| Assay Method Information | |
| | Inhibition Assay |
| Description: | Test Example 5: The hERG potassium current was measured in a hERG-stably-expressing Chinese hamster ovary K1 (CHO) cells. The experiments were performed using an automated planar patch-clamp system QPatch HTX (Sophion Bioscience A/S). The application of pressure for forming gigaseals and whole-cell patch clamp configuration were established using the QPatch assay software. Patch-clamp experiments were performed in voltage-clamp mode and whole-cell currents were recorded. The following stimulation protocol was applied to investigate the effects of compounds on hERG potassium channel. The test solution includes:Extracellular solution: 2 mM of CaCl2, 1 mM of MgCl2, 10 mM of HEPES, 4 mM of KCl, 145 mM of NaCl, and 10 mM of glucose; and pH adjusted to 7.4 with NaOH,Intracellular solution: 5.374 mM of CaCl2, 1.75 mM of MgCl2, 10 mM of HEPES, 10 mM of EGTA, 120 mM of KCl, and 4 mM of ATP, and pH adjusted to 7.2 with KOH. |
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