Assay Method Information

Assay Name:  TGR5/CRE Luciferase Assay
Description:  In the following tables TGR5 activation by compounds and subsequent increase in intracellular cAMP were evaluated using a luciferase reporter gene assay. Human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells were transiently co-transfected with pCMV tag4b-TGR5 h (to follow hTGR5 activation) or pCMV AC6-TGR5m (to follow mTGR5 activation) expression plasmids and the pCRE TA-Luciferase reporter plasmid using the JET PEI reagent (Polyplus transfection). Transfected cells were seeded in 96-well plates and incubated overnight with the test compounds at increasing concentrations tested in duplicate. Lithocolic acid (LCA) at 10 μM was used as a positive reference compound. The cAMP-dependent luciferase expression was followed using the BrightGlo reagent according to the manufacturer (Promega) instructions. Luminescence was read with a Mithras plate reader (Berthold). Data were expressed as percentage of the 10 μM LCA value and EC50 values were calculated using XL fit 5 software or GraphPad Prism 5. Concentration-response curves were fitted by a nonlinear regression analysis to a 4 parameter logistic equation.
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