of media were dispensed using a Multidrop Combi dispenser (Thermo Fisher
Scientific) and a small cassette into barcoded 1536-well flat-bottom white
(Corning (Corning, NY, USA)) collagen-coated plates. After a 24 h
incubation, library compounds and controls were added to assay plates at a
volume of 23 nL/well via a NX-TR pintool station (Wako Scientific Solutions (San
Diego, CA, USA)), and the plates were incubated further (another 24 h).
Firefly and Renilla luminescence outputs were measured sequentially using the
Dual-Glo Luciferase Assay System (Promega) and the ViewLux plate reader
(PerkinElmer). The assay’s performance was stable throughout the screen.
The activity of each compound was normalized to control wells (DMSO alone),
which were included on each plate. Cells treated with DMSO alone were defined as
having 0% activity. Of note, the following libraries were screened: the
library of pharmacologically active compounds (LOPAC),13 (link) MIPE14 (link) and the
NIH Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC) Pharmaceutical Collection
(NPC).15