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| | Transactivation Assay |
| Description: | In the presence of an activator (agonist), the melanocortin receptor will activate the cAMP pathway which, via the CRE-Luc vector, will result in the synthesis of luciferase. After the addition of a lysis buffer containing a luminescent substrate for luciferase, it will be possible to measure the luminescence proportional to the degree of activation or of inhibition of the receptor. The products are solubilized at 10 mM in DMSO. They are tested in the form of dose-response at a final DMSO concentration of 0.1%. The range comprising 10 points and one zero begins at 10 μM with 4-fold dilutions. For testing agonists, the products are tested alone. For determining the behaviour of antagonists, the products of interest are tested in the presence of 1 nM NDP-MSH (reference agonist). The cells are seeded at a rate of 5000 cells per well (384 well plate) in serum-free DMEM medium, and incubated overnight at 37° C., 5% CO2.The products and the reference ligand (NDP-MSH) are added the following day, and the plates are again incubated for 6 h at 37° C., 5% CO2. After the addition of lysis buffer containing luciferin, the plates are read on a Top-Count instrument. The results are standardized as % activity using the 100% (cells+NDP-MSH at 10 nM) and 0% (cells alone) controls. An EC50 is calculated for each product using the XLFit software. The results are given in nM. |
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