Research resource : modulators of glucocorticoid receptor activity identified by a new high-throughput screening assay

Glucocorticoid steroids affect almost every type of tissue and thus are widely used to treat a variety of human pathological conditions. However, the severity of numerous side effects limits the frequency and duration of glucocorticoid treatments. Of the numerous approaches to control off-target responses to glucocorticoids, small molecules and pharmaceuticals offer several advantages. Here we describe a new, extended high-throughput screen in intact cells to identify small molecule modulators of dexamethasone-induced glucocorticoid receptor (GR) transcriptional activity. The novelty of this assay is that it monitors changes in both GR maximal activity (A(max)) and EC(50) (the position of the dexamethasone dose-response curve). Upon screening 1280 chemicals, 10 with the greatest changes in the absolute value of A(max) or EC(50) were selected for further examination. Qualitatively identical behaviors for 60% to 90% of the chemicals were observed in a completely different system, suggesting that other systems will be similarly affected by these chemicals. Additional analysis of the 10 chemicals in a recently described competition assay determined their kinetically defined mechanism and site of action. Some chemicals had similar mechanisms of action despite divergent effects on the level of the GR-induced product. These combined assays offer a straightforward method of identifying numerous new pharmaceuticals that can alter GR transactivation in ways that could be clinically useful.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) - 28(2014), 7 vom: 17. Juli, Seite 1194-206

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Blackford, John A [VerfasserIn]
Brimacombe, Kyle R [VerfasserIn]
Dougherty, Edward J [VerfasserIn]
Pradhan, Madhumita [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Min [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zhuyin [VerfasserIn]
Auld, Douglas S [VerfasserIn]
Chow, Carson C [VerfasserIn]
Austin, Christopher P [VerfasserIn]
Simons, S Stoney [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

147336-22-9
7S5I7G3JQL
Dexamethasone
Glucocorticoids
Green Fluorescent Proteins
Journal Article
Receptors, Glucocorticoid
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.04.2015

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1210/me.2014-1069

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM238457168