SPECTRAGENETICS, INC. — Department of Health and Human Services STTR Phase I: 102

SPECTRAGENETICS, INC. — STTR Phase I award from Department of Health and Human Services.

Amount
$222,717
Agency
Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health
Program / Phase
STTR · Phase I
Topic
102
Solicitation
PA19-033
NAICS
Place of performance
PA
Period
2021-04-07 → 2022-03-31

Description

Project summary/Abstract We will deploy an automated multiplexed live-cell assay to detect and quantify agonist and inverse-agonist activities against 55 GPCRs known to be upregulated or downregulated in human gliomas. The assay will be used to look for the secretion of effectors for any of the 55 receptors by 48 established glioma cell lines of the Human Glioblastoma Cell Culture Resource. This endeavor may yield new leads towards the development of anti-tumor therapeutics, and will provide a platform for detecting such leads in resected tumor tissue and in chemical or biologic libraries in future experiments.In this project we will build and validate an automated multiplexed live-cell array to detect and quantify agonist and inverse-agonist activities against 55 GPCRs known to be upregulated or downregulated in human gliomas. The assay will be used to look for the secretion of effectors for any of the 55 receptors by the 48 established glioma cell lines of the Human Glioblastoma Cell Culture Resource. This endeavor may yield new leads towards the development of anti-tumor therapeutics, and will provide a platform for detecting such leads in resected tumor tissue and in chemical or biologic libraries.