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Screen Quest™ Membrane Potential Assay Kit *Orange Fluorescence*
Membrane potential is the difference in voltage between the interior and exterior of a cell. The membrane potential allows a cell to function as a battery, providing power to operate a variety of "molecular devices" embedded in the membrane. In electrically excitable cells such as neurons, membrane potential is used for transmitting signals between different parts of a cell. Opening or closing of ion channels at one point in the membrane produces a local change in the membrane potential, which causes electric current to flow rapidly to other points in the membrane. Ion channels have been identified as important drug discovery targets. Our Screen Quest™ Membrane Potential Assay Kit is a homogeneous assay with fast read time. It uses our proprietary long wavelength membrane potential indicator to detect the membrane potential change that is caused by the opening and closing of the ion channels. The red fluorescence of the membrane potential indicator used in the kit has enhanced fluorescence upon entering cells and minimizes the interferences resulted from the screening compounds and/or cellular autofluorescence.
Example protocol
AT A GLANCE
- Prepare cells in growth medium
- Add MP dye working solution
- Incubate for 30 to 60 minutes at room temperature
- Monitor the fluorescence change before and after the addition of membrane potential altering compounds
PREPARATION OF STOCK SOLUTION
Unless otherwise noted, all unused stock solutions should be divided into single-use aliquots and stored at -20 °C after preparation. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
1. Assay Buffer stock solution (1X):
Add 1 mL of 10X Assay Buffer (Component B) into 9 mL of HHBS (Component C, not included in Cat no. 36001) and mix well. Note: 10 mL of 1X Assay Buffer is enough for 1 plate.
PREPARATION OF WORKING SOLUTION
Add 15 uL of MP Sensor (Component A) into 10 mL of 1X Assay Buffer stock solution and mix well. This working solution is stable for at least two hours at room temperature.
For guidelines on cell sample preparation, please visit
https://www.aatbio.com/resources/guides/cell-sample-preparation.html
SAMPLE EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL
- Add 100 µL/well (96-well plate) or 25 µL/well (384-well plate) MP dye working solution into the cell plate. Note: If your screening compounds interfere with growth medium and serum factors, then replace the growth medium with equal volume of HHBS buffer before adding the MP dye working solution. Alternatively, cells can be grown in serum-free conditions. Note: Do NOT wash the cells after dye loading
- Incubate the working solution plate in a cell incubator for 30 minutes. Note: In some cases, incubation at room temperature for 30 to 60 min may work better.
- Prepare the compound plates by using HHBS or your desired buffer.
- Run the membrane potential assay by monitoring the fluorescence at Ex/Em = 530/570 nm before and after the addition of compounds using the built in liquid handler in fluorescent microplate reader. Note: It is important to run the signal test before your experiment. Different instruments have their own intensity range. Adjust the signal test intensity to the level of 10% to 15% of the maximum instrument intensity counts. For example, the maximum fluorescence intensity count for FLIPR-384 is 65,000, so the instrument settings should be adjusted to have its signal test intensity around 7,000 to 10,000.
References
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Journal: J Immunol Methods (2009): 154
A novel high-throughput screening assay for HCN channel blocker using membrane potential-sensitive dye and FLIPR
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Journal: J Biomol Screen (2009): 1119
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Journal: J Biomol Screen (2009): 1119
A high-capacity membrane potential FRET-based assay for the sodium-coupled glucose co-transporter SGLT1
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A high-throughput assay for evaluating state dependence and subtype selectivity of Cav2 calcium channel inhibitors
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