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Scientific publications

The AlphaScreen® SureFire® technology has been used extensively to interrogate cellular signalling mechanisms. Below are some selected publications that highlight particular applications of the AlphaScreen SureFire assay technology. Click here for an extensive list of publications citing the use of AlphaScreen SureFire products.

 

ALPHASCREEN® SureFire® applications - Selected RECENT publications

Binder C, Lafayette A, Archibeque I, Sun Y, Plewa C, Sinclair A, Emkey R (2008) Optimization and utilization of the surefire phospho-Stat5 assay for a cell-based screening campaign. Assay Drug Dev. Tech. 6, 27-37. Read more

Gregory KJ, Hall NE, Tobin AB, Sexton PM, Christopoulos A (2010) Identification of orthosteric and allosteric site mutations in M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors that contribute to ligand-selective signaling bias. J. Biol. Chem. 285, 7459-7474. Read more 

Harrison RS, Shepherd NE, Hoang HN, Ruiz-Gómez G, Hill TA, Driver RW, Desai VS, Young PR, Abbenante G, Fairlie DP (2010) Downsizing human, bacterial, and viral proteins to short water-stable alpha helices that maintain biological potency. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 107, 11686-91. Read more

Hay DL (2009) Measurement of phosphorylated Extracellular Signal–Regulated Kinase 1 and 2 in an undergraduate teaching laboratory with ALPHAscreen technology. Sci. Signal. 2, tr1. Read more 

Leach K, Loiacono RE, Felder CC, McKinzie DL, Mogg A, Shaw DB, Sexton PM, Christopoulos A (2010) Molecular mechanisms of action and In vivo validation of an M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor allosteric modulator with potential antipsychotic properties. Neuropharmacol. 35(4):855-69. Read more 

Lodge AP, Langmead CJ, Daniel G, Anderson G, Werry TD (2010) Performance of mouse neural stem cells as a screening reagent: Characterisation of PAC1 Activity in medium-throughput functional assays. J. Biol. Screen. 15, 159-168. Read more 

Smith NJ, Stoddart LA, Devine NM, Jenkins L, Milligan G (2009) The action and mode of binding of thiazolidinedione ligands at free fatty acid receptor 1. J. Biol. Chem. 284, 17527-17539. Read more 

Werden SJ, McFadden G (2010) Pharmacological manipulation of the Akt signaling pathway regulates myxoma virus replication and tropism in human cancer cells. J. Virol. 84, 3287-3302. Read more 

 

Selected publications by TGR scientists

TGR staff also actively contribute to research interrogating kinase signalling mechanisms in areas such as GPCR biology and cancer research. Development and validation of cellular models for cellular signalling studies is a key area of interest.

Osmond RIW, Crouch MF, Dupriez V (2010) An emerging role for kinase screening in GPCR drug discovery. Curr Opin Mol Ther. 12(3), 305-15. Read more

Osmond RIW, Das S, Crouch MF. (2010) Development of cell based assays for cytokine receptor signaling, using an AlphaScreen SureFire assay format. Anal. Biochem. In Press. Read more 

Werry TD, Stewart GD, Crouch MF, Watts A, Sexton PM, Christopoulos A. (2008) Pharmacology of 5HT(2C) receptor-mediated ERK1/2 phosphorylation: agonist-specific activation pathways and the impact of RNA editing. Biochem. Pharmacol. 76, 1276-1287. Read more 

Crouch MF, Osmond RIW (2008) New strategies in drug discovery for GPCRs: high throughput detection of cellular ERK phosphorylation. Comb Chem High Throughput Screen. 11, 344-356. Read more 

Lee HJ, Mun HC, Lewis NC, Crouch MF, Culverston EL, Mason RS, Conigrave AD. (2007) Allosteric activation of the extracellular Ca2+-sensing receptor by L-amino acids enhances ERK1/2 phosphorylation. Biochem J. 404, 141-149. Read more 

Matthews CA, Shaw JE, Hooper JA, Young IG, Crouch MF, Campbell HD. (2007) Expression and evolution of the mammalian brain gene Ttyh1. J Neurochem. 100, 693-707. Read more 

Osmond RIW, Sheehan A, Borowicz R, Barnett E, Harvey G, Turner C, Brown A, Crouch MF, Dyer AR (2005) GPCR screening via ERK 1/2: a novel platform for screening G protein-coupled receptors. J. Biomol. Screen. 10, 730-737. Read more 

 

Last updated: July 2010