| Assay Method Information | |
| | Evaluation of Activity for OX1R and OX2R |
| Description: | HEK293 (human embryonic kidney 293) cells with forced expression of human OX1R (hOX1R) or human OX2R (hOX2R) were seeded in a 384-well microplate (Greiner) at 10,000 per well and cultured for 1 day in high-glucose-DMEM (FujiFilm Corp. Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.) containing added 10% FBS (Tenno Scientific) and 1% Penicillin-Streptomycin (FujiFilm Corp. Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.). After removing the medium, 40 μL of assay buffer (20 mM HEPES (Sigma-Aldrich Japan, KK.), Hanks' balanced salt solution (Gibco), 0.1% BSA (Sigma-Aldrich Japan, KK.), 0.1% Pluronic F-127 (Invitrogen)) containing Calcium 4 dye (Molecular Device Corporation) and 2.5 mM probenecid (Sigma-Aldrich Japan, KK.) were added, and the plate was incubated for 60 minutes. After further adding 20 μL of assay buffer, 20 μL of assay buffer containing the test compound was added and reaction was initiated. Change in intracellular calcium ion concentration during the reaction was measured based on the fluorescence intensity ratio in terms of the fluorescence value with wavelength excitation at 480 nm and detection at 540 nm, using FDSS7000 (Hamamatsu Photonics, K.K.). The test compound was dissolved in DMSO to 10 mM, and diluted with assay buffer to a final concentration of from 3×10−11 M to 1×10−7 M (DMSO final concentration of 0.1%). The half maximal effective concentration (EC50 value) was determined from the fluorescence value with addition of the test compound at different concentrations, with the fluorescence value of the well with compound-free buffer added as 0%, and the fluorescence value of the well with 10 nM OX-A (Peptide Research Lab) as 100%. |
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