| Cell based receptor autophosphorylation assays |
Autophosphorylation of PDGFR family kinase assays are cell-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent (ELISA) assays using CHO cells expressing wild-type PDGFRβ, chimeric protein PDGFRβ/c-Kit, and PDGFRβ/Flt3 which contain the extracellular and transmembrane domains of PDGFRβ and the cytoplasmic domain of c-Kit, and Flt-3. Cells are grown to confluency in 96-well microtiter plates under standard tissue culture conditions, followed by serum starvation for 16 hours. Briefly, quiescent cells are incubated at 37 °C with increasing concentrations of Tandutinib for 30 minutes followed by the addition of 8 nM PDGF-BB for 10 minutes. Cells are lysed in 100 mM Tris, pH 7.5, 750 mM NaCl, 0.5% Triton X-100, 10 mM sodium pyrophosphate, 50 mM NaF, 10 μg/mL aprotinin, 10 μg/mL leupeptin, 1 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, 1 mM sodium vanadate, and the lysate is cleared by centrifugation at 15,000g for 5 minutes. Clarified lysates are transferred into a second microtiter plate in which the wells are previously coated with 500 ng/well of 1B5B11 anti-PDGFRβ mAb and then incubated for 2 hours at room temperature. After washing three times with binding buffer (0.3% gelatin, 25 mM HEPES, pH 7.5, 100 mM NaCl, 0.01% Tween 20), 250 ng/mL of rabbit polyclonal anti-phosphotyrosine antibody is added and plates are incubated at 37 °C for 60 minutes. Subsequently, each well is washed three times with binding buffer and incubated with 1 μg/mL of horseradish peroxidase-conjugated anti-rabbit antibody at 37 °C for 60 minutes. Wells are washed prior to adding 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), and the rate of substrate formation is monitored at 650 nm. |
