact to screen potential small molecules inhibiting protein interactions.

Protocol

NOTE: An overview of this protocol is shown in Figure 1. 1. Expression and purification of GST-FKBP51 and GST-FKBP52 (Figure 1A) Plasmids NOTE: Obtain cDNA clones for human FKBP51 (clone id: 5723416) and for human FKBP52 (clone id: 7474554) from IMAGE consortium. Amplify the human FKBP51 DNA by PCR with primers (forward; 5`GGATCCATGACTACTGATGAAGGT-3`, reverse; 5`-CTCGAGCTATGCTTCTGTCTCCAC-3`) containing BamHI and …

Representative Results

Figure 1: Schematic of this protocol. (A) Expression and purification of GST-FKBP51 and GST-FKBP52. (B) Coupling of Hsp90 C-terminal peptide to the acceptor beads. (C) The assay probing the interaction between GST-FKBP51 or GST-FKBP52 and Hsp90 C-terminal peptide. Inhibition with small molecular mass compounds.

Materials

384-well plates	Perkin Elmer	6008350	Assay volume 25 ml
Amicon 10.000 MWCO centrifugation unit	Millipore	UFC901008	Concentrate protein
Ampicillin	Sigma	A0166	Antibiotics
Bacteria shaker Unimax 1010	Heidolph		Culture bacteria
cDNA clones for human FKBP51	Source BioScience	clone id: 5723416	pCMV-SPORT6 vector
cDNA clones for human FKBP52	Source BioScience	clone id: 7474554	pCMV-SPORT6 vector
Chemically Competent E. coli	Invitrogen	C602003	One Shot BL21 Star (DE3)
DMSO	Supelco	1.02952.1000	Dilute compounds
DPBS	Gibco	14190-144	Prepare solution
EDTA	Calbiochem	344504	Prevent proteolysis during sonication
Glutathione	Sigma	G-4251	Elute GST-tagged proteins
Glutathione donor beads	Perkin Elmer	6765300	Donor bead
GST-trap column	Cytiva (GE Healthcare)	17528201	Purify GST-tagged proteins
Isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactoside	Thermo Fisher Scientific	R0392	Induce protein expression
LB Broth (Miller)	Sigma	L3522	Microbial growth medium
PCR instrument	BIO-RAD	S1000 Thermal Cycler	Amplification/PCR
PD-10 column	Cytiva (GE Healthcare)	17085101	Solution exchange
pGEX-6P-1 vector	Cytiva (GE Healthcare)	28954648	Plasmid
pGEX-6P-2 vector	Cytiva (GE Healthcare)	28954650	Plasmid
Plate reader	Perkin Elmer	EnSpire 2300 Multilabel Reader	Read alpha plate
Plate reader software	Perkin Elmer	EnSpire Manager	Plate reader software
Plate reader software protocol	Perkin Elmer	Alpha 384-well Low volume	Use this protocol to read plate
PMSF	Sigma	P7626	Prevent proteolysis during sonication
protease inhibitor cocktail	Sigma	S8830	Prevent proteolysis during sonication
Sodium azide	Sigma	S2002	As a preservative
Sodium cyanoborohydride (NaBH3CN)	Sigma	156159	Activates matrix for coupling
Ten amino acid peptide NH2-EDASRMEEVD-COOH corresponding to amino acids 714-724 of human Hsp90 beta isoform	Peptide 2.0 inc		Synthesize Hsp90 C-terminal peptide
Test-Tube Rotator	LABINCO		Make end-over-end agitation
Tris-HCl	Sigma	10708976001	Block unreacted sites of acceptor beads
Tween-20	Sigma	P1379	Prevent beads aggregation
Ultra centrifuge Avanti J-20 XP	Beckman Coulter		Centrifuge to get bacteria cell pellets
Ultrasonic cell disruptor	Microson		Sonicate cells to release protein
Unconjugated acceptor beads	Perkin Elmer	6762003	Acceptor beads
XCell SureLock Mini-Cell and XCell II Blot Module	Invitrogen	EI0002	SDS-PAGE