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High Throughput Screening: The Discovery of Bioactive Substances


Author(s): Devlin, John P.
ISBN10:  0824700678
ISBN13:  9780824700676
Format:  Hardcover
Pub. Date:  5/6/1997
Publisher(s): CRC

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Table of Contents
Preface iii(14)
Contributors xvii
I. Natural Products as a Discovery Resource 3(144)
John P. Devlin
1. Chemical Diversity and Genetic Equity: Synthetic and Naturally Derived Compounds
3(46)
John P. Devlin
I. Introduction
II. Finding lead molecules: diversity is the key
III. Commercial compound purchases
IV. Natural products
V. International relationships
VI. Indigenous knowledge: rich resource or curiosity?
VII. Conclusions
Appendix 1. Test Substance Sources
Appendix 2. Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)
Appendix 3. Clinton Administration's Proposed Interpretation - 1994
Appendix 4. Internet Access to Natural Product Information
2. Microcollection of Plants for Biochemical Profiling
49(28)
John P. Devlin
I. Introduction
II. Botanical and chemical diversity
III. Collection scope
IV. Voucher sampling, storage and retrieval
V. Microcollection techniques
VI. Data management and sample preparation
VII. Extraction processes
VIII. Removal of interfering substances
IX. Test sample preparations in microplate format
X. Follow-up and recollection
XI. Chemotaxonomy and phytochemical tracking
XII. Conclusions
3. Enzymes and Microbes as a Source of Chemical Diversity
77(22)
Saul L. Neidleman
I. Introduction
II. Production of chemicals by microbial fermentation
III. Production of chemicals by immobilized microorganisms
IV. Foreign protein synthesis by microorganisms
V. Steroid transformations by microorganisms
VI. Effects of substrate composition and environment
VII. The future
4. The Marine Environment as a Discovery Resource
99(48)
Gregg R. Dietzman
I. Introduction
II. Scope and diversity
III. Access to marine natural products libraries
IV. Economic concerns
V. Requirements of an effective acquisition program
VI. Ecological concerns
VII. Scale-up development alternatives
VIII. Conclusions
II. Compound Sourcing: Chemically Generated Screening Libraries 147(128)
Michael R. Pavia
5. Introduction
147(8)
Michael R. Pavia
I. Overview
II. Solid phase organic chemistry
III. Mixture synthesis and screening
IV. Parallel synthesis of individual compounds
V. Automation
VI. Conclusion
6. Rapidly Expanding Molecular Diversity: Libraries from Libraries
155(12)
John S. Kiely
Barbara Dorner
John M. Ostresh
Colette Dooley
Richard A. Houghten
I. Introduction
II. Library preparation
III. Deconvolution methods for nonsupport-bound combinatorial libraries
IV. Soluble combinatorial libraries
V. Conclusion
7. Synthesis of Encoded Small Molecule Combinatorial Libraries via ECLiPS
167(24)
Jack J. Baldwin
Ian Henderson
I. Combinatorial techniques
II. ECLiPS technology
III. Encoded small molecule combinatorial libraries
IV. Conclusion
8. Parallel Organic Synthesis Using Parke-Davis' Diversomer(R) Method
191(18)
Sheila Hobbs DeWitt
Anthony W. Czarnik
I. Introduction
II. Organic synthesis on solid-support
III. The diversomer apparatus
IV. Robotic interfacing
V. Examples of diversomer syntheses
VI. Information management
VII. Summary and conclusions
9. Rapid Discovery and Optimization of Biologically Active Small Molecules Using Automated Synthesis Methods
209(14)
Adnan M. M. Mjalli
Barry E. Toyonaga
I. Introduction
II. Ontogen technology
III. Ontogen compound libraries
IV. Conclusion
10. CMT: A Solution Phase Combinatorial Chemistry Approach: Synthesis and Yield Prediction of Phenazines
223(20)
Ferenc Darvas
Laszlo Kovacs
I. Introduction
II. CMT: Concept and philosophy
III. Experimental
IV. Discussion
11. Design of a Diverse Screening Library
