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. 2014 Mar 25;9(3):e90766. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090766

Table 1. Assay Protocol.

Step Parameter Value Description*
1 Reagent 6 µl 2000 cells/well in 6 µl/well DMEM with 10% FBS, 1× Penicillin/Streptomycin, 0.5 mg/ml G418
2 Incubation 16–24 hr 37°C, 5% CO2, 95% humidity
3 Aspirate −5 µl Leave 1 µl residual
4 Reagent 5 µl DPBS, 1 mM CaCl2, 0.5 mM MgCl2, 0.05% BSA, 0.005% Tween 20
5 Aspirate −4 µl Leave 2 µl residual
6 Compound 23 nl Columns 1–4 controls, columns 5–48 compounds
7 Reagent 1 µl 300 µM Ro-20174 in DMEM (no phenol) 10% FBS
8 Incubation 30 min 37°C, 5% CO2, 95% humidity
9 Reagent 1 µl HTRF kit: cAMP-d2 in lysis buffer
10 Reagent 1 µl HTRF kit: anti-cAMP-K in lysis buffer
11 Incubation 30 min Room temperature
12 Detection EnVision plate reader; HTRF mode (excitation at 320 nM, and emission at 615 nm and 665 nm)

*See Materials and Methods for more details, definitions, and non-standard abbreviations. Ro-20174 = 4-(3-Butoxy-4-methoxybenzoyl)-2-imidazolidine, HTRF = homogeneous time resolved fluorescence.