High-Throughput Screening to Identify Modulators of Sarcospan

Methods Mol Biol. 2023:2587:479-493. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2772-3_25.

Abstract

High-throughput screening enables the discovery of disease-modifying small molecules. Here, we describe the development of a scalable, cell-based assay to screen for small molecules that modulate sarcospan for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. We detail the hit validation pipeline, which includes secondary screening, gene/protein quantification, and an in vitro membrane stability assay.

Keywords: Drug discovery; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; High-throughput screening; Sarcospan.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • High-Throughput Screening Assays*
  • Humans
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne* / drug therapy
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne* / genetics