The pharmaceutical industry is presently suffering difficult times due to low productivity of new molecular entities.As a major source of drug leads,high-throughput screening(HTS)has been often criticized for its‘dea...The pharmaceutical industry is presently suffering difficult times due to low productivity of new molecular entities.As a major source of drug leads,high-throughput screening(HTS)has been often criticized for its‘dead end’lead compounds.However,the fruitful achievements resulting from HTS technology indicate that it remains a feasible way for drug innovation.Because of increasing considerations of earlier stage ADMET(absorption,distribution,metabolism,excretion and toxicity)in drug development,cell-based HTS is highly recommended in modern drug discovery for its ability to detect more biologically relevant characteristics of compounds in living systems.This review provides a systematic and practical description of vital points for conducting high quality cell-based HTS,from assay development to optimization,compound management,data analyses,hit validation as well as lead identification.Potential problems and solutions are also covered.展开更多
基金This work was supported in part by grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2009ZX09302-001 and 2012ZX09304011)Shanghai Science and Technology Devel-opment Fund(11DZ2292200)the CAS-Novo Nordisk Research Fund.
文摘The pharmaceutical industry is presently suffering difficult times due to low productivity of new molecular entities.As a major source of drug leads,high-throughput screening(HTS)has been often criticized for its‘dead end’lead compounds.However,the fruitful achievements resulting from HTS technology indicate that it remains a feasible way for drug innovation.Because of increasing considerations of earlier stage ADMET(absorption,distribution,metabolism,excretion and toxicity)in drug development,cell-based HTS is highly recommended in modern drug discovery for its ability to detect more biologically relevant characteristics of compounds in living systems.This review provides a systematic and practical description of vital points for conducting high quality cell-based HTS,from assay development to optimization,compound management,data analyses,hit validation as well as lead identification.Potential problems and solutions are also covered.
