| Assay Method Information | |
| | In Vitro Radioligand Binding Assay |
| Description: | Table 1: To configure the competition assay, the equilibrium dissociation constant Kd of the radioligand [3H] rauwolscine was determined in a saturation experiment. To this end, homogenates of CHO-K1 cells recombinantly expressing the human ADRA2C receptor were incubated with increasing concentrations of the radiotracers for 1 h at 4° C. in binding buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl, 1 mM EDTA, pH 7.4). Unspecific binding was determined by addition of an excess of the not radioactively labelled ligand prazosin (10 μM). The radioactivity was determined in a scintiation counter.The competition experiments were carried out in the presence of 0.5 nM [3H] rauwolscine and increasing concentrations of the test substances to be characterized under the conditions described above. The substance concentration which displaces 50% of the radiolabelled ligand is referred to as IC50 value. |
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