Assay Method Information

Assay Name:  Radioligand Dose-Displacement Binding Assay
Description:  Radioligand binding assays (screening and dose-displacement) used 0.1 nM [3H]-nociceptin (Perkin Elmer, Shelton, Conn.; 87.7 Ci/mmole) with 12 ug membrane protein in a final volume of 500 ul binding buffer (10 mM MgCl2, 1 mM EDTA, 5% DMSO, 50 mM HEPES, pH 7.4). Non-specific binding was determined in the presence of 10 nM unlabeled nociceptin (American Peptide Company). All reactions were performed in 96-deep well polypropylene plates for 1 h at room temperature. Binding reactions were terminated by rapid filtration onto 96-well Unifilter GF/C filter plates (Perkin Elmer, Shelton, Conn.) presoaked in 0.5% polyethylenimine (Sigma). Harvesting was performed using a 96-well tissue harvester (Perkin Elmer, Shelton, Conn.) followed by three filtration washes with 500 ul ice-cold binding buffer. Filter plates were subsequently dried at 50° C. for 2-3 hours. Fifty ul/well scintillation cocktail (Perkin Elmer, Shelton, Conn.) was added and plates were counted.
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