Abstract:To establish an enzymatic assay for poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 and screen PARP inhibitors from 84 potential compounds. Crude PARP-1 was extracted from Sf9 insect cells. With nicked DNA as activator,PARP-1 was used to catalyze the hydrolysis of the substrate NAD+,the RFU value measured from the remaining NAD+ was used to evaluate the activity of PARP-1 or efficiency of PARP inhibitors. A 96-microwell screening method was set up by optimizing the reaction system．The screening method was assessed with high throughput index,such as Z' factor,signal to back ground (S/B) and validated by well-known PARP inhibitors such as PHE,DPQ and AZD2281. 84 compounds were assayed for PARP inhibition through the established method. The enzymatic reaction system was optimized as:12.5 nmol/L NAD+,15 μg/mL DNA,6.25×10-4 U PARP-1. The Z' factor is 0.76,S/B is 3.58 and the IC50 of PHE,DPQ and AZD2281 is 562.4 nmol/L,369.6 nmol/L and 6.8 nmol/L. There are 47 compounds showed 60% or more PARP-1 inhibition efficiency at the concentration of 7.4 μmol/L. An enzymatic assay of PARP-1 was successfully established. It can be effectively applied to high-throughput screening for PARP inhibitors．
