| Assay Method Information | |
| | Receptor Activity Assay |
| Description: | In a typical experiment, the OX1 and OX2 receptor agonist activity is determined in accordance with the following general experimental method. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells expressing human OX1R and/or the human OX2R were grown in Iscove's modified DMEM containing glutaMAX , 1% G418, 100 U/mL penicillin, 100 μg/mL streptomycin and 10% heat-inactivated qualified fetal bovine serum (FBS). The OX2R cells were seeded at 10,000 cells/well/50 L and the OX1R cells were seeded at 20,000 cells/well/50 μL into 384-well white tissue culture plates (Greiner; cat #781080). All cell/media reagents were from GIBCO-Invitrogen Corp. The seeded cell plate(s) were incubated at 37° C. with 5% CO2 and 85% humidity for 20-24 hours. On the day of the assay, assay-ready compound plates were prepared using an acoustic liquid handler (ECHO; Labcyte), which dispensed sufficient volume of test compound stock (10 mM in DMSO) or 100% DMSO to prepare 10 point, -log dilutions in a final volume of 202.5 nL/well in all test wells of a 384-well diamond plate (Labcyte). Following completion of assay-ready plates, importantly, the next three steps were performed with minimal delay: 1) 20 μl of 1× stimulation buffer was added to the compound plate using a Multidrop Combi (small cassette, Thermo Fisher Scientific cat #24073290); 2) culture medium was removed from the cell plate using the Bluewasher plate washer (gentle spin; BlueCatBio); 3) 14 μl of compound/stimulation buffer mixture was added to the cell plate using a Bravo liquid handler (Agilent) prior to incubating cell plates at 37° C. with 5% CO2 and 85% humidity for 1 or 2 hours (OX1R and OX2R, respectively). During this incubation, IP-one detection reagents were prepared (38:1:1 lysis buffer:D2:AB-cryptate reagents). Six L of mixed detection reagents were added to the cell plate using a Multidrop Combi (small cassette, Thermo Fisher Scientific cat #24073290) and incubated 60 minutes at room temperature in the dark. Fluorescence signal was detected using an Envision plate reader (Perkin Elmer) [LANCE/DELFIA Dual Enh (Em: APC 665; Ex: Cy5 620)]. |
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