| Assay Method Information | |
| | Cytokine Assays |
| Description: | Cytokine inhibitory activity is determined by measuring the effect of test agent on the release of the cytokines IL-4, IL-13 and IFNγ from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) stimulated with the T-cell mitogen phytohemagglutinin-L (PHA-L). At the time of assay, human PBMCs (Astarte Biologics) are removed from cryopreservation, thawed quickly at 37° C., diluted in assay medium (RPMI-Gibco 1640 medium, 10% heat inactivated fetal bovine serum (HIFBS), 2 mM glutamine and 10 mM HEPES pH 7.4) and then centrifuged at 250×g for 5 minutes. The resulting cell pellet is re-suspended in assay medium to a concentration of approximately 5×106 cells/mL and 50 μL of this cell suspension (approximately 250,000 cells) is added to each well of a 384-well cell culture microtiter plate (Perkin Elmer). Varying concentrations of test compound are then diluted in assay medium and added to the assay plate wells in a volume of 25 μL. After −10 minutes at room temperature (21° C.) the cells are stimulated by the addition of 25 μL of PHA-L (14 μg/mL; Millipore) and the assay plate is placed in an incubator at 37° C. in a humidified environment in 5% carbon dioxide. The final assay conditions are approximately 250,000 human PBMCs per well in assay medium containing 3.5 μg/mL PHA-L and the indicated final concentration of test compound (approximately 10 μM to 9.5 μM by 4-fold dilution). The final concentration of DMSO in the assay is approximately 0.25%. After 48 hours, the assay plate is removed from the incubator and centrifuged at 250×g for 5 minutes. A portion of the resulting cell supernatant is then used to determine the amount of IL-4, IL-13 and IFNγ in each well. Cytokine measurements are made using human IL-4, IL-13 or IFNγ HTRF assay kits (CisBio) following the manufacturer's assay protocol. The concentrations and resulting effect values for tested compounds are plotted and the concentration of compound required for 50% effect (IC50) is determined with a four-parameter logistic dose response equation (E-WorkBook, ID Business Solutions Ltd.). |
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