Biological Background

The Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor (GLP-1R) is a critical target for obesity research and drug discovery, with functional bioassays serving as essential tools for evaluating therapeutic potential. Semaglutide, a leading obesity research tool and breakthrough GLP-1 receptor agonist achieving 15-19% weight loss, represents the gold standard for metabolic therapeutics development.

This bioassay kit serves pharmaceutical companies developing GLP-1 receptor agonist therapies for diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. Applications include drug characterization, lot release testing, stability studies, and neutralizing antibody screening. The ready-to-use format accelerates results.

Eurofins DiscoverX's qualified kit has been optimized with Ozempic® to meet regulatory requirements, providing validated parameters including 97% accuracy, 8.7% repeatability, and 8.5% intermediate precision.

Product Highlights
  • Qualified bioassay with comprehensive validation demonstrating 97% accuracy, 8.7% repeatability, and excellent linearity (R2 = 0.9990)
  • Optimized and qualified with Ozempic® (semaglutide) ensuring reliable potency measurement and neutralizing antibody detection
  • Ready-to-use cryopreserved CHO-K1 cells overexpressing human GLP-1R with EFC detection technology for sensitive results
  • Complete kit includes cells, detection reagents, plating reagent, control agonist (exendin-4), and 96-well assay plates
  • Proven inter-analyst reproducibility and day-to-day consistency with validated dilutional linearity across 50-150% range

cAMP Hunter Semaglutide Assay Principle

In the cAMP Hunter Semaglutide Bioassay Kit, CHO-K1 cells overexpressing human GLP-1R utilize the receptor's natural Gαs coupling to monitor activation. When stimulated by semaglutide, the receptor activates adenylyl cyclase, catalyzing ATP conversion to 3′-5′ cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). The resulting increase in intracellular cAMP is quantified using a homogeneous, gain-of-signal competitive immunoassay based on Enzyme Fragment Complementation (EFC) technology. Signal intensity correlates directly with cellular cAMP levels,greater GLP-1R activation produces higher cAMP concentrations and larger assay signals.

cAMP Hunter Semaglutide assay principle

cAMP Hunter Semaglutide Qualification Data

The Semaglutide qualification data demonstrates comprehensive validation of the cAMP Hunter Semaglutide Bioassay Kit across critical performance parameters.

Validation studies include day-to-day repeatability assessment (8.3-8.4% RSD for signal-to-background and EC50), inter-analyst reproducibility testing, relative potency evaluation across 50-150% nominal concentrations, and dilutional linearity analysis (R2 = 0.9990). Performance metrics demonstrate 97% average recovery, 8.7% repeatability, and 8.5% intermediate precision.

All studies were conducted with Ozempic® and documented by qualified personnel, meeting regulatory specifications for accuracy, precision, and linearity requirements.

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Neutralizing Antibody (NAb) Testing for Semaglutide

Performance metrics below highlight the cAMP Hunter Semaglutide Bioassay's neutralizing antibody screening functionality. The assay enables sensitive, quantitative detection of NAb responses, fundamental for evaluating continued therapeutic benefit and safety monitoring of semaglutide biosimilar therapies.

NAb testing using the cAMP Hunter Semaglutide Bioassay A
NAb testing using the cAMP Hunter Semaglutide Bioassay B
NAb testing using the cAMP Hunter Semaglutide Bioassay. A. Dose-dependent inhibition of semaglutide-driven cAMP production is shown with increasing concentrations of anti-semaglutide neutralizing antibody in pooled human serum. B. Assay robustness is confirmed by consistent detection of anti-semaglutide NAb activity across pooled and individual donor serum samples.