Cellular Bioluminescence Based Assay: A High Throughput Method for Combinatorial Drug Screening

Abstract

Source: Hu, Z. et al. A Rapid Screening Workflow to Identify Potential Combination Therapy for GBM using Patient-Derived Glioma Stem Cells. J. Vis. Exp. (2021)

In this video, we describe a method highlighting the utility of bioluminescence assay for sensitive and rapid screening of drugs. These drugs can be tested alone or in combination to assess the synergism in their mode of action.

Protocol

1. Bio-luminescence Based Measurement of Cell Viability

1. Coating plates with the extracellular matrix (ECM) mixture (e.g., Matrigel): Add 40 µL of 0.15 mg/mL ECM mixture to each well and incubate the plate for 1 h at 37 °C. Remove the excess ECM mixture and gently rinse once with PBS.
2. Add 100 µL culture medium containing 15,000, 10,000, 8,000, 6,000, 4,000, 2,000, 1,000, and 500 XG387-Luc cells together with 100 µL blank medium as control into each well for 6 replicates in a 96-well optical bottom plate and culture the cells overnight at 37 °C.
3. Remove the supernatant, add 50 µL culture mediu....

Materials

List of materials used in this article

Name	Company	Catalog Number	Comments
B-27	Gibco	17504-044	50X
EGF	Gibco	PHG0313	20 ng/ml
FGF	Gibco	PHG0263	20 ng/ml
Gluta Max	Gibco	35050061	100X
Neurobasal	Gibco	21103049	1X
Penicillin-Streptomycin	HyClone	SV30010	P: 10,000 units/ml S: 10,000 ug/ml
Sodium Pyruvate	Gibco	2088876	100 mM
ABT-737	MCE		Selective and BH3 mimetic Bcl-2 Bcl-xL and Bclw inhibitor
Adavosertib (MK-1775)	MCE		Wee1 inhibitor
Axitinib	MCE		Multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor
AZD5991	MCE		Mcl-1 inhibitor
A 83-01	MCE		Potent inhibitor of TGF-β type I receptor ALK5 kinase
CGP57380	Selleck		Potent MNK1 inhibitor
Dactolisib (BEZ235)	Selleck		Dual ATPcompetitive PI3K and mTOR inhibitor
Dasatinib	MCE		Dual Bcr-Abl and Src family tyrosine kinase inhibitor
Erlotinib	MCE		EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor
Gefitinib	MCE		EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor
Linifanib	MCE		Multi-target inhibitor of VEGFR and PDGFR family
Masitinib	MCE		Inhibitor of c-Kit
ML141	Selleck		Non-competitive inhibitor of Cdc42 GTPase
OSI-930	MCE		Multi-target inhibitor of Kit, KDR and CSF-1R
Palbociclib	MCE		Selective CDK4 and CDK6 inhibitor
SB 202190	MCE		Selective p38 MAP kinase inhibitor
Sepantronium bromide (YM-155)	MCE		Survivin inhibitor
TCS 359	Selleck		Potent FLT3 inhibitor
UMI-77	MCE		Selective Mcl-1 inhibitor
4-Hydroxytamoxifen(Afimoxifene)	Selleck		Selective estrogen receptor (ER) modulator