HitHunter Calcium No WashPLUS Assay Principle
HitHunter Calcium No Wash
PLUS Assay Principle. The esterified (inactive) calcium dye (probe) penetrates the cell membrane and becomes active once inside the cell. The active form of the dye becomes fluorescent after binding to intracellular calcium. Additive A is added to prevent the dye from being released out from the cell. Ligand binding stimulates GPCR activation, resulting in release of intracellular calcium stores from the ER, which leads to an increase in fluorescence in the presence of the activated calcium dye.
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HitHunter Calcium No WashPLUS Assay
Coelenterazine H -- All aequorin-based luminescence assays require addition of a coelenterazine substrate. DiscoverX offers an optimized form called Coelenterazine H. This derivative of native coelenterazine is significantly more sensitive to calcium and provides enhanced performance in aequorin-based luminescent HTS calcium assays.
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HitHunter Calcium No WashPLUS Assay Highlights
- Single step, HTS friendly no wash protocol assay to use with native Gq-coupled PathHunter® cell lines
- Large assay windows, larger dynamic range, and improved signal and performance over FLUO-3
- Multiplex with β-Arrestin recruitment using the same cell line and the same well for multiple readouts
Uncover Unique Pharmacologies, Rank-Order Leads, and Analyze Calcium Flux
Potency and rank order of five Histamine H1 receptor antagonists as assessed by calcium signaling using the HitHunter Calcium No Wash
PLUS kit. Rank order is consistent with affinity data reported for these antagonists in the IUPHAR database. Data kindly provided by Dr. Thierry Calmels at BioProjet Biotech, France.
The small molecule MDL29,951 induces a concentration-dependent agonistic response in calcium signaling after binding to the orphan GPCR, GPR17.
Calcium and ß-Arrestin Detection in the Same Well
DiscoverX offers G
q-coupled β-arrestin targets as clonal cell lines or ready-to-use kits, to monitor intracellular calcium flux in real time, followed by the recruitment of β-arrestin in the same cell line or in a single well. This HTS-compatible duplexed assay increases your screening capabilities, removes challenges of running multiple assays, reduces data complexity, and provides significant cost savings and time efficiencies.
Naturally G
q-coupled PathHunter β-arrestin cell line expressing the Bradykinin B1 Receptor (BDKRB1) was first monitored for calcium mobilization using the HitHunter Calcium No Wash
PLUS Kit as a fluorescent readout. β-Arrestin recruitment was then analyzed in the same well using PathHunter Detection Reagents. This duplexed assay provides a simple and efficient approach for measuring different signaling pathways for the same GPCR and defining potency ranking of GPCR modulators.