Characterization of P2X4 receptor agonists and antagonists by calcium influx and radioligand binding studies

Autor: Vigneshwaran Namasivayam, Michel Gillard, Ali El-Tayeb, Jürgen Bajorath, Meryem Köse, Sonja Hinz, Aliaa Abdelrahman, Maggi Burton, Anke C. Schiedel, Christa E. Müller, Marc Roger De Ryck
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Biochemical Pharmacology. 125:41-54
ISSN: 0006-2952
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2016.11.016
Popis: Antagonists for ATP-activated P2X4 ion channel receptors are currently in the focus as novel drug targets, in particular for the treatment of neuropathic and inflammatory pain. We stably expressed the human, rat and mouse P2X4 receptors in 1321N1 astrocytoma cells, which is devoid of functional nucleotide receptors, by retroviral transfection, and established monoclonal cell lines. Calcium flux assay conditions were optimized for high-throughput screening resulting in a Z'-factor of >0.8. The application of ready-to-use frozen cells did not negatively affect the results of the calcium assays, which is of great advantage for the screening of compound libraries. Species differences were observed, the rat P2X4 receptor being particularly insensitive to many ATP derivatives. Membrane preparations of the cell lines showed high levels of specific [35S]ATPγS binding with low nonspecific binding (
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