Using Abbkine CCK-8 to analyze cell toxicity
Cell toxicity is caused by exogenous toxicant which can damage cells, especially when the toxicant can cause cell death and serious organ dysfunction. Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) allows sensitive colorimetric assays for the determination of cell viability in cell proliferation and cytotoxicity assays.
The short name of Cell Counting Kit-8 is CCK-8 Kit, which is established based on WST-8 reaction and widely used for cell proliferation/Toxicity, drug screening as well as tumor drug sensitivity test experiment, etc... Abbkine CCK-8 Kit provides one ready-to-use CCK-8 solution, it is convenient and fast which will be your prefect choice to replace MTT method.
Figure.1 The reaction mechanism of CCK-8(WST-8)
Picture Source: https://www.creative-bioarray.com/support/colorimetric-cell-viability-assay.htm
Compared with traditional method for Cell Toxicity/Proliferation experiment, CCK-8 has many noteworthy benefits as you can find in below chart clearly.
Detection method |
MTT | XTT | WST-1 |
CCK-8 |
The water solubility of produced formazan | Bad (need to add organic solvent to dissolve before detection | Good | Good | Good |
Product fomat | Powder | two solutions | Solution | one CCK-8 solution |
Using method | Prepare
before use |
Prepare
before use |
Ready to use | Ready to use |
Detection sensitivity | High | Very High | Very High | High |
Detection time | Relatively longer | Relatively shorter | Relatively Shorter | Shortest |
Detection wave length | 560-600nm | 420-480nm | 420-480nm | 430-490nm |
Cytotoxicity | High | Very Low | Very Low | Very low |
Reagent stability | Normal | Relatively poor | Normal | Very good |
Batch sample testing | Suitable | Very suitable | Very suitable | Very suitable |
Convenience degree | Normal | Convenient | Very convenient | Very convenient |
Apart from above mentioned features, Abbkine made several improvements on the formula of its Cell Counting Kit-8, so I believe you can have a pleasant experience on the use of Abbkine CCK-8 Kit including below points:
◎Less toxic, compatible for other downstream assays
◎No organic solvents or isotopes required
◎No harvesting, no washing and no solubilization steps
◎Low toxicity, the same cells can be used for other cell assays
Fig.2:The typical curve
Insisting in providing high quality and affordable product solution for worldwide scientists, Abbkine deducts almost half of list price than other world renewed CCK-8 Providers. You can see our product specification as below:
Catalogue Number | Product Name | Size | Price |
KTA1020 | Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) | 200T/1000T/10000T | $19/$69/$529 |
For the first time purchaser, we can provide sample pack for your pre-experiment use.
Abbkine has developed various cell status check tools for scientific researchers in the field of cytology in past three years. From cell proliferation, cell toxicity to cell apoptosis, you can always find one product suitable for your research project. For relative product information, you can check as below:
Research Field | Catalogue Number | Product Name |
Cell Toxicity | KTA1030 | LDH Cytotoxicity Assay Kit |
Cell Senescence | KTA3030 | Senescence β-Galactosidase Staining Kit |
Cell Apoptosis | KTA2010 | TUNEL Apoptosis Detection Kit (Green Fluorescence) |
Cell Apoptosis | KTA0002 | Annexin V-AbFluor™ 488 Apoptosis Detection Kit |
Cell Proliferation | KTA2031 | Cell Proliferation EdU Image Kit (Orange Fluorescence) C |
Cell Apoptosis | KTA3022 | Caspase-3 Assay Kit (Colorimetric) |
Cell Apoptosis | KTA3026 | Caspase-9 Assay Kit (Colorimetric) |
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