FreeStyle MAX reagent, FreeStyle CHO expression medium, pCMV-ARMS1-PK2
expression vector, antibiotics, and AssayComplete medium were purchased from
Invitrogen Corporation (San Diego, CA, USA). The following reagents and
materials were also used: restriction enzymes and a DNA ligation kit (Takara,
Tokyo, Japan); CHO cells (Japanese Cancer Research Resources Bank, Tokyo,
Japan); and Ham's F-12 medium, Opti-MEM I, serum-free CHO-S-SFM II,
Geneticine, and Lipofectamine 2000 (Gibco BRL, Grand Island, NY, USA). Fetal
bovine serum (FBS) was obtained from Hyclone Laboratories (Logan, UT, USA).
Pro-PrepTM protein-extraction solution was obtained from Intron
Biotechnology (Seoul, Korea). Lumi-Light western blot kit was purchased from
Roche (Basel, Switzerland). PathHunter CHO-K1 β-arrestin Parental cell
line was obtained from DiscoveRx (San Diego, CA, USA). Disposable spinner flasks
and grass flasks were obtained from Corning Incorporated (NY, USA). The cAMP
Dynamic 2 immunoassay kit was purchased from Cisbio Bioassay (Codolet, France).
All other reagents used were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich Corp (St. Louis, MO,
USA). The oligonucleotides used in this study were synthesized by Genotech
(Daejon, Korea).