Caspase-3/7 Assay: A Luminescence-Based Assay to Quantify Apoptosis by Measuring Caspase-3/7 Activities in Frog Skin Explants
Published: April 30, 2023
Abstract
Source: Brannelly, L. A. et al., Using Terminal Transferase-mediated dUTP Nick End-labelling (TUNEL) and Caspase 3/7 Assays to Measure Epidermal Cell Death in Frogs with Chytridiomycosis. J. Vis. Exp. (2018).
This video describes an in vitro Caspase-3/7 luminescent assay to quantify cell death or apoptosis. The assay measures luminescence produced following caspase-3/7 cleavage of a pro-luminescent DEVD substrate. The luminescence generated is proportional to caspase-3/7 activity.
Protocol
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Disclosures
The authors have nothing to disclose.
Materials
| POLARstar Omega | BMG Labtech | Luminescent plate reader | |
| 384 well flat clear bottom plate | Corning | 3707 | |
| 384 well low flange white flat bottom plate | Corning | 3570 | |
| Agar Bacteriological (Oxoid) | Fisher | OXLP0011B | |
| Lactose Broth (Oxoid) | Fisher | OXCM0137B | |
| Sodium Bicarbonate | Fisher | BP328-500 | |
| Tricane-S (MS-222) | Fisher | NC0872873 | |
| Tryptone | Fisher | BP1421-500 | |
| Bovine Serum Albumin | Invitrogen | 15561020 | |
| Sterile rayon swab | Medical Wire & Equipment | MW-113 | |
| Coomassie Bradford reagent | Pierce | 23200 | |
| Caspase Glo 3/7 | Promega | G8090 | |
| HEPES buffer | Sigma-Aldrich | H0887-20ML | |
| Magnesium chloride | Sigma-Aldrich | 1374248-1G | |
| Gelatin hydrolysate Enzymatic | Sigma-Aldrich | G0262 | |
| PBS (Phosphate Buffered Saline), pH 7.2 (1X) | Thermo/Life | 20-012-043 | |
| Prepman | Thermo/Life | 4318930 | |
| TaqMan Fast Advanced Master Mix | ThermoFisher | 4444556 | |
| Clorox bleach | Clorox | ||
| Ethanol, 200 Proof, Molecular Grade | Fisher | BP2818500 | |
| ZEISS Axio Scan florescent miscroscope | Carl Zeiss | Florescent microscope | |
| 3.2mm stainless steel beads | BioSpec | 11079132SS | |
| Primer ITSI-3 Chytr (5′-CCTTGAT ATAATACAGTGTGCCATATGTC-3′) | Taqman | Individual design for primers and probe | |
| Primer 5.8S Chytr (5′-TCGGTT CTCTAGGCAACAGTTT-3′) | Taqman | Individual design for primers and probe | |
| Minor groove binder probe Chytr MGB2(5′-CGAGTCGAAC-3′) | Taqman | Individual design for primers and probe | |
| Rotor-Gene qPCR Instruments | Qiagen | qPCR machine | |
| Microcentrifuge tubes 1.5ml | Fisher | 02-681-372 | |
| Cell culture petri plates | Nunc | 263991 | |
| Mini-beadBeater Zircornia-Silicate Beads, 0.5mm | BioSpec | 11079105Z |
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Cite This Article
Caspase-3/7 Assay: A Luminescence-Based Assay to Quantify Apoptosis by Measuring Caspase-3/7 Activities in Frog Skin Explants. J. Vis. Exp. (Pending Publication), e21234, doi: (2023).