Assay Report Card

ID: ALA3887981

Type: Binding

Description: Beta2-AR Binding Assay: HEK 293 cells stability transfected with cDNA encoding human beta2-AR (provided by Dr. Brian Kobilka, Stanford Medical Center, Palo Alto, Calif.) were grown in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 0.05% penicillin-streptomycin, and 400 μg/ml G418 as previously described (Pauwels et al., Biochem. Pharmacol. 42: 1683-1689, 1991). The cells were scraped from the 150x25 mm plates and centrifuged at 500xg for 5 minutes. The pellet was homogenized in 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.7, with a Polytron, centrifuged at 27,000xg, and resuspended in the same buffer. The latter process was repeated, and the pellet was resuspended in 25 mM Tris-HCl containing 120 mM NaCl, 5.4 mM KCl, 1.8 mM CaCl2, 0.8 mM MgCl2, and 5 mM glucose, pH 7.4. The binding assays contained 0.3 nM [3H]CGP-12177 in a volume of 1.0 ml. Nonspecific binding was determined by 1 uM propranolol.

Organism: Homo sapiens

Cell type: HEK293