| Assay Method Information | |
| | Radioligand Binding Assay |
| Description: | Binding at dopamine D2-like receptors was determined using previously described methods. Membranes were prepared from HEK293 cells expressing human D2R, D3R or D4R, grown in a 50:50 mix of DMEM and Ham's F12 culture media, supplemented with 20 mM HEPES, 2 mM L-glutamine, 0.1 mM non-essential amino acids, 1× antibiotic/antimycotic, 10% heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum, and 200 μg/mL hygromycin (Life Technologies, Grand Island, N.Y.) and kept in an incubator at 37° C. and 5% CO2. Upon reaching 80-90% confluence, cells were harvested using pre-mixed Earle's Balanced Salt Solution (EBSS) with 5 μM EDTA (Life Technologies) and centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 10 min at 21° C. The supernatant was removed and the pellet was resuspended in 10 mL hypotonic lysis buffer (5 mM MgCl2.6H2O, 5 mM Tris, pH 7.4 at 4° C.) and centrifuged at 20,000 rpm for 30 min at 4° C. The pellet was then resuspended in fresh EBSS buffer made from 8.7 g/L Earle's Balanced Salts without phenol red (US Biological, Salem, Mass.), 2.2 g/L sodium bicarbonate, pH to 7.4. A Bradford protein assay (Bio-Rad, Hercules, Calif.) was used to determine the protein concentration and membranes were diluted to 500 μg/mL and stored in a −80° C. freezer for later use. |
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