Methods for screening for inhibitors of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress are provided. These methods involve the addition of thapsigargin, which induces ER stress, and a test agent to mammalian cells in multi-well plates. Cell survival can be readily monitored by measuring intracellular ATP content using a bioluminescent reagent. Screening a commercially available library of 50,000 compounds led to the identification of 93 hit compounds that were subjected to secondary assays to confirm their ability to rescue cells from thapsigargin-induced cell death.
ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE IN TREATING PLANT DISEASE
申请人:UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
公开号:US20150087512A1
公开(公告)日:2015-03-26
The subject invention is directed toward antimicrobial agents and methods of treating and preventing infection by pathogenic microorganisms and endophytic microorganisms in a plant through the use of SecA inhibitors.