Chapter title |
Discovery of Modulators of Adipocyte Physiology Using Fully Functionalized Fragments
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Book title |
Phenotypic Screening
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7847-2_9 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7846-5, 978-1-4939-7847-2
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Authors |
Andrea Galmozzi, Christopher G. Parker, Bernard P. Kok, Benjamin F. Cravatt, Enrique Saez |
Abstract |
Defects in adipocyte function associated with obesity drive the development of systemic insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Agents that correct obesity-linked adipocyte dysfunction serve as useful insulin sensitizers in humans, as is exemplified by the thiazolidinediones (TZDs). We have developed a new platform that integrates advanced chemoproteomics with phenotypic screening to identify small molecules that promote differentiation and lipid storage in adipocytes, and, in tandem, their molecular target(s). These molecules mimic the activity of TZDs in culture and thus may also serve as insulin sensitizers in vivo. Central to this platform is the use of fully functionalized fragment (FFF) probes that consist of a variable, fragment-like recognition element linked to an alkyne-diazirine group that enables the photoactivated capture of probe-bound proteins directly in living cells and subsequent copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition to reporter tags for enrichment and identification of these probe-bound proteins by mass spectrometry. This platform, which can be adapted to diverse screens and cell types beyond adipocytes, has the potential to uncover new biological pathways amenable to pharmacological modulation that may impact human disease. |
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