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| | M1 PAM Assay |
| Description: | The assay is designed to select compounds that possess modulator activity at the acetylcholine muscarinic receptor expressed in CHO cells by measuring the intracellular calcium with a Fluorometric Imaging Plate Reader System (FLIPR, Molecular Devices). The assay study the effect of several concentrations of test compounds on basal or acetylcholine-stimulated Ca2+ levels using FLIPR.CHO human M1 are plated the day before the experiments at 2×105 cells/ml in PDL BioCoat 96 well black/clear plate (Becton 35 4640). The cells are grown at 37° C. and 5% CO2 in the following medium: F12 Nut Mix (Gibco 21765), 10% FCS heat inactivated (GIBCO 16000-044), 1% Pen Strep (Gibco, 15140) and 200 μg/ml Geneticin (Gibco 11811). On the day of the experiment, the medium was removed and replaced by 100 μl of dye loading buffer containing Hanks Balanced Salt solution (HBSS, 14065-049, Gibco) with 20 mM HEPES (Gibco 15630-056), 2 mM Probenicid (Sigma P8761), 2 mM Fluo-4AM ester (Molecular Probes F-14202), 10% Pluronic acid Molecular Probes P-3000) pH=7.4 and incubated at 37° C. After 60 minutes extracellular dye was removed and the cells were washed five times with FLIPR buffer containing HBSS (Gibco 14065-049) with 20 mM HEPES (Gibco, 15630-056), 2 mM Probenicid (Sigma P8761) pre-warmed at 37° C. using and Ebml cell washer leaving 100 μl of FLIPR buffer in each well. The cell plate and the diluted compounds (1% DMSO final concentration) are placed on the platform of the FLIPR and the door closed. A signal test to check background fluorescence and basal fluorescence signal is performed. Laser intensity is adjusted if necessary. Two minutes preincubation with the diluted test compounds is provide to determine any agonist activity on the M1 receptor by comparison to 30 nM Acetylcholine control. In order to determine any modulator activity the diluted compounds were added to cells and after two minutes preincubation, the EC20 of acetylcholine is added followed by another two minutes preincubation before the measurement of intracellular Ca2+ with a FLIPR (Molecular Devices). |
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