Description
Description: The Magic Red Caspase 3 & 7 kit uses a quick and easy method to analyze intracellular active caspases in apoptotic cells.
Test Principle: Caspase Magic Red kits measure apoptosis by detecting active caspases in whole, living cells. These kits do not work by using antibodies or as an ELISA. Instead, their methodology is based on a cell-permeable and non-cytotoxic reagent which is cleaved in the presence of caspases to produce a fluorescent product. The Magic Red reagent contains a caspase inhibitor sequence (DEVD)2 linked to a red (Cresyl Violet) fluorescent probe.
The Caspase Magic Red kits are suitable for cells in suspension, adherent cells, thin frozen tissue sections (but not fixed or paraffin-embedded cells) from many species including mammalian, insect and yeast. Different cell types, e.g. Jurkat, HL-60, THP-1, fibroblasts, UMUC-3, MCF-7 and U937 cells have also been successfully studied with these kits.
This kit can be used in fluorescence microscopy or with fluorescence plate readers using black microtitre plates