Assay Method Information

Assay Name:  Pharmacological Assay
Description:  IP1 accumulation measurements using the IPOne assay system 1321N1 cells stably expressing human GPR40 receptor (Euroscreen, Belgium) are seeded 24 h before the assay in white 384-well plates in culture medium containing 10% FCS, 1% Na-Pyruvate and 400 μg/mL G418. IP1 is assayed according to the manufacturer's description (Cisbio Bioassays, France). In brief, the assay is started by substitution of the culture medium by stimulation buffer (Hepes 10 mM, CaCl2 1 mM, MgCl2 0.5 mM, KCl 4.2 mM, NaCl 146 mM, glucose 5.5 mM and LiCl 50 mM, pH 7.4). Cells are stimulated for 1 h at 37° C., 5% CO2 by addition of the compounds that are diluted in stimulation buffer containing LiCl. Assays are stopped by adding HTRF-conjugates (IP1-d2 and Anti-IP1 cryptate Tb) and lysis buffer, provided by the manufacturer. After an incubation time of 1 h at room temperature plates are measured using an EnVision, Perkin Elmer. The obtained fluorescence ratios at 665/615 nM are then used to calculate the pEC50 values using Assay Explorer 3.3 Software (Accelrys, Inc.) by interpolation using an IP1 reference curve and subsequent sigmoidal curve fitting allowing for a variable hill slope.
Affinity data for this assay
 

If you find an error in this entry please send us an E-mail