valacyclovir and Inflammation

Topics: Adult; Alzheimer Disease; Amyloid beta-Peptides; Animals; Borrelia burgdorferi; Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Glymphatic System; Humans; Immunity, Innate; Inflammation; Membrane Proteins; Mice; Middle Aged; Models, Biological; Organoids; Plaque, Amyloid; Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins; Porphyromonas gingivalis; RNA-Binding Proteins; Simplexvirus; tau Proteins; Tauopathies; Valacyclovir

This protocol describes microsphere-based protease assays for use in flow cytometry and high-throughput screening. This platform measures a loss of fluorescence from the surface of a microsphere due to the cleavage of an attached fluorescent protease substrate by a suitable protease enzyme. The assay format can be adapted to any site or protein-specific protease of interest and results can be measured in both real time and as endpoint fluorescence assays on a flow cytometer. Endpoint assays are easily adapted to microplate format for flow cytometry high-throughput analysis and inhibitor screening.

Topics: Animals; Biotinylation; Flow Cytometry; Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; Green Fluorescent Proteins; High-Throughput Screening Assays; Humans; Inflammation; Kinetics; Microspheres; Peptide Hydrolases; Peptides; Reproducibility of Results; Temperature