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21. HEK293T cells expressing the human cloned histamine H3 receptor were
harvested in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and pelleted by centrifugation at
1000g for 5 min at 4 °C and membranes were prepared by homogenizing the
cell pellets in ice-cold 50 mM Tris–HCl buffer, pH 7.4 and 0.5 mM EDTA for
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resuspended in 50 mM Tris–HCl buffer, pH 7.4 at
approximately 1 mg protein/mL, and were stored at -70 °C until use.
a concentration of
Receptor binding studies were carried out on these membranes in 50 mM
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Tris–HCl buffer, pH 7.4, at room temperature. Assays consisted of 100
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(30 g of protein/well). Nonspecific binding was determined in the presence of
lL of
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10 mM clobenpropit. The experiments were terminated by rapid filtration
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then the filters were washed with ice-cold buffer (50 mM Tris–HCl). Filters
were dried and then 25 lL of Microscint 20 was added to each well.
Radioactivity was determined by liquid scintillation spectrometry using a
Packard TopCount.
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washed twice with PBS (Ca2+/Mg2+-free) containing 500
l
M IBMX. Cells were
detached, by gentle tapping, and resuspended in the same buffer. 2000 cells/
well were incubated with histamine, 10 forskolin and test
compounds (0.03 nM–10 M) in a total volume of 30 L in 96-well plates for
Figure 3. Novel object recognition in rats after ip dosing of the H3R antagonist (S)-
6n. *p <0.03; **p <0.005.
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ma exposure and demonstrated efficacy in both the water intake
and novel object recognition rat models.
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TopCount. Data were analyzed using Prizm.
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