{"id":13467,"date":"2015-03-30T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sygnaturediscovery.com\/?post_type=journal-paper&#038;p=13467"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:49:17","slug":"a-combinatorial-biophysical-approach-ftsa-and-spr-for-identifying-small-molecule-ligands-and-pains","status":"publish","type":"journal-paper","link":"https:\/\/www.sygnaturediscovery.com\/fr\/journal-paper\/a-combinatorial-biophysical-approach-ftsa-and-spr-for-identifying-small-molecule-ligands-and-pains\/","title":{"rendered":"A combinatorial biophysical approach; FTSA and SPR for identifying small molecule ligands and PAINs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>M Redhead<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>R Satchell<\/strong>,\u00a0V Mork\u016bnait\u0117,\u00a0<strong>D Swift<\/strong>,\u00a0V Petrauskas,\u00a0<strong>E Golding<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>S Onions<\/strong>,\u00a0D Matulis,\u00a0<strong>J Unitt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biophysical methods have emerged as attractive screening techniques in drug discovery both as primary hit finding methodologies, as in the case of weakly active compounds such as fragments, and as orthogonal methods for hit validation for compounds discovered through conventional biochemical or cellular assays. Here we describe a dual method employing fluorescent thermal shift assay (FTSA), also known as differential scanning fluorimetry (DSF) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR), to interrogate ligands of the kinase p38\u03b1 as well as several known pan-assay interference compounds (PAINs) such as aggregators, redox cyclers, and fluorescence quenchers. This combinatorial approach allows for independent verification of several biophysical parameters such as KD, kon, koff, \u0394G, \u0394S, and \u0394H, which may further guide chemical development of a ligand series. Affinity values obtained from FTSA curves allow for insight into compound binding compared with reporting shifts in melting temperature. Ligand-p38 interaction data were in good agreement with previous literature. Aggregators and fluorescence quenchers appeared to reduce fluorescence signal in the FTSAs, causing artificially high shifts in Tm values, whereas redox compounds caused either shifts in affinity that did not agree between FTSA and SPR or a depression of FTSA signal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ref: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25837771\/\">Anal Biochem 2015<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","category":[711,681],"resource_tag":[],"class_list":["post-13467","journal-paper","type-journal-paper","status-publish","hentry","category-biophysical-assays","category-bioscience"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A combinatorial biophysical approach; FTSA and SPR for identifying small molecule ligands and PAINs - Sygnature<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sygnaturediscovery.com\/fr\/journal-paper\/a-combinatorial-biophysical-approach-ftsa-and-spr-for-identifying-small-molecule-ligands-and-pains\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A combinatorial biophysical approach; 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