| Assay Method Information | |
| | Agonistic activity of the kappa-opioid receptors |
| Description: | Forskolin can stimulate the release of cAMP from HEK293 cells with high expression of human κ (or μ, or δ)-opioid receptors. The κ-opioid receptor agonists can inhibit the release of cAMP from the HEK293 cells with high expression of human κ-opioid receptors stimulated by Forskolin, but do not affect the release of cAMP from the HEK293 cells with high expression of human μ (or δ)-opioid receptors stimulated by Forskolin. The efficacy of the compounds of the invention as κ-opioid receptor agonists was determined by measuring the ability of the compounds of Examples to inhibit adenylate cyclase activity.Cell culture: The HEK293 cell line highly expressing human κ (or μ, or δ)-opioid receptor were cultured in DMEM medium containing 10% FBS.Stimulation: the test compound was 4-fold diluted in a gradient manner to obtain 10 concentrations, and 50 nl of each was transferred to a 384-well plate, and then 10 nl Forskolin was added; the cells were digested, re-suspended, and counted; and then 10 μl of cell suspension (5×105 cell/mL) was added, and the cells were mixed gently, and incubated at 23° C. for 60 minutes.Detection: cAMP Assay Kit (Cisbio) was used, cAMPD2 and Anti-cAMP conjugate were added, and the resultant mixture was incubated for 1 h at room temperature. The plate was read using envision (Perkin Elmer) and EC50 was obtained by means of fitting with a four-parameter equation. |
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