| Assay Method Information | |
| | Dopamine Transporter Binding Assay |
| Description: | Brains from male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 200-225 g (Taconic Labs) were removed, striatum dissected and quickly frozen. Membranes were prepared by homogenizing tissues in 20 volumes (w/v) of ice cold modified sucrose phosphate buffer (0.32 M sucrose, 7.74 mM Na2HPO4, 2.26 mM NaH2PO4, pH adjusted to 7.4) using a Brinkman Polytron (setting 6 for 20 sec) and centrifuged at 20,000ug for 10 min at 4° C. The resulting pellet was resuspended in buffer, recentrifuged and resuspended in buffer to a concentration of 10 mg/ml. Ligand binding experiments were conducted in assay tubes containing 0.5 ml sucrose phosphate buffer for 120 min on ice. Each tube contained 0.5 nM 3H WIN 35428 (specific activity 84 Ci/mmol) and 1.0 mg striatal tissue (original wet weight). Nonspecific binding was determined using 0.1 mM cocaine HCl. Incubations were terminated by rapid filtration through Whatman GF/B filters, presoaked in 0.05% PEI (polyethyleneimine), using a Brandel R48 filtering manifold (Brandel Instruments Gaithersburg, Md.). The filters were washed twice with 5 ml cold buffer and transferred to scintillation vials. |
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