PARP assay kits

BPS Bioscience offers the most comprehensive range of PARP assay kits on the market, with seven different formats available to provide high quality, clear and consistent results for determining potent PARP inhibitors for drug profiling drug discovery applications. Developed in-house by PARP experts, the range features the PARPtrap™ Combo Assay kits for PARP1 and PARP2, which evaluate a molecule’s ability to trap both PARP1 and PARP2 within the same assay, unlike other kits on the market which typically only assess one PARP enzyme at a time. Also included in the range are ELISA kits and enzymes designed to measure PARP activity to facilitate compound library screening, new assay development or optimisation and IC50 determination across the entire PARP family.

Benefits of using BPS Bioscience PARP assay kits

• Most comprehensive PARP assay range available
• Accurately detect & quantify PARP activity across the entire PARP family
• Ideal for inhibitor screening, IC50 determination & assay development/optimisation
• Provide clear & consistent results
• Available across 7 different formats
• Includes PARPtrap™ combo to assess PARP1/PARP2 trapping ability in a single assay

What are PARP proteins?

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) proteins are essential for DNA repair within cells, repairing single-strand DNA breaks through the base excision repair pathway. Inhibiting PARP proteins has become a promising approach in cancer therapy, particularly for tumours with faulty DNA repair mechanisms like those with BRCA mutations. PARP inhibition hampers the repair of single-strand breaks, leading to the build-up of double-strand breaks during DNA replication. In cancer cells lacking efficient homologous recombination, these double-strand breaks are especially harmful. This weakness is exploited by PARP inhibitors within drug discovery, which selectively target cancer cells with defective DNA repair.

Applications

• PARP drug discovery
• PARP drug profiling
• Inhibitor screening
• IC50 determination
• PARP assay development
• PARP assay optimisation

Materials available for download
BPS Bioscience PARP eBook
Selection guide: which BPS PARP assay kit is right for you