Assay Method Information

Assay Name:  AlphaScreen cAMP Assay
Description:  MIN6 cells [Miyazaki J et al. Endocrinology. 1990 July; 127(1):126-32] are stably transfected with an expression vector for human GPR119 cDNA (Acc. No. NP_848566). Min-6/hGPR119 cells are cultured in DMEM, 10% FBS, 50 uM β-mercaptoethanol, 0.3 mg/mL Geniticin, 2 mM GlutaMAX at 37° C. 5% CO2. For the assay, the cells are seeded in Optiplates (white, 384-well, 160W-barcoded, TC, sterile with lid, Cat. No. #6007688 (Perkin Elmer); 10000 cells/well; 50 ul). The plates covered with lids are then incubated for 24 hours at 37° C./5% CO2. After the medium is aspirated from the wells completely, 10 ul of the test compound are added, the compounds are diluted using stimulating buffer (140 mM NaCl, 3.6 mM KCl, 0.5 mM NaH2PO4, 0.5 mM MgSO4, 1.5 mM CaCl2, 10 mM Hepes, 5 mM NaHCO3; pH 7.4. 0.5 mM IBMX and 0.1% BSA, the final DMSO concentration is 1%). After 45 minutes incubation at room temperature (approx. 20° C.), the cAMP concentrations are determined using the AlphaScreen cAMP Assay Kit (Cat. No. #6760625R from PerkinElmer). 10 ul of Biotin-cAMP (final concentration 1 U/well in lysing buffer (5 mM Hepes (pH 7.4), 0.1% BSA, 0.5% Tween) and 10 uL Bead solution (final concentration 1 U/well in lysing buffer) are added. The plates are incubated for another 2 hours at room temperature. The cAMP concentrations are calculated using a cAMP standard curve from the Alpha Screen Counts. The data analysis is carried out by calculating the EC50 value and the maximum value based on a positive control, using suitable software (Graphpad Prism).
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