Identification of inhibitors for protein-protein interactions (PPIs) from high-throughput screening (HTS) is challenging due to the weak affinity of primary hits. We present a hit validation strategy of PPI inhibitors using quantitative ligand displacement assay. From an HTS for Bcl-xL/Mcl-1 inhibitors, we obtained a hit candidate, I1, which potentially forms a reactive Michael acceptor, I2, inhibiting Bcl-xL/Mcl-1 through covalent modification. We confirmed rapid reversible and competitive binding of I1 with a probe peptide, suggesting non-covalent binding. The advantages of our approach over biophysical assays include; simplicity, higher throughput, low protein consumption and universal application to PPIs including insoluble membrane proteins.
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