| Assay Method Information | |
| | Norepinephrine Transporter Binding Assay |
| Description: | 1. Each tube receives the following components: 25 ul drug or vehicle 25 ul [3H]-Nisoxetine 200 ul tissue suspension. 2. Initiate binding reaction with the addition of tissue, and incubate at room temperature for 1 hour. 3. Terminate binding reaction by rapid filtration of tube contents onto 0.1% PEI treated GF/C filters (TopCount). 4. Rinse the assay tubes once with ice cold 50 mM NaCl, then rapidly rinse the filters with 6×1 ml/tube of the same wash buffer. 5. Radioactivity trapped onto the filters is assessed using liquid scintillation spectrophotometer after soaking the filters for at least 1 hour in scintillation cocktail. Materials and Reagents 1. The receptor source is human recombinant/CHO. 2. [3H]-Nisoxetine, diluted to a concentration of 10 nM in assay buffer, is used as the radioligand. Thus, the final ligand concentration is 1 nM. 3. Non specific binding is defined as that remaining in the presence of 1×10−6M desipramine (MW=302.8) (Make fresh: in bag with dessicating rocks 1, dissolves in water 1E-3). 4. The reference compound for the assay is desipramine. Desimpramine is run at following final concentrations: 1×10−10, 2×10−10, 5×10−10, 1×10−9, 2×10−9, 5×10−9, 1×10−8, 2×10−8, 5×10−8, 1×10−7, 2×10−7, 5×10−7M 5. The positive control is any of the above run at the final concentrations of: 1×10−9, 5×10−9, 2×10−8 M. 6. The Kd for the receptor is 3 nM. Buffers MW (g/mole) g/1 L Incubation Buffer: 50 mM Tris, pH 7.4 121 6.06 5 mM KCl 74.6 0.38 120 mM NaCl 58.4 7.02 Wash Buffer: 50 mM NaCl 58.4 3.0 |
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