High Throughput Label-Free Enzymatic Assays using Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry.

High throughput (HT) enzymatic assays, which typically rely on labeled compounds and plate readers, are important for drug discovery. Mass spectrometry (MS) provides an alternative method of performing HT label-free assays. Here we demonstrate the use of a HT platform based on desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) MS for the label-free study of enzymatic reactions directly from the bioassay matrix, with an effective analysis time of 0.3 s/sample. This system allows for thorough analysis of the enzymatic process through monitoring of its substrate and product after an external calibration. We show the platform capabilities by an in-depth study of the acetylcholinesterase assay, including kinetic parameter determination, rapid inhibitor screening and further characterization of positive hits (i.e. IC 50 , K i ), as well as inhibition-reactivation assays. We anticipate that this platform will have high impact in label-free enzymology as well as in drug discovery.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Angewandte Chemie

• Publication date

  2020-07-31

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1002/anie.202009598PMID 32735371
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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