| Assay Method Information | |
| | Binding Assay |
| Description: | In order to measure the binding of compounds on the glucocorticoid receptor a commercially available kit was used (Glucocorticoid receptor competitor assay kit, PanVera Co., Madison, Wis., P2816). Briefly, a cell lysate containing recombinantly expressed human full-length glucocorticoid receptor was mixed with a fluorescently labeled glucocorticoid (1 nM Fluormone GS1) in the presence or absence of test compound. After one hour at room temperature, the fluorescence polarization (FP) of the samples were measured. The FP of a mixture of receptor, fluorescent probe (i.e., Fluormone GS1) and 1 mM dexamethasone represented background fluorescence or 100% inhibition, whereas, the FP of the mixture without dexamethasone was taken to be 100% binding. The percentage inhibition of test molecules were then compared to the sample with 1 mM dexamethasone and expressed as % relative binding activity with dexamethasone being 100% and no inhibition is 0%. Test molecules were analyzed in the concentration range from 2.4 nM to 40 μM.Site I binding assays for any NHR (Nuclear Hormone Receptor) are conducted similarly to the above. An appropriate cell lysate or purified NHR is used as the source of the NHR. The fluorescent probe and unlabeled competitor are appropriate for the specific NHR, i.e., are ligands for the specific NHR. |
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