243(8)
David E. Patterson
Allan M. Ferguson
Richard D. Cramer
Cheryl D. Garr
Ted L. Underiner
John R. Peterson
I. Introduction
II. Matrix chemistry
III. Diversity objectives
IV. Design parameters
V. Example of designed diversity
VI. Summary
12. Automating Combinatorial Chemistry: Challenges and Pitfalls
251(12)
Jill H. Hardin
Frank R. Smietana
I. Introduction
13. Combi-chem High Throughput Screening for Leads Optimization
263(12)
Richard M. Kris
Patti Willson
Serene Josiah
Marianne Wildgoose
Helen Yeoman
Viktor Krchnak
Stephen Baum
Stephen Felder
I. Introduction
II. Sample screening results
III. Conclusions
IV. Summary
III. Assay Technologies and Detection Methods 275(182)
Alfred J. Kolb
14. Introduction
275(4)
Alfred J. Kolb
I. Using more efficient assay methods to reduce compromises in screening
II. The diversity of HTS methods
III. The future of HTS
15. Bioassay Design and Implementation
279(28)
Robert W. Wallace
Mark E. Goldman
I. Introduction
II. Target selection
III. Types and characteristics of screening assays
IV. Decision making
16. Scintillation Proximity Assays
307(10)
Martino Picardo
Kelvin T. Hughes
I. Introduction
II. Automatability of SPA screening assays
III. Assay throughput using SPA
IV. Number of "hits" in SPA HTS assays
V. Assay interference/quench correction
VI. Signal to noise ratios utilized in SPA HTS assays
VII. Total number of data points generated in SPA HTS assays
VIII. Types of compound libraries tested with SPA
IX. SPA and waste disposal
X. Types of scintillation counter used
XI. Conclusions
17. FlashPlate(TM) Technology
317(12)
Beverly A. Brown
Margaret Cain
Jeff Broadbent
Sharon Tompkins
Georgette Henrich
Rich Joseph
Sally Casto
Harry Harney
Rick Greene
Ron Delmondo
Simon Ng
I. Principles and characteristics of FlashPlate scintillation counting
II. Receptor binding assays on FlashPlate
III. Live cell assays on FlashPlate
IV. Enzyme assays on FlashPlate
V. Radioimmunoassays on FlashPlate
VI. Summary
18. Assays For Small Molecule Agonists and Antagonists of the Neurotrophin Receptors
329(16)
Maureen H. Beresini
Michael D. Sadick
Amy L. Galloway
Randy Yen
Sherry H. Yeh
Andy C. Chang
David L. Shelton
Wai Lee T. Wong
I. Introduction
II. Receptor binding assay
III. Receptor activation assay
IV. Assay automation
V. Summary
19. A Homogeneous, Time-Resolved Fluorescence Method for Drug Discovery
345(16)
Alfred J. Kolb
Jocelyn W. Burke
Gerard Mathis
I. Introduction
II. The theory of HTRF(TM)
III. Applications of HTRF
IV. Instrumentation and robotics
V. Conclusion
20. Time-Resolved Fluorometry: Advantages and Potentials
361(16)
Ilkka Hemmila
I. Introduction
II. Fluorometry
III. Lanthanides as probes
IV. Time-resolved fluorometry in biomedical research
V. Automation
21. Adaptation of Time-Resolved Fluorescence to Homogeneous Screening Formats
377(12)
Janet M. Kolb
Greg Yamanaka
Susan P. Manly
I. Introduction
II. Materials and methods
III. Results and discussion
IV. Summary of advantages
22. Fluorescence Polarization
389(12)
J. Richard Sportsman
Sandra K. Lee
Hara Dilley
Robert Bukar
I. Introduction
II. The potential of fluorescence polarization
III. Theory of fluorescence polarization
IV. Instrumentation
V. High Throughput Screening and FP
VI. Assay characteristics
VII. Data analysis
VIII. Challenges in High Throughput Screening by FP
23. Reporter Gene Assay Applications
401(12)
Winfried Scheirer
I. Introduction
II. Reporter genes and their products
III. Detection techniques and their improvement
IV. Future aspects
24. Development of a Gene Expression-Based Screen Using Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
413(14)
D. K. H. Lee
E. T. Wilkinson
S. Cheifetz
S. A. De Grandis
I. Introduction
II. "Target" versus "marker" approaches
III. Development of a gene expression-based screen (GEBS)
