Name: cellular toxicity of nanogenomedicine in mcf-7 cell line: mtt assay
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<p class="jove_content">The authors would like to acknowledge Stem Cell Technology and Shahid Ghazi Tabriz companies respectively for providing DMEM without phenol red and sterile water for injection as gifts.</p>

<p class="jove_title">MCF-7 seeding in 96-well plate:</p>
<p class="jove_content">MCF-7 cells were cultured in 25 t-flask in medium containing Dulbecco&rsquo;s Modified Eagle&rsquo;s Medium (DMEM), 10% FBS, 100 U/ml penicillin, and 100 &mu;g/ml streptomycin at 37&deg;C with 5% CO<sub>2</sub>, 95% air and complete humidity. Once reached ~90% confluency, they were detached using 0.05% trypsin/EDTA and counted by means of trypan blue and hemocytometer. These cells were then resuspended at a concentration of 4&times;10<sup>4</sup> cells/cm<sup>2</s...

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<p class="jove_content">The MTT assay is deemed to be a versatile method and accordingly the viability of the cells could be evaluated upon various treatments. The production of resultant formazan appears to be proportional to the level of energy metabolism in the cells. Therefore, it is possible to measure the metabolically activated cells even in the absence of cell proliferation. The amount of formazan produced is proportional to the amount of MTT in the incubation medium. While, the concentration of MTT which is required to achieve maximum ...

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cellular toxicity of nanogenomedicine in mcf-7 cell line: mtt assay

Cytotoxicity of the futuristic nanogenomedicine (e.g., short interfering RNA and antisense) may hamper its clinical development. Of these, the gene-based medicine and/or its carrier may elicit cellular toxicity. For assessment of such cytotoxicity, a common methodology is largely dependent upon utilization of the 3-(4, 5-Dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2, 5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay which has been widely used as a colorimetric approach based on the activity of mitochondrial dehydrogenase enzymes in cells. In this current investigation, MCF-7 cells were inoculated in 96-well plate and at 50% confluency they were treated with different nanopolyplexes and subjected to MTT assay after 24 hours. Water soluble yellow MTT is metabolized by the metabolically active cells to the water insoluble purple formazan, which is further dissolved in dimethylsulfoxide and Sornson s buffer pH 10.5. The resultant product can be quantified by spectrophotometry using a plate reader at 570 nm.

Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Cellular Toxicity of Nanogenomedicine in MCF-7 Cell Line: MTT assay at JoVE.com

Cellular Toxicity of Nanogenomedicine in MCF-7 Cell Line: MTT assay

<p class="jove_content">The MTT assay is an easy and reproducible colorimetric assay for evaluation of cell viability based on reduction of yellow MTT and production of water insoluble purple formazan. Here, the viability of MCF-7 cells upon treatment of nanogenomedicine has been evaluated.</p>

Cytotoxicity of the futuristic nanogenomedicine (e.g., short interfering RNA and antisense) may hamper its clinical development. Of these, the gene-based ...

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