Abstract
Voltage dependent sodium channels are widely recognized as valuable targets for the development of therapeutic interventions for neuroexcitatory disorders such as epilepsy and pain as well as cardiac arrhythmias. An ongoing challenge for sodium channel drug discovery is the ability to readily evaluate state dependent interactions, which are known to underlie inhibition by many clinically used local anesthetic, antiepileptic and antiarrhythmic sodium channel blockers. While patch-clamp electrophysiology is still considered the most effective way of measuring ion channel function and pharmacology, it does not have the throughput to be useful in early stages of drug discovery in which there is often a need to evaluate many thousands to hundreds of thousands of compounds. Fortunately over the past five years, there has been significant progress in developing much higher throughput electrophysiology platforms like the PatchXpressTM and Ion- WorksTM, which are now widely used in drug discovery. This review highlights the strengths and weaknesses of these two high throughput devices for use in sodium channel inhibitor drug discovery programs. Overall, the PatchXpressTM and IonWorksTM electrophysiology platforms have individual strengths that make them complementary to each other. Both platforms are capable of measuring state dependent modulation of sodium channels. IonWorksTM has the throughput to allow for effective screening of libraries of tens of thousands of compounds whereas the PatchXpressTM has more flexibility to provide quantitative voltage clamp, which is useful in structure activity evaluations for the hit-to-lead and lead optimization stages of sodium channel drug discovery.
Keywords: Sodium channels, ion channels, drug discovery, electrophysiology, patch clamp, planar patch clamp, high throughput screening, PatchXpressTM, IonWorksTM
Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening
Title: Sodium Channel Inhibitor Drug Discovery Using Automated High Throughput Electrophysiology Platforms
Volume: 12 Issue: 1
Author(s): Neil Castle, David Printzenhoff, Shannon Zellmer, Brett Antonio, Alan Wickenden and Christopher Silvia
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Keywords: Sodium channels, ion channels, drug discovery, electrophysiology, patch clamp, planar patch clamp, high throughput screening, PatchXpressTM, IonWorksTM
Abstract: Voltage dependent sodium channels are widely recognized as valuable targets for the development of therapeutic interventions for neuroexcitatory disorders such as epilepsy and pain as well as cardiac arrhythmias. An ongoing challenge for sodium channel drug discovery is the ability to readily evaluate state dependent interactions, which are known to underlie inhibition by many clinically used local anesthetic, antiepileptic and antiarrhythmic sodium channel blockers. While patch-clamp electrophysiology is still considered the most effective way of measuring ion channel function and pharmacology, it does not have the throughput to be useful in early stages of drug discovery in which there is often a need to evaluate many thousands to hundreds of thousands of compounds. Fortunately over the past five years, there has been significant progress in developing much higher throughput electrophysiology platforms like the PatchXpressTM and Ion- WorksTM, which are now widely used in drug discovery. This review highlights the strengths and weaknesses of these two high throughput devices for use in sodium channel inhibitor drug discovery programs. Overall, the PatchXpressTM and IonWorksTM electrophysiology platforms have individual strengths that make them complementary to each other. Both platforms are capable of measuring state dependent modulation of sodium channels. IonWorksTM has the throughput to allow for effective screening of libraries of tens of thousands of compounds whereas the PatchXpressTM has more flexibility to provide quantitative voltage clamp, which is useful in structure activity evaluations for the hit-to-lead and lead optimization stages of sodium channel drug discovery.
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Castle Neil, Printzenhoff David, Zellmer Shannon, Antonio Brett, Wickenden Alan and Silvia Christopher, Sodium Channel Inhibitor Drug Discovery Using Automated High Throughput Electrophysiology Platforms, Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening 2009; 12 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138620709787047993
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138620709787047993 |
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