| Assay Method Information | |
| | Pore Permeation Assay |
| Description: | Agonist-induced pore formation was determined by measuring cellular uptake of YO PRO fluorescence dye in HEK293 transfected with human P2X7 receptor. A HEK293 cell over expressing human P2X7 was harvested using HQTase reagent to detach the cells from T75 cm flask. The harvested cells are centrifuged @ 1200 rpm for 5 min at room temperature. The viability of cells was determined by Trypan blue dye and the cells are plated @ 10,000 cell/well in 50 ul volume in a 384W BD Poly lysine coated plate and incubated overnight at 37 C. After overnight incubation, the culture medium was replaced with 35 ul/well assay buffer (5 mM KCl, 0.1 mM CaCl2, 5 mM Glucose, 10 mM HEPES buffer pH7.4 containing 125 mM NaCl. The serial dilution of compounds was performed using Bravo liquid handling instrument and the compounds were added using Bravo to the cell assay plate starting at 2.5 uM with three dilutions for 10 points. The positive control inhibitor compound was added to column 23. The plate was shaken slowly on a plate shaker for 10 seconds. The cells were incubated with the compound for 20 minutes at room temperature. After the incubation period, YO PRO dye (1 uM) along with BzATP (10 uM) were added to cells at 10 ul/well. The plate was centrifuged at 1000 rpm for 5 seconds and incubated at room temperature for 30 minutes. The uptake of YO PRO dye into the cells was measured using Envision Fluorescence plate reader instrument (Perkin Elmer). |
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