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Assay Method Information

Assay Name:  FLIPR Assay
Description:  The agonistic or antagonistic effect of the substances to be tested on the rat-species vanilloid receptor 1 (VR1/TRPV1) can be determined using the following assay. In this assay, the influx of Ca2+ through the receptor channel is quantified with the aid of a Ca2+-sensitive dye (type Fluo-4, Molecular Probes Europe BV, Leiden, the Netherlands) in a fluorescent imaging plate reader (FLIPR, Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, USA).Method:Complete medium: 50 ml HAMS F12 nutrient mixture (Gibco Invitrogen GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany) with10% by volume of FCS (foetal calf serum, Gibco Invitrogen GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany, heat-inactivated);2 mM L-glutamine (Sigma, Munich, Germany);1% by weight of AA solution (antibiotic/antimyotic solution, PAA, Pasching, Austria) and 25 ng/ml NGF medium (2.5 S, Gibco Invitrogen GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany).
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