IV. Throughput of GEBS
25. High-Performance Microphysiometry in Drug Discovery
427(16)
M. Liisa Alajoki
Gregory T. Baxter
William R. Bemiss
David Blau
Luc J. Bousse
Samuel D. H. Chan
Timothy D. Dawes
Karen M. Hahnenberger
James M. Hamilton
Philip Lam
Richard J. McReynolds
Douglas N. Modlin
John C. Owicki
J. Wallace Parce
Dana Redington
Knute Stevenson
H. Garrett Wada
Jana Williams
I. Introduction
II. Summary of microphysiometry
III. Biological issues
IV. High-performance microphysiometry
V. Future extensions of microphysiometry
VI. Conclusion
26. Bio-analytical Applications of BIAcore, an Optical Biosensor
443(14)
Francois Legay
Patrick Albientz
Rudiger Ridder
I. Introduction
II. System design
III. Applications
IV. Conclusion
IV. Automation and Robotics 457(92)
Alfred J. Kolb
27. Introduction
457(4)
Alfred J. Kolb
I. A realistic view of automation and robotics
II. The future of automation and robotics
28. Management and Service Issues of a Centralized Robotic HTS Core
461(10)
John Babiak
I. Introduction
II. Senior management perceptions and expectations
III. Balancing new technology development and data production
IV. Coping with the monotony of screening
V. Working with scientist customers
VI. Summary
29. Flexible Use of People and Machines
471(12)
Mark Beggs
John S. Major
I. Automation in the bioscience laboratory
II. Approaches to automation in HTS
III. The HTS process
IV. Implementing an automation project
V. Future prospects for automation in HTS
30. Bar-Code Technology and a Centralized Database: Key Components in a Radioligand Binding Program
483(10)
Elizabeth A. Kunysz
Melissa Lukes
Douglas W. Bonhaus
I. Introduction
II. Methods
III. Discussion
IV. Glossary of terms
31. Factors for the Successful Integration of Assays, Equipment, Robotics, and Software
493(16)
Dejan Bojanic
Wilma W. Keighley
Mike J. Russell
Terry P. Wood
I. Introduction
II. Defining the screening objectives
III. Development of the screening infrastructure
IV. Hardware
V. Computing
VI. Further development of the HTS facility
32. Accelerating the Discovery Process with Automation and Robotics: A Sure Bet or a Risky Venture?
509(16)
Richard K. Brown
Andree Proulx
I. Introduction
II. Background
III. Critical success factors
IV. Examples
V. Conclusions
33. Perspectives on Scheduling
525(24)
Alain Donzel
Jorge Carmona
L. Andrew Corkan
I. Introduction
II. Scheduling
III. Communication tools
IV. User interface
V. Conclusion
V. Data Retrieval, Handling and Integration 549(76)
John P. Devlin
34. Introduction
549(2)
John P. Devlin
35. Database Systems
551(32)
Barr E. Bauer
I. Introduction
II. Database Architectures
III. Client-server systems
IV. Performance and design considerations
V. Chemical structure databases
VI. Programming considerations
VII. Final summary points
36. Systems Integration
583(16)
Chip Allee
I. Introduction
II. HTS Data Management
III. Conclusion
37. Data Management and Tracking for Natural Product Programs
599(26)
Gregg R. Dietzman
I. Introduction
II. User requirements
III. Implementing an effective system
IV. Conclusions
VI. Laboratory Design and Management 625(44)
Matthew A. Sills
38. Introduction
625(2)
Matthew A. Sills
39. Planning and Implementing an HTS Program
627(26)
Matthew A. Sills
Mark Crawford
I. Introduction
II. Program perspective
III. Program logistics
IV. Assays
V. Samples
VI. Resourcing
VII. Management considerations
40. Establishing an HTS Program in a Start-Up Biotechnology Company
653(16)
Michael D. Boisclair
James Schultz
Dan Maloney
I. Introduction
II. Planning the screening program
III. Samples for screening
IV. Equipping the HTS laboratory
V. Developing high throughout screens
VI. Reagent supply
VII. Data management
VIII. Lead discovery
Index 669

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