| Assay Method Information | |
| | In Vitro Assay |
| Description: | In general, Trex HEK293 cells were stably transfected with an inducible expression vector containing the full-length cDNA coding for the desired human sodium channel α-subunit and with an expression vector containing full length cDNA coding for the β1-subunit. Sodium channel expressing cell lines were induced with tetracycline (1 μg/mL) and plated on 384-well PDL-coated plates at a density of 25K-30K cells/well in culture media (DMEM, containing 10% FBS and 1% L-glutamine). After overnight incubation (37° C., 5% CO2), culture media was removed and cells were loaded with 5 uM ANG2 dye for 1-1.5 h in Buffer 1 (155 mM NMDG, 5 mM KCl, 2 mM CaCl2, 1 mM MgCl2, 10 mM HEPES, 10 mM glucose, adjusted with Tris to pH 7.4). Access dye was removed and cells were incubated with test compounds for 1 hr in buffer 1 containing sodium channel modulator(s) at room temperature. Hamamatsu FDSS μCell was used to perform a 1:1 addition of Na/K challenge buffer (140 mM NaCl, 20 mM HEPES, 1 mM CaCl2, 15 mM KCl, 1 mM MgCl2, 10 mM glucose, adjusted with Tris to pH 7.4) and simultaneously read plates at excitation wavelength of 530 nm and emission wavelength set at 558 nm. |
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