Measurement of cellular 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) reduction activity and lactate dehydrogenase release using MTT
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Abstract
3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) reduction assay
and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release assay have been widely used for evaluating
cell viability in culture. MTT reduction assay measures the redox activity of living
cells, while LDH assay measures the activity of LDH released into the medium from
dead cells. In this paper, we introduce a quick and simple method of measuring cellular
MTT reduction and LDH release with the same dye, MTT. The substrate mixture for measuring
LDH activity contained lactate, beta-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, 1-methoxyphenazine
methosulfate, MTT and Triton X-100. When the medium containing LDH was mixed with
the substrates, MTT was converted into MTT formazan in proportion to LDH activity.
This method was successfully applied for evaluating t-butyl hydroperoxide toxicity
in cultured rat cortical astrocytes and glutamate toxicity in cultured rat hippocampal
neurons. Our method is economical and convenient especially for measuring cellular
MTT reduction and LDH release in the same culture.