CHEMBL3887792

Functional Assay: Functional [35S]GTPgammaS binding assays were conducted as follows. ORL-1 membrane solution was prepared by sequentially adding final concentrations of 0.026 ug/ul ORL-1 membrane protein, 10 ug/ml saponin, 3 uM GDP and 0.20 nM [35S]GTPgammaS to binding buffer (100 mM NaCl, 10 mM MgCl2, 20 mM HEPES, pH 7.4) on ice. The prepared membrane solution (190 ul/well) was transferred to 96-shallow well polypropylene plates containing 101 of 20x concentrated stock solutions of agonist/nociceptin prepared in DMSO. Plates were incubated for 30 min at room temperature with shaking. Reactions were terminated by rapid filtration onto 96-well Unifilter GF/B filter plates (Perkin Elmer, Shelton, Conn.) using a 96-well tissue harvester (Packard) and followed by three filtration washes with 200 ul ice-cold binding buffer (10 mM NaH2PO4, 10 mM Na2HPO4, pH 7.4). Filter plates were subsequently dried at 50° C. for 2-3 hours.