Highly Sensitive Metabolic Assay Equipment

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Company:

Seahorse Bioscience

Product Name:

XF24 Extracellular Flux Analyzer & Prep Station

Catalog Number:

XF24

Our lab conducts research on a number of cancers, and our research often includes an analysis of the metabolic effects of various mutations, compounds, and genotypes upon cell lines. We used the XF24 analyzer to demonstrate a difference in metabolic response by renal cell carcinoma cell lines in response to several MEK inhibitor compounds. In particular, we selected this machine because of its highly sensitive readout and ability to run 24 samples at once.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

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Optimize over and over. Average across multiple runs, and run samples in quadruplicate as opposed to triplicate. Also, double-check that everything was injected from the cartridge in each well...also count cells or spec protein in each well afterwards to normalize the data.

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The Good

Extremely sensitive and able to elucidate minor differences in cellular metabolism.

The Bad

Requires extensive optimization procedure, and each run could be completely different from the next...

The Bottom Line

If you're willing to put in the time and effort, you can come out with results that elucidate the extremely complex metabolic responses of cells. Money, time, and optimization aside, the final product can give you more information than several other assays at once in publication-ready graph format. This can raise more questions than it answers, in a good way.

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