Assay Method Information | |
| Functional Uptake Assay (rDAT) |
Description: | Quantification of dopamine uptake was performed using synaptosomes isolated in a 0.32 M sucrose buffer from a male Wistar rat striatum. The uptake of radiolabelled dopamine by synaptosomes (20 ug of proteins/point) was allowed by incubating them for 15 minutes at 37° C. in the presence of test compounds and [3H]-dopamine (0.1 uCi/point). The experiment was performed in a deep well. Synaptosomes and [3H]-dopamine were prepared in a Krebs buffer pH 7.4 containing 25 mM NaHCO3, 11 mM glucose and 50 uM ascorbic acid. This incubation buffer was oxygenated for 5 minutes before incubation. Basal control was incubated for 15 minutes at 4° C. in order to avoid any uptake. Following this incubation, the uptake was stopped by filtration through a unifilter 96-wells GFB Packard plate washed with Krebs buffer containing 25 mM NaHCO3 in order to eliminate free [3H]-dopamine. The radioactivity associated to the synaptosomes retained onto the unifilter corresponding to the uptake was then measured with a microplate scintillation counter (Topcount, Packard) using a scintillation fluid. |
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