| Assay Method Information | |
| | N87 Assay |
| Description: | To investigate whether a compound is able to inhibit the activity of EGFR and ErbB2 in cells, a mechanism-based assay using BT474 (EGFR overexpression) and N87 (EGFR and ErbB2 overexpression) cell was developed. In this assay, inhibition of EGFR and ErbB2 was detected by the inhibition of BT474 and N87 cells proliferation. BT474 cells were cultured in culture flasks to 40-80% confluence in DMEM plus 10% fetal bovine serum. N87 cells were cultured in culture flasks to 40-80% confluence in RPMI-1640 plus 10% fetal bovine serum. Cells were collected and plated onto 96-well plates at desired cell density (BT474: 1000 cells/well; N87: 1000 cells/well). BT474 plates were incubated 48 h at 37° C., with 5% CO2 to adhere. N87 plates were incubated overnight at 37° C., with 5% CO2 to adhere. Compounds were added to the plates, The final compound concentrations were 1000, 333.3, 111.1, 27.04, 12.35, 4.12, 1.37, 0.46 and 0.15 nM. Place BT474 plates at 37° C., with 5% CO2 for 7d. Place N87 plates at 37° C., with 5% CO2 for 72 h. After removing the medium, 20 μl MTS/100 μl medium mixture solution were added to each well and incubate the plates for exactly 2 hours. Measure absorbance at 490 nm and 650 nm (reference wavelength). IC50 was calculated using GraphPad Prism 5.0. |
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