A queous solubility is one of the most critical physicochemical properties to be determined in the process of drug lead optimization. Particularly, an equilibrium solubility method is highly valuable to the study of structure property relationship (SPR), while meeting the needs of analytical sensitivity, reproducibility, and throughput. In this report, an automated solubility assay in a 96-well library format was designed and developed by means of robotic liquid handling, centrifugal separation, and HPLC-UV quantification. Requiring 1 mg of solid compound, this assay was used to determine the equilibrium solubility in three user-selected media, that is, 0.01 N HCl, phosphate buffer saline (PBS), and fasted state simulated intestinal fluid (SIF), with a throughput of up to 192 compounds a week. The assay parameters, including the equilibration time and the separation technique, were optimized to ensure that the thermodynamic solubility was measured at the presence of excess solid compound. A fast gradient HPLC method was developed with single-point on-plate calibration for each compound, followed by a customized 96-well chromatographic data analysis. The reporting solubility range was 1-200 mg/mL, appropriate for oral drug candidate selection at the stage of discovery lead optimization. Based on the test results obtained on the commercially available drugs and Amgen research compounds, this assay was considered to be equivalent to the conventional shake-flask methods. Examples were given to demonstrate that the thermodynamic solubility determined by this assay enabled the SPR study to support drug lead optimization. ( JALA 2005;10:364-73)
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