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Assay Name:  Inhibitory Effect on hCYP11B2
Description:  The pcDNA3.1-human CYP11B2 plasmid was transfected into a Chinese hamster lung fibroblast V79 cell line to produce a cell line stably expressing human CYP11B2 gene.The cells were cultured and grown in the Dulbecco's modified Eagle's/Ham's medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum and 1% G418 disulfate solution under the environment of 37° C., 95% air, and 5% CO2, and the grown cells were harvested.Then, the cells were fractionated to obtain mitochondria by reference to a method described in Chabre et al. JCE 86 M 85 (11) 4060-68, 2000. In particular, the cells suspended in a 5 mmol/L Tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.4) containing 250 mmol/L sucrose were homogenized in a Teflon (Registered Trademark) Potter Elvehjem homogenizer, and then the suspension was centrifuged (800×g, 15 min.). The supernatant was separated and again centrifuged (10000×g, 15 min.) to obtain a pellet (mitochondrial fraction).The mitochondrial fraction diluted with a buffer containing 10 mmol/L KH2PO4, 10 mmol/L Tris, 20 mmol/L KCl, 25 mmol/L sucrose, 5 mmol/L MgCl2, and 0.05% bovine serum albumin was dispensed to a 96-well plate. 0.5 μmol/L Deoxycorticosterone, 150 μmol/L NADPH and a compound of each concentration were added to each well, and incubated for 1.5-2 hours at room temperature to produce aldosterone. An amount of the produced aldosterone in the incubated solution was determined by using HTRF (Homogeneous Time Resolved Fluorescence) method.IC 50 (nmol/L) was calculated by analyzing the aldosterone production inhibition rate (%) of each concentration of compounds by non-linear regression to a logistic curve.
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