| Assay Method Information | |
| | Inhibition of Specific Binding to the hERG Receptor (HERGBD) |
| Description: | Binding was terminated by filtration of the incubated membrane preparations using Filtermat B (Pharmacia, Uppsala Sweden) and a Micro Cell Harvester (Skatron, Lier, Norway). The Filtermat B had been presoaked with 1% polyethylen imine and carefully washed with 0.05 M Tris/HCl-buffer pH=7.7 after the filtration to separate free and bound radioactivity. The filters were counted in a scintillation counter (Betaplate 1205, Berthold, Wildbad, Germany) in order to determine the specific binding of [3H]-Dofetilide. The optimal amount of membrane preparation in the assay was determined and optimized for each membrane preparation separately in front of using the membranes in compound testing. Test compounds were either screened at 6 to 10 increasing concentrations for the determination of IC50 and Ki or at 2-4 concentrations for the determination of the percent inhibition. For pipetting of the incubation mixture we routinely use the robot Biomek2000 (Fa. Beckman). |
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