Abide Therapeutics, San Diego, California, USA.
Nat Chem Biol. 2013 Apr;9(4):200-5. doi: 10.1038/nchembio.1211.
Chemical probes are critical tools for elucidating the biological functions of proteins and can lead to new medicines for treating disease. The pharmacological validation of protein function requires verification that chemical probes engage their intended targets . Here we discuss technologies, both established and emergent, for measuring target engagement in living systems and propose that determining this parameter should become standard practice for chemical probe and drug discovery programs.
化学探针是阐明蛋白质生物学功能的关键工具,并可用于开发治疗疾病的新药。蛋白质功能的药理学验证需要验证化学探针是否与它们的预期靶标结合。在这里,我们讨论了用于在活体系统中测量靶标结合的现有技术和新兴技术,并提出确定这一参数应该成为化学探针和药物发现计划的标准实践。