Assay Method Information

Assay Name:  Cellular gamma-Secretase Assay
Description:  Human neuroglioma H4 cells overexpressing human APP695 with the Swedish double mutation (K595N/M596L) were plated at 30,000 cells/well/100 μl in 96-well plates in IMDM media containing 10% FCS, 0.2 mg/l Hygromycin B and incubated at 37° C., 5% CO2.3-4 hr post plating, compounds are a diluted in media and 50 μl is added as 1.5-fold concentrate to achieve the final concentration. Compound incubation is performed for 24 hr. Final doses typically range from 4 μM down to 0.0013 μM in half-log steps resulting in a eight point dose response curve. Appropriate controls using vehicle only and reference compound were applied to this assay. The final concentration of Me2SO was 0.4%.After incubation at 37° C., 5% CO2, the supernatant was subjected to quantification of secreted Aβ42 by the means of an AlphaLisa assay kit (Human Amyloid beta 1-42 Kit: Cat # AL203C, Perkin Elmer). 20 μl of the cell culture supernatant was transferred to an assay plate. Then 10 μl of a mixture of the AlphaLisa coupled capture antibody and the biotinylated detection antibody was added and incubated for 3 hours at room temperature while softly shaking the assay plate. After a further addition of 20 μl of the Donor beads the assay plate was incubated for 30 min at room temperature and constant shaking without exposure to direct light. The assay plate was then read on a Paradigm AlphaLisa Reader using the build-in program with excitation at 680 nm and emission at 570 nm.
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