| Assay Method Information | |
| | Beta-Arrestin Recruitment (Tango) Assay |
| Description: | Recruitment of β-arrestin to agonist-stimulated D2 receptors was performed using a previously described Tango-type assay (Barnea et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105:64 (2008)). Briefly, HTLA cells stably expressing β-arrestin-TEV protease and a tetracycline transactivator-driven luciferase were plated in 15-cm dishes in DMEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum and transfected (via calcium phosphate) with 20 μg of a D2V2-TCS-tTA construct (Barnea et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105:64 (2008)). The next day, cells were plated in white, clear-bottom, 384-well plates (Greiner, 10,000 cells/well, 50 μl/well) in DMEM containing 1% dialyzed fetal bovine serum. The following day, the cells were challenged with 10 μl/well of reference agonist (6 μM) or D2 test ligand (6 μM)±reference agonist prepared in HBS, 20 mM HEPES, pH 7.4, 18% DMSO (final ligand concentrations were 1 μM, final DMSO concentration was 3%). |
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