CHO cells (10⁵) are seeded in each well of a 24-well culture plate and subcultured. Three days later, the medium is exchanged with 250 μL/well Hanks' balanced salt solution containing 0.1 mM 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, pH 7.4. The cells are incubated with each compound (isoproterenol, Mirabegron, BRL37344, and CL316,243 at final concentrations of 10^-10 to 10^-4 M) for 10 min at 37°C, after which incubation is stopped by the addition of 250 μL of 0.2 M HCl. cAMP concentration in the reaction mixture is measured by radioimmunoassay using an ¹²⁵I-cAMP assay system using a gamma counter. Fifty microliters of reaction mixture is incubated with 50 μL of succinyl agent for 10 min at room temperature, after which the reaction is stopped by the addition of 400 μL of buffer solution. Fifty microliters of succinylated sample is incubated with 50 μL of ¹²⁵I-cAMP and 50 μL of anti-cAMP antibody for 24 h at 4°C. At the end of the incubation period, 250 μL of charcoal suspension is added and centrifuged for 10 min at 2800g at 4°C. Two hundred and fifty microliters of supernatant is transferred into a tube and counted for 1 min using a gamma counter. The intrinsic activity (I.A.) relative to isoproterenol for each β-adrenoceptor agonist is calculated using the maximal response of each compound^[1].

MCE has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.

Rats^[1]
Male (350 to 400 g) and female (225 to 290 g) Wistar rats are used. The free-form doses of 0.03, 0.1, 0.3, 1 and 3 mg/kg for Mirabegron and 0.0272, 0.0907, 0.272, 0.907, and 2.72 mg/kg for oxybutynin are used in this study.

MCE has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.

• [1]. Takasu T, et al. Effect of (R)-2-(2-aminothiazol-4-yl)-4'-{2-[(2-hydroxy-2-phenylethyl)amino]ethyl} acetanilide (YM178), a novel selective beta3-adrenoceptor agonist, on bladder function. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2007 May;321(2):642-7.  [Content Brief]