| Assay Method Information | |
| | BACE1 and BACE2 Biochemical Competitive Radioligand Binding Assay |
| Description: | To explore the BACE1 versus BACE2 enzyme selectivity, the binding affinity (Ki) to the respective purified enzymes was determined in a competitive radioligand binding assay, i.e. in competition with a tritiated non-selective BACE1/BACE 2 inhibitor. Briefly in test tubes, compounds of interest were combined with the radioligand and the BACE1 or BACE2-containing HEK 293 derived membrane. The competitive binding reaction was performed at pH 6.2 and incubated at room temperature until the equilibrium was reached. Afterwards free radioligand was separated from bound radioligand by filtration with a Brandell 96 harvester. The filter was washed 4 times with washing buffer and the filter sheets were punched into scintillation vials. Ultima Gold scintillation cocktail was added and samples were shaken. The day after, the vials were counted in a Tricarb scintillation counter to obtain the disintegrations per minute (dpm) of the bound radioligand.Calculating the % CTL=(sample/HC)*100, with HC being the high control, i.e. total binding of radioligand, allowed to fit curves through the data points of the different doses of test compound. |
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