title: Ratiometric Ca+2 measurement in human recombinant muscarinic receptor subtypes using the Flexstation scanning fluorometer.
abstract: In modern drug discovery, numerous assay formats are available to screen and quantitate receptor-ligand interactions. Radioactive assays are "gold standard" because they are fast, easy, and reproducible; however, they are hazardous, produce radioactive waste, require special lab conditions, and are expensive on a large scale. Thus, it provides a lot of importance to the "mix & measure" assays that have an optical readout. Fluorescence techniques are likely to be among the most important detection approaches used for high throughput screening due to their high sensitivity and amenability to automation. The aim of the present study was to determine the functional antagonistic affinities of standard muscarinic antagonists in CHO cells over expressing m1, m3, and m5 receptors and to compare them with the respective binding affinities. This study was further extended to elucidate that Ca+2 measurement assays can serve as a functional screening tool for GPCRs. For this purpose, standard muscarinic receptor antagonists, namely, tolterodine, oxybutynin, and atropine were used. We determined and compared the IC50 values of these three standard inhibitors in fura 2 AM loaded m1, m3, and m5 overexpressing CHO cells and in radioligand binding assay. Both the assays exhibited comparable rank order potencies of the standard inhibitors. This study suggests that Ca+2 mobilization assays can be an alternate to radioligand binding assays.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, Udyog Vihar, India. suman.gupta@ranbaxy.com
authors.forename: Suman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Rakesh Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Kamna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Mou
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Atul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.forename: Sindhuja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sundaram
authors.forename: Dikshi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chugh
authors.forename: Sunanda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dastidar
authors.forename: Abhijit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ray
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D016466:CHO Cells; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis*; D003408:Cresols / Q000494:pharmacology; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D005453:Fluorescence; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000494:pharmacology; D005470:Fluorometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D016257:Fura-2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008333:Mandelic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010665:Phenylpropanolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D043643:Receptor, Muscarinic M1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D043587:Receptor, Muscarinic M3 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D043642:Receptor, Muscarinic M5 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D012602:Scopolamine Derivatives / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D000068737:Tolterodine Tartrate; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D003408:Cresols; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008333:Mandelic Acids; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists; D043643:Receptor, Muscarinic M1; D043587:Receptor, Muscarinic M3; D043642:Receptor, Muscarinic M5; D012602:Scopolamine Derivatives; C049925:fura-2-am; D010665:Phenylpropanolamine; D000068737:Tolterodine Tartrate; D001285:Atropine; C005419:oxybutynin; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2