96-well plates at 50 000 per well, allowed to adhere for 6
h, and then serum starved overnight. Previous studies have shown that
maximal stimulation of DOR by SNC-80 is achieved after 5 min.13 (link) Thus, cells were stimulated with ligands for
5 min at 37 °C in 5% CO2. For interaction studies
with BMS-986187, increasing concentrations of SNC-80 and allosteric
ligand were added simultaneously. The reaction was terminated by removal
of media and ligands, and the samples were processed using the AlphaScreen
SureFire p-ERK1/2 kit (PerkinElmer) as per the manufacturer’s
instructions. The fluorescence signal was measured using a Fusion-α
plate reader (PerkinElmer). Data were normalized to the maximal response
elicited by 10% v/v FBS at the same time point.