20.109(S17):Complete cell viability assay (Day9)
Contents
Introduction
The CellTiter-Glo Luminescent Cell Viability Assay is a method for quantifying the number of viable cells based on measuring the amount of ATP present. ATP is a proxy for the presence of metabolically active (alive) cells. In this assay, the cells are lysed and ATP is released from the active cells. In a reaction catalyzed by a propriety luciferase enzyme, luciferin, ATP, and oxygen result in oxyluciferin, AMP, PPi, carbon dioxide, and light. The light product is then measured using a luminometer.
Protocols
Part 1: Evaluate cell viability
Today you will complete the second experiment for Mod 2 - the cell viability assay. In the previous class you used etoposide to induce DNA damage and added a NHEJ inhibitor. In addition, you treated your cells with a PARP inhibitor. By comparing the results of these treatments between the DLD-1 and BRCA2- cell lines you will more deeply examine the DNA repair pathways from lecture.
- Retrieve your plate from the 37 °C incubator.
- Aspirate the spent media from each well.
- Be careful not to cross-contaminate between the wells.
- Add 500 μL of fresh media into each well.
- Obtain an aliquot of the CellTiter Glo reagent from the front laboratory bench.
- Thoroughly mix the CellTiter Glo reagent, then add 500 μL into each well of your plate.
- After adding the reagent, pipet up and down two times to mix.
- Move your plate to the plate shaker at the front laboratory bench and shake for 2 min.
- Remove your plate from the plate shaker and incubate on your benchtop for 10 min.
- Transfer 100 μL from each well into a white 96-well plate.
- Be very careful that you add your samples to the appropriate wells according the plate map below.
- Instructors will add media only control to the 96-well plate to obtain a value for background luminescence.
- When all teams have transferred their samples, the teaching faculty will take measure the luminescence using a plate reader in the BMC and upload the data to the Class data page.
Part 2: Complete data analysis
Pool the data by drug and use the statistical tools you learned in Mod1 to analyze the relevant class data for your M2 Research Article.
Reagents
- CellTiter Glo cell viability assay kit (Promega)
Next day: Grow phage-based active (cathode) material