Immobilized nicotinic receptor stationary phases: going with the flow in high-throughput screening and pharmacological studies.
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subtypes alpha3beta4-nAChR and alpha4beta2-nAChR have been immobilized and the resulting stationary phases used to determine binding affinities. The alpha3beta4-nAChR column was coupled to a C(18) column and a mixture of 18 compounds was sorted into ligands and non-ligands for the alpha3beta4-nAChR. The results demonstrate that the nAChR stationary phases can be used for on-line high-throughput screening (HTS).
Moaddel
Ruin
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Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224-6825, USA.
Wainer
Irving W
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D000818:Animals; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic