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Evaluation of a CRE-Directed Luciferase Reporter Gene Assay as an Alternative to Measuring cAMP Accumulation

Department of Biosciences, The University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NJ

Peter J. Bungay

Discovery Biology, Pfizer Central Research, Sandwich, Kent, C713 9NJ

Louise H. Naylor

Department of Biosciences, The University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NJ

A CHO reporter cell line expressing the firefly luciferase gene under the control of six cAMP response elements (CREs) was used to investigate the relationship between cAMP accumulation and cAMP dependent reporter gene expression and therefore, to assess the reporter gene system as an alternative functional assay. Timecourse experiments showed that cAMP accumulation preceded luciferase expression and that longer incubations (>2 h) were required to gain results with the reporter gene system. However, forskolin concentration dose-response studies revealed a 100-fold amplification of the signal measured by luciferase expression compared with direct cAMP accumulation, indicating that the reporter gene system afforded greater sensitivity. EC₅₀ values determined for agonist activation of an inhibitory (5-HTlB-like) G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) were the same, and for a stimulatory GPCR (calcitonin Cla-like) were 10-fold lower, using the reporter gene system compared to cAMP accumulation assays, indicating the suitability of the reporter system for measuring the activity of receptors differentially coupled to the cAMP pathway. The phorbol ester, PMA, and the Ca2+ ionophore, A23187, were able to potentiate forskolin-stimulated luciferase expression but not cAMP accumulation, suggesting that the former could also be used to monitor cross-talk between different signal transduction pathways at the level of gene transcription.

Journal of Biomolecular Screening, Vol. 2, No. 4, 235-240 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/108705719700200408


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