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Drug Discovery Applications

Workflow Integration

Phase Solarbio Products Key Assays Example SKUs
Target identification Enzyme activity kits, cell assay kits Kinase profiling, receptor binding BC-series kits
Hit validation Dose-response assays, IC₅₀ determination Cell viability (CCK-8, MTT), apoptosis CA1210, M1020
Lead optimization ADME/Tox screening, cell viability Cytotox assays, oxidative stress panels BC-series, CA-series
Preclinical Biomarker ELISA kits, oxidative stress panels Cytokine panels, tissue biomarkers SEKH-series, BC-series
Mechanism of action Cell signaling kits, apoptosis detection Western blot, Annexin V KGA-series, CA1020

Key Applications

Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity

Assay Principle Detection Method Readout Throughput
CCK-8 (CA1210) WST-8 reduction by cellular dehydrogenases Absorbance 450 nm % viability compared to control 96/384-well
MTT (M1020) MTT reduction to formazan Absorbance 570 nm % viability 96-well
LDH Release (BC0655) Extracellular LDH from damaged cells Colorimetric 490 nm % cytotoxicity 96-well
Trypan Blue Dye exclusion by viable cells Manual counting on hemocytometer Count/mL, % viability Any format

Apoptosis Detection

Assay SKU Principle Detection Application
Annexin V-FITC/PI CA1020 Phosphatidylserine externalization Flow cytometry (FITC/PI channels) Early vs. late apoptosis
TUNEL CA1050 DNA fragmentation (3'-OH ends) Fluorescence microscopy or flow Late apoptosis
Caspase-3 Activity BC3830 DEVD-pNA cleavage Absorbance 405 nm Caspase activation
JC-1 (Mitochondrial membrane potential) M8650 J-aggregate formation Fluorescence: 530/590 nm Mitochondrial dysfunction

ADME/Tox Screening

Assay Product Parameter Sample Types
Oxidative stress panel SOD (BC0175), CAT (BC0205), GSH (BC1175) Antioxidant status Cell lysate, tissue, serum
Hepatotoxicity ALT (BC1555), AST (BC1565), LDH (BC0655) Liver enzyme release Culture medium, serum
Metabolic activity ATP (BC0305), Glucose (BC2505), Lactate (BC4805) Energy metabolism Cell lysate, medium
CYP450 activity Custom substrate-based CYP isoform-specific activity Microsomes, hepatocytes

Assay Optimization Guidance

Factor Recommendation Rationale
Cell density optimization 5,000–20,000 cells/well for 96-well; 1,000–5,000 for 384-well Linear range for CCK-8/MTT; avoid confluence >80%
Compound DMSO tolerance Keep DMSO final concentration ≤0.1% (v/v) DMSO at >0.5% affects cell viability and enzyme activity
Incubation time 1–4 h for CCK-8 (37°C, 5% CO₂); 2–4 h for MTT Longer incubation increases sensitivity but may reduce linearity
Positive controls Staurosporine (1 µM, 6 h) for apoptosis; Triton X-100 (0.5%, 1 h) for cytotoxicity Standard inducers for assay validation
IC₅₀ determination 8-point, 3-fold serial dilution in triplicate Minimum 8 points for 4-parameter logistic fit; R² >0.98 required for publication

Equipment Recommendations

Assay Format Recommended Instrument Specification
96-well absorbance BioTek Epoch, Thermo Multiskan GO Dual wavelength reading capability
384-well assay Molecular Devices SpectraMax i3x High-speed monochromator
Flow cytometry apoptosis BD FACSCanto, CytoFLEX 488 nm laser + FITC/PE channels
Fluorescence microscopy Zeiss Axio Observer, Leica DMI6000 DAPI/FITC/TRITC filter sets
Chemiluminescence BioTek Synergy H1 Luminometer mode

Representative Data: CCK-8 Assay on HepG2 Cells

Cisplatin (µM) Viability (%) SD n
0 100.0 3.2 3
1 94.1 4.1 3
3 83.5 3.8 3
10 58.2 5.0 3
30 31.7 4.2 3
100 12.4 2.1 3
IC₅₀ 14.3 µM

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