Millipore′s Ready-to-Assay GPCR frozen cells are designed for simple, rapid calcium assays with no requirement for intensive cell culturing. Millipore has optimized the freezing conditions to provide cells with high viability and functionality post-thaw. The user simply thaws the cells and resuspends them in media, dispenses cell suspension into assay plates and, following over night recovery, assays for calcium response.

Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), a 28 amino acid peptide originally isolated by its vasodilation activity, binds to two class B GPCRs, VPAC1 and VPAC2, to exert its functions in the CNS, vasculature, immune system and adrenal medulla (Harmar et al., 1998). In the immune system, VIP is synthesized by mast cells and lymphocytes, and appears to inhibit inflammation and to shift the immune response toward a Th2 pathway (Delgado et al., 2004). In the heart, VIP is expressed by nerve fibers, where it modulates heart rate, and coronary blood flow (Henning and Sawmiller, 2001). Millipore′s cloned human VPAC1-expressing cell line is made in the Chem-1 host, which supports high levels of recombinant VPAC1 expression on the cell surface and contains high levels of the promiscuous G protein Gα15 to couple the receptor to the calcium signaling pathway. Thus, the cell line is an ideal tool for screening for agonists, antagonists and modulators at VPAC1.

Pack contains 2 vials of mycoplasma-free cells, 1 ml per vial. Fifty (50) mL of Media Component.

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