| Assay Method Information | |
| | Reporter Gene Assay |
| Description: | Transactivation Assay Expression vectors were prepared by inserting the ligand binding domain cDNA (complementary DNA) of human PPARalpha (amino acid 168-468) and human PPARgamma (amino acid 205-505), 3′ to and in frame with, the yeast GAL4 transcription factor DNA binding domain and the nuclear localization signal from the T-antigen of Polyoma Virus into the mammalian expression vector pSGS (Stratagene). The resulting expression vectors pSGGAL-PPARalpha and pSGGAL-PPARgamma were used in co-transfection experiments together with a modified pGL3 promoter plasmid (Promega) containing five copies of the UAS GAL4 recognition site. 2.5 μg pSGGAL-PPARalpha or pSGGAL-PPARgamma were mixed with 25 μg pGL3p 1×UAS and 22.5 μg pBluescript (Stratagene) in 0.95 mL ice cold PBS containing between 9-12 million U-2 OS (human osteosarcoma) cells. The cell/DNA mixture was incubated on ice for 5 minutes and then divided between two 0.4 cm cuvettes and electroporated at 960 μF, 2 |
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