申请人:Hussain Mahmood M.
公开号:US20060228764A1
公开(公告)日:2006-10-12
The present invention is directed to methods for assaying microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) which are amenable to automation and high-throughput screening. The assays may be used to measure MTP activity in cell and tissue homogenates as well as purified MTP. The methods provided by the present invention have the advantages of ease, rapidity, sensitivity, avoidance of the use of negatively charged lipids, versatility in studying different lipid transfer activities by purified and cellular MTP and the ability to measure inhibitory activity. In addition, methods of identifying compounds that modulate the lipid transfer activity of MTP are provided. Kits for measuring the lipid transfer activity of MTP are provided by the present invention