Assay Method Information

Assay Name:  In Vitro Assay
Description:  Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells expressing the human orexin-1 receptor and the human orexin-2 receptor, respectively, are grown in culture medium (Ham F-12 with L-Glutamine) containing 300 ug/ml G418, 100 U/ml penicillin, 100 ug/ml streptomycin and 10% heat inactivated fetal calf serum (FCS). The cells are seeded at 20'000 cells/well into 384-well black clear bottom sterile plates (Greiner). The seeded plates are incubated overnight at 37 C. in 5% CO2.Human orexin-A as an agonist is prepared as 1 mM stock solution in MeOH: water (1:1), diluted in HBSS containing 0.1% bovine serum albumin (BSA), NaHCO3: 0.375 g/l and 20 mM HEPES for use in the assay at a final concentration of 3 nM.Antagonists are prepared as 10 mM stock solution in DMSO, then diluted in 384-well plates using DMSO followed by a transfer of the dilutions into in HBSS containing 0.1% bovine serum albumin (BSA), NaHCO3: 0.375 g/l and 20 mM HEPES. On the day of the assay, 50 ul of staining buffer.
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