Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR SCREENING
Volume 11, Issue 8, Pages 949-958Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1087057106294841
Keywords
fluorescence polarization; binding assay; assay development; mathematical model; MC5
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Fluorescence polarization is a screening technology that is radioactivity free, homogeneous, and ratiometric. The signal measured with this technology is a weighted value of free and bound ligand. As a consequence, saturation curves are accessible only after calculation of the corresponding concentrations of free and bound ligand. To make this technology more accessible to assay development, the authors propose a simple mathematical model that predicts fluorescence polarization values from ligand and receptor total concentrations, depending on the corresponding dissociation constant. This model was validated using data of Bodipy-NDP-alpha MSH binding to MC5 obtained after either ligand saturation of a receptor preparation or, conversely, receptor saturation of a ligand solution. These experimental data were also used to calculate the actual concentration of free and bound ligand and receptor and to obtain pharmacological constants by Scatchard analysis. A general method is proposed, which facilitates the design of fluorescence polarization binding assays by relying on the representation of theoretical polarization values. This approach is illustrated by the application to 2 systems of very different affinities.
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