| Assay Method Information | |
| | hERG Inhibition Assay |
| Description: | The effect of compounds of the formula I on the cloned human cardiac hERG channel was evaluated in an in vitro model using a whole-cell patch-clamping technique. CHO (Chinese hamster ovary) cells stably expressing hERG, the potassium channel underlying IKr currents in human hearts, were grown in HAM's F-12 media supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, 1x penicillin/streptomycin and 500 ug/ml G418 (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA) in an atmosphere of 95% air and 5% carbon dioxide. Cells used for patch-clamping were seeded on glass or plastic coverslips 12 to 36 hours before use. hERG channel currents were recorded at room temperature using the whole-cell configuration of the patch clamp technique with an Axopatch 200B amplifier (Axon Instruments, Foster City, Calif., USA). Briefly, electrodes (3 to 6 MΩ resistance) were fashioned from TW150F glass capillary tubes (World Precision Instruments, Sarasota, Fla., USA) and filled with pipette solution (containing 120 mM potassium aspartate, 20 mM potassium chloride, 4 mM adenosine triphosphate disodium salt, 5 mM HEPES, 1 mM magnesium chloride; pH adjusted to 7.2 with potassium hydroxide). hERG currents were initiated by a positive voltage pulse (20 mV) followed by a negative pulse (-40 mV) and were recorded for off-line analyses. Once hERG current from a cell perfused with external solution (containing 130 mM sodium chloride, 5 mM potassium chloride, 2.8 mM sodium acetate, 1 mM magnesium chloride, 10 mM HEPES, 10 mM glucose, 1 mM calcium chloride; pH adjusted to 7.4 with sodium hydroxide) without the test compound, i.e. control solution, was stabilized, the cell was perfused with external solution containing the test compound at specific concentrations. |
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