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ArticleSLAS discovery : advancing life sciences R & D2025

Overcoming a false-positive mechanism in RapidFire MRM-based high throughput screening.

De Lin, Lesley-Anne Pearson, Shamshad Ahmad, Sandra O'Neill, John Post, Colin Robinson, Duncan E Scott, Ian H Gilbert

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Article in SLAS discovery : advancing life sciences R & D, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

De LinDrug Discovery Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK.
Lesley-Anne PearsonDrug Discovery Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK.
Shamshad AhmadDrug Discovery Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK.
Sandra O'NeillDrug Discovery Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK.
John PostDrug Discovery Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK.
Colin RobinsonDrug Discovery Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK.
Duncan E ScottDrug Discovery Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK.
Ian H GilbertDrug Discovery Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK. Electronic address: i.h.gilbert@dundee.ac.uk.

Funding

Wellcome Trust 203134/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

False-positives plague high-throughput screening in general and are costly as they consume resource and time to resolve. Methods that can rapidly identify such compounds at the initial screen are therefore of great value. Advances in mass spectrometry have led to the ability to screen inhibitors in drug discovery applications by direct detection of an enzyme reaction product. The technique is free from some of the artefacts that trouble classical assays such as fluorescence interference. Its direct nature negates the need for coupling enzymes and hence is simpler with fewer opportunities for artefacts. Despite its myriad advantages, we report here a mechanism for false-positive hits which has not been reported in the literature. Further we have developed a pipeline for detecting these false-positive hits and suggest a method to mitigate against them.

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Drug DiscoveryHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysMass SpectrometryFalse Positive ReactionsHumans

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PMID40684946
PMCPMC12823550

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