Example 6
The affinity of compounds 8c to colchicine binding site was determined using colchicine Site Competitive Assay kit CytoDYNAMIX Screen15 (Cytoskeleton, Inc., CO, USA) using the standard protocol of the manufacturer to determine Ki values (μM). Biotin-labelled tubulin (0.5 g) in 10 μL of reaction buffer was mixed with [3H]colchicine (0.08 μM, PerkinElmer, Waltham, Mass.) and the test compounds (positive control colchicine, negative control vinblastine, G-1, fluorescent G-1, or 2-ME) in a 96-well plate (final volume: 100 μL). After incubating for 2 h at 37° C. with gentle shaking, streptavidin-labelled yttrium SPA beads (80 g in 20 μL reaction buffer, PerkinElmer, Waltham, Mass.) were added to each well and incubated for 30 min at 4° C. The plates were then read on a scintillation counter (Packard Instrument, Topcount Microplate Reader) and the percentage of inhibition was calculated [54]