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Dataset Information
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Dataset Name:
Phosphorylation state and protein levels measured by imaging in BRAF(V600E/D) melanoma cell lines following treatment with combinations of two compounds (immunofluorescence dataset 4 of 4)

Dataset Description:
Three human melanoma cell lines were treated in 2 replicates with 5 doses of Vemurafenib in combination with DMSO or 1 dose of 5 other compounds. This dataset presents the mean intensity measurements for 5 protein and phosphoprotein readouts (KI-67, NGFR, S6 (pS240; pS244), ERK-1 (pT202; pY204) / ERK-2 (pT185; pY187), and c-Jun) extracted from microscopy images across each condition.

--Data in Package:
20277.txt

--Metadata in Package:
Small_Molecule_Metadata.txt
Protein_Metadata.txt
Antibody_Metadata.txt
Cell_Line_Metadata.txt

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Center-specific Information
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Center-specific Name:
HMS_LINCS

Center-specific Dataset ID:
20277

Center-specific Dataset Link:
http://lincs.hms.harvard.edu/db/datasets/20277/

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Assay Information
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Assay Protocol:
1. Cells were seeded at the following densities in 96-well plates (Corning, cat. #3603) and grown in full growth media: WM-115, 8,000 cells per well; COLO 858, 7,000 cells per well; and A-375, 4,500 cells per well. Cell counts were based on measurements using a Countess II FL Automated Cell Counter (Life Technologies).<br />

2. After 24 hr of normal growth, cells were treated in duplicates using a Hewlett-Packard (HP) D300 Digital Dispenser with Vemurafenib at 0, 0.1, 0.32, 1 and 3.16 M in combination with DMSO or 1 dose of Trametinib (0.2 M), Belinostat (1 M), (+)-JQ1 (1 M), I-BET (1 M), and I-BET151 (1 M) for 48 hr.<br />

3. After 48 hr, cells were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde for 20 min at room temperature, washed with PBS with 0.1% Tween 20 (Sigma-Aldrich) (PBS-T), permeabilized in methanol for 10 min at room temperature, rewashed with PBS-T, and blocked in Odyssey Blocking Buffer for 1 hr at room temperature.<br />

4. Cells were incubated overnight at 4C with primary antibodies in Odyssey Blocking Buffer. The following primary antibodies were used at the specified dilutions: anti-S6 (pS240; pS244), 1:800; anti-c-Jun, 1:800; anti-KI-67, 1:400; anti-NGFR, 1:1600; and anti-ERK-1 (pT202; pY204) / ERK-2 (pT185; pY187), 1:800.<br />

5. Following treatment with primary antibodies, cells were stained with donkey anti-rabbit or anti-mouse secondary IgG antibodies labeled with Alexa Fluor 647 and Alexa Fluor 488, respectively, that had been diluted 1:2000 in Odyssey Blocking Buffer. Cells were washed once in PBS-T and once in PBS and were then incubated in 250 ng/mL Hoechst 33342 and 1:800 Whole Cell Stain (blue; Thermo Scientific) solutions for 20 min.<br />

6. Cells were washed twice with PBS and imaged with a 10x objective on an Operetta imaging system (PerkinElmer). Nine to 11 sites were imaged in each well.<br /> 

7. Image segmentation, analysis and signal intensity quantification were performed using Acapella software (PerkinElmer). Hoechst 33342 and whole cell staining were used for image segmentation. The Alexa Fluor 488 and 647 signal intensity data for the proteins of interest are presented as the mean intensity of each signal averaged across the 9 to 11 sites imaged in each well.<br />

Date Updated:
2017-01-20

Date Retrieved from Center:
11/13/2015

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Metadata Information
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Metadata information regarding the entities used in the experiments is included in the accompanied metadata. A metadata file per entity category is included in the package. For example, the metadata for all the cell lines that were used in the dataset are included in the Cell_Lines_Metadata.txt file.
Descriptions for each metadata field can be found here: http://www.lincsproject.org/data/data-standards/
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