Korea). The cloning vector (pGEMT-T easy) was purchased from Promega (Madison,
WI, USA). The pcDNA3 expression vector, pCMV-ARMS1-PK2 expression vector,
Freestyle MAX reagent, FreeStyle CHO-suspension (CHO-S) cells and AssayComplete
medium were purchased from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA, USA). The PathHunter
Parental CHO-K1 cell line expressing β-arrestin 2 was
purchased from DiscoveRx (San Diego, CA, USA). The pCORON1000 SP VSV-G-tag
expression vector was purchased from Amersham Biosciences (Piscataway, NJ, USA).
The PMSG-ELISA kit was purchased from DRG International (Mountainside, NJ, USA).
Restriction enzymes and DNA ligation reagents were purchased from Takara Bio
(Shiga, Japan). Fetal bovine serum (FBS) was obtained from HyClone Laboratories
(Logan, UT, USA). The cAMP Dynamic 2 immunoassay kit was purchased from Cisbio
(Codolet, France). CHO-K1 cells and HEK 293 cells were obtained from the Korean
Cell Line Bank (KCLB, Seoul, Korea). The QIAprep-Spin plasmid kit was purchased
from Qiagen (Hilden, Germany). All other reagents were obtained from
Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA).