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HTS087RTA Ready-to-Assay™ α1A Adrenergic Receptor Frozen Cells

Human alpha1A GPCR frozen cells for Calcium Flux FLIPR Assays.

Ready-to-Assay™ α1A Adrenergic Receptor Frozen Cells MSDS (material safety data sheet) or SDS, CoA and CoQ, dossiers, brochures and other available documents.
Host Cell: Chem-1 Entrez Gene Number: NM_000680
HTS087RTA
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SpeciesHost CellsProtein Target
Human Chem-1alpha1A
Description
Catalogue NumberHTS087RTA
Trade Name
  • Ready-to-Assay
DescriptionReady-to-Assay™ α1A Adrenergic Receptor Frozen Cells
Background InformationMillipore’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.

The endogenous catecholamines, epinephrine and norepinephrine have profound effects on smooth muscle activity, cardiac function, carbohydrate and fat metabolism, hormone secretion, neurotransmitter release, and central nervous system actions. These activities are mediated by GPCRs belonging to two subfamilies, the - and -adrenoceptors (Bylund et al., 1994). The three members of the α1 subclass of adrenoceptors, α1A, α1B and α1D, couple to Gq, and promote contraction of vascular and urinary tract smooth muscle, relaxation of intestinal smooth muscle, increased contractile force in the heart, and glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis in the liver. The different subtypes have overlapping distributions and variably contribute to these effects depending on species and tissue; the α1A subtype plays a prominent role in urogenital smooth muscle contraction and renal artery contraction (Hrometz et al., 1999; Ruffolo and Hieble, 1999). Activation of α1 adrenoceptors also influences cell proliferation; α1A inhibits cell growth by arresting progression at the G1/S transition (Shibata et al., 2003). The α1A subtype undergoes alternative splicing to generate four variants that differ at their C-termini, although these variants appear to be functionally identical (Chang et al., 1998). Millipore’s cloned human α1A -expressing cell line is made in the Chem-1 host, which supports high levels of recombinant α1A expression on the cell surface for functional detection via the calcium signaling pathway. Thus, the cell line is an ideal tool for screening agonists, antagonists and modulators at α1A adrenergic receptors.
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Components
  • Pack contains 2 vials of mycoplasma-free cells, 1 ml per vial.
  • Fifty (50) mL of Media Component.
Detection methodFluorescent
Quality LevelMQ100
Applications
ApplicationHuman alpha1A GPCR frozen cells for Calcium Flux FLIPR Assays.
Key Applications
  • Calcium Flux Assays
Biological Information
Entrez Gene Number
GPCR ClassA
Host CellsChem-1
Protein Targetalpha1A
Target Sub-FamilyAdrenergic
Cell Line Type
  • GPCR Cell Lines
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Product Usage Statements
Usage Statement
  • This product contains genetically modified organisms (GMO). Within the EU GMOs are regulated by Directives 2001/18/EC and 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and their national implementation in the member States respectively. This legislation obliges Merck to request certain information about you and the establishment where the GMOs are being handled. Click here for Enduser Declaration (EUD) Form.
  • Unless otherwise stated in our catalog or other company documentation accompanying the product(s), our products are intended for research use only and are not to be used for any other purpose, which includes but is not limited to, unauthorized commercial uses, in vitro diagnostic uses, ex vivo or in vivo therapeutic uses or any type of consumption or application to humans or animals.
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Material Size1 kit
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Catalogue Number GTIN
HTS087RTA 04053252481499

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