| Assay Method Information | |
| | In Vitro Assay |
| Description: | HEK 293 cells stably transfected with either Nav 1.7 or with Nav 1.5 were recorded in population patch-clamp mode with the IonWorks® Quattro automated electrophysiology system in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications (Molecular Devices, LLC, Sunnyvale, Calif.). Sodium channel currents were measured in response to a train of depolarizations that induced successively greater inactivation. Cells were held at −110 mV for three seconds (Nav 1.7) or half a second (Nav 1.5) from a holding voltage of −15 mV, then put through a series of 26 pulses of 150 msec duration to −20 mV at a frequency of 5 Hz. Cells were then left unclamped for a period of 3 to 8 minutes while a single concentration of test compound was added. Cells were then reclamped and put through the same voltage protocol. Current at the end of the 26th pulse to −20 mV was subtracted from the peak current evoked by the 26th pulse to −20 mV to correct for leak current. |
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