| Assay Method Information | |
| | HEK TOP OncoFlash Assay |
| Description: | In preparation of the assay, the two cell lines were plated 24 hours before beginning the test at 10000 cells per well in a 384 micro titre plate (MTP) in 30 μl growth medium. Before compound testing a dose response curve for the Wnt dependent luciferase expression was recorded by stimulating the assay cell line with human recombinant Wnt-3a (R&D, #5036-WN-010) at different concentrations for 16 hours at 37° C. and 5% CO2 followed by subsequent luciferase measurement, to determine the Wnt-3a EC50 for the HEK293 TOP cell line on the day of testing. The recombinant human Wnt-3a was thereby applied between 2500 and 5 ng/ml in two-fold dilution steps. Selective inhibitory activity for small molecules on the wildtype Wnt pathway was determined after parallel incubation of both (TOP and FOP) HEK293 reporter cell lines with a compound dilution series from 50 μM to 15 nM in steps of 3.16-fold dilutions in CAFTY buffer (130 mM NaCl, 5 mM KCl, 20 mM HEPES, 1 mM MgCl2, 5 mM NaHCO3, pH 7.4) containing 2 mM Ca2+ and 0.01% BSA.The compounds were thereby serially prediluted in 100% DMSO and thereafter 50 fold into the CAFTY compound dilution buffer (described above). From this dilution 10 μl were added in combination with the EC50 concentration of recombinant Wnt3a to the cells in 30 μl growth medium and incubated for 16 hours at 37° C. and 5% CO2. Thereafter luciferase assay buffer (1:1 mixture of luciferase substrate buffer (20 mM Tricine, 2.67 mM MgSO4, 0.1 mM EDTA, 4 mM DTT, 270 μM Coenzyme A, 470 μM Luciferin, 530 μM ATP, ph adjusted to pH 7.8 with a sufficient volume of 5M NaOH) and Triton buffer (30 ml Triton X-100, 115 ml glycerol, 308 mg Dithiothreitol, 4.45 g Na2HPO4. 2H2O, 3.03 g TRIS HCl (CAS Number 1185-53-1), ad 1I H2O, pH 7.8) was added in an equal volume to determine luciferase expression as a measure of Wnt signaling activity in a luminometer. The Wnt inhibitory activity was determined as IC50 of resulting dose response curves. |
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