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A CE assay for the detection of agonist-stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity
Authors:Cunliffe Jennifer M  Whorton Matthew R  Sunahara Roger K  Kennedy Robert T
Institution:Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA. rtkenn@umich.edu
Abstract:A CE assay was developed for the detection of adenylyl cyclase (AC) activity stimulated at the AC and G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) level. In the assay, cell membranes overexpressing GPCR and/or AC were incubated with modulators and substrate ATP to produce cAMP in a dose-dependent manner. In both the CE-UV and a radiochemical assay, the addition of forskolin (FSK) resulted in a two- to three-fold maximum increase in AC activity with EC50s of 4.2 +/- 0.7 and 2.4 +/- 0.7 microM, respectively, demonstrating that similar results were obtained by both assays. GPCR activation was also detected using cell membranes overexpressing AC and the beta2-adrenergic receptor (beta2AR) fused to the stimulatory G protein. Terbutaline (beta2AR agonist) increased the basal rate of cAMP formation 1.7 +/- 0.1-fold resulting in an EC50 of 62 +/- 10 nM. The assay's ability to detect antagonists is demonstrated by the expected right-shifted EC50 of terbutaline by the beta2AR antagonist propranolol. The CE-UV assay offers advantages over the traditional radioactivity assay in terms of safety and labor.
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