Membranes are mixed with radioactive ligand and unlabeled competitor (see Figures 1 and 2 for concentrations tested) in binding buffer in a nonbinding 96-well plate, and incubated for 1-2 h. Prior to filtration, an FC 96-well harvest plate (Millipore cat. # MAHF C1H) is coated with 0.33% polyethyleneimine for 30 min, then washed with 50mM HEPES, pH 7.4. Binding reaction is transferred to the filter plate, and washed 3 times (1 mL per well per wash) with Wash Buffer. The plate is dried and counted.
Binding buffer: 50 mM Hepes, pH 7.4, 5 mM MgCl2, 4 mM CaCl2, 0.5 mM Ascorbic Acid filtered and stored at 4°C
Radioligand: [3H]-5-Carboxamidotryptamine (Perkin Elmer #:NET1071)
Wash Buffer: 50 mM Hepes, pH 7.4, 5 mM MgCl2, 4 mM CaCl2, 0.5 mM Ascorbic Acid, filtered and stored at 4°C.
One package contains enough membranes for at least 200 assays (units), where an unit is the amount of membrane that will yield greater than 3-fold signal:background with 3H-labeled 5-carboxamidotryptamine at 30.0 nM.