| Assay Method Information | |
| | Selectivity on hERG Channel |
| Description: | Confirmation of interaction with the potassium channels of the compounds of the invention listed in the following Table 1 and of the comparison compound C was made by means of the automated whole-cell patch clamp test described in Mathes, C. (2006), Expert Opin. Ther. Targets, 10 (2): 230-241 using the recombinant human cell line CHO-K1, which stably expresses the hERG ion channel.The IC50 values (concentration causing a half maximal inhibition of control specific activity) were determined at five concentrations ranging from 100 μM to 10 nM with ten-fold dilutions in duplicate.The degree of inhibition (%) was obtained by measuring the tail current amplitude, which is induced by a one second test pulse to −40 mV after a two second pulse to +20 mV, before and after drug incubation (the difference current was normalized to control and multiplied by 100 to obtain the percent of inhibition). Concentration (log) response curves were fitted to a logistic equation (three parameters assuming complete block of the current at very high test compound concentrations) to generate estimates of the 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50). |
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