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Phenotypic quantitative high throughput screening with Caenorhabditis elegans

ABSTRACT: Quantitative high throughput screening (qHTS) pharmacologically evaluates libraries of drugs and investigational agents for potential therapeutic uses, toxicological risk assessment, and increasingly for academic chemical tool discovery. Phenotypic HTS assays aim to interrogate molecular pathways and networks, often relying on cell culture systems, historically with less emphasis on multicellular organisms. C. elegans has served as a powerful eukaryotic model organism for human biology and disease by virtue of genetic conservation and experimental tractability, as well as a surrogate for infectious parasitic nematodes. Here we describe a paradigm to enable C. elegans in qHTS using 384-well microtiter plate laser scanning cytometry for rapid signal acquisition with concurrent quantification of the fluorescent protein-encoded phenotype. E. coli ghost capsules are used as a non-replicating nutrient source to allow compound titration exposures over the full 7-day life cycle to mitigate complications from bacterial overgrowth. We demonstrate the method using 643 anti-infective biased agents tested in 7-pt titration to assess feasibility of nematode-based in vivo qHTS. A pharmacological profile from the primary screen confirmed the efficacy of known anti-parasitic molecules, such as ivermectin and levamisole as well as illuminating anthelmintic properties of general chemical classes, including -secretase, bromodomain and proteasome inhibitors. We anticipate a broader application of laser scanning cytometry-based qHTS will enable the analysis of C. elegans orthologous transgenic phenotypes of human pathologies to facilitate drug discovery for a range of therapeutic indications.

INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Fusion Lumos

ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis Elegans

TISSUE(S): Cell Culture

SUBMITTER: Dingyin Tao

LAB HEAD: Dingyin Tao

PROVIDER: PXD027733 | Pride | 2023-05-30

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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In vivo quantitative high-throughput screening for drug discovery and comparative toxicology.

Dranchak Patricia K PK Oliphant Erin E Queme Bryan B Lamy Laurence L Wang Yuhong Y Huang Ruili R Xia Menghang M Tao Dingyin D Inglese James J

Disease models & mechanisms 20230320 3

Quantitative high-throughput screening (qHTS) pharmacologically evaluates chemical libraries for therapeutic uses, toxicological risk and, increasingly, for academic probe discovery. Phenotypic high-throughput screening assays interrogate molecular pathways, often relying on cell culture systems, historically less focused on multicellular organisms. Caenorhabditis elegans has served as a eukaryotic model organism for human biology by virtue of genetic conservation and experimental tractability. ...[more]

PMID: 36786055

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Phenotypic quantitative high throughput screening with Caenorhabditis elegans

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In vivo quantitative high-throughput screening for drug discovery and comparative toxicology.

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