Great Assay For Quick Cell Viability Check At Higher Throughput

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Company:

Promega

Product Name:

Cell Titer-Glo Luminescent Cell Viability Assay

Catalog Number:

G7572

This was a great kit to use if you are screening for stressors or drugs to effect cell viability. It is quick and easy and you just need a plate reader!

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Cell Viability Assay

Starting Material

PC12 cells

Protocol Overview

Culture your cells in 96 or 384 well format. Equilibrate to RT for a few minutes and add the Cell Titer Glo Reagent to the plate (volume equal to the amount of media in plate). Shake for 2 minutes. Incubate 10 minutes. Measure luminescence via plate reader.

Tips

Easy! Helps to have fast orbital shaker - 3000+ rpm to induce cell lysis.

Results Summary

The plate reader will spit out the luminescence readings per well. The higher the reading the more live cells you have per well. We take the readings and subtract the background of a well without cells in it, only media and reagent. It is also good to have a positive and negative control to see your extremes, and all the other samples should lie in the middle.

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Summary

The Good

Fast and easy!

The Bad

Does not work well if you are expecting small changes as there is variability between replicates

The Bottom Line

Definitely use this kit if you need a cell viability assay. Its very easy and only takes ~15 minutes total!

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