Assay Method Information

Assay Name:  Antagonistic Activity Assay
Description:  The antagonistic activities of the test compounds on human orexin-1 receptor (hOX1R) and orexin-2 receptor (hOX2R) were measured by modifying from the method described in literature (Toshikatsu Okumura et al., Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 280, 976-981, 2001). Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells forcibly expressing the hOX1R and hOX2R were seeded into a 96 well Black clear bottom plate (Nunc) at 20,000 cells per well, which were cultured in Ham's F-12 medium containing 0.1 mM MEM non-essential amino acids, 0.5 mg/ml G418, 10% fetal bovine serum (all by Invitrogen) for 16 hours under the conditions of 37° C., 5% CO2. After removing the medium, 100 uL of 0.5 uM Fluo-4AM ester (Dojin) in an assay buffer (25 mM HEPES (Dojin), Hank's balanced salt solution (Invitrogen), 0.1% bovine serum albumin, 2.5 mM probenecid, 200 ug/ml Amaranth (all by Sigma-Aldrich), pH 7.4) was added and the cells were incubated for 60 minutes at 37° C., 5% CO2. After removing the medium, 100 uL of 0.5 uM Fluo-4AM ester (Dojin) in an assay buffer (25 mM HEPES (Dojin), Hank's balanced salt solution (Invitrogen), 0.1% bovine serum albumin, 2.5 mM probenecid, 200 ug/ml Amaranth (all by Sigma-Aldrich), pH 7.4) was added and the cells were incubated for 60 minutes at 37° C., 5% CO2. After removing the assay buffer containing fluo-3AM ester, the test compound was dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide to be 10 mM and diluted with the assay buffer, 150 uL of which was added and incubated for 30 minutes.
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