TUNEL assay cell type - A549, NCI-H460, H1299 human alveolar carcinoma

TUNEL assay is the cell death detection method where the biochemical marker of apoptosis is DNA fragmentation. The assay involves the microscopical detection of generated DNA fragments with free 3'-hydroxyl residues. in apoptotic cells using enzyme terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) which adds biotinylated nucleotides at the site of DNA breaks. Major challenges of this method involve proper access of the enzyme which could be hampered by poor permeabilization and/or excessive fixation with cross-linking fixative (common with archival tissue). This issue can be resolved by optimizing the incubation time with Proteinase K or CytoninTM.

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5 years ago by Ercole Udinesi Italy

Are 10 week old samples in formalin still usable?

I have left my tumor samples in formalin for an extended period of time (around 10 weeks). Do you think I will be able to use them for TUNEL assay and get results? Thank you for your help in advance

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in situ Cell Death Detection Kit, POD

Sigma-Aldrich

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	Add Tunel mixture and incubate for 60 min at +37°C in a humidified atmosphere in the dark	If no specific labelling, reduce concentration of TdT by diluting it 1:2 up to 1:10 with TUNEL Dilution Buffer. If high background, reduce concentration of labeling mix to 50% by diluting with TUNEL Dilution Buffer

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Add Tunel mixture and incubate for 60 min at +37°C in a humidified atmosphere in the dark
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If no specific labelling, reduce concentration of TdT by diluting it 1:2 up to 1:10 with TUNEL Dilution Buffer. If high background, reduce concentration of labeling mix to 50% by diluting with TUNEL Dilution Buffer

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In Situ Cell Death Detection Kit, TMR red

Sigma-Aldrich

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	Fix cell samples with Fixation solution for 1 h. Incubate in Permeabilisation solution (0.1% Triton X-100 in PBS) for 2 min on ice. Label and incubate for 60 min at +37°C in a humidified atmosphere in the dark	If low labelling is found, reduce fixation time or try 2% buffered paraformaldehyde

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Fix cell samples with Fixation solution for 1 h. Incubate in Permeabilisation solution (0.1% Triton X-100 in PBS) for 2 min on ice. Label and incubate for 60 min at +37°C in a humidified atmosphere in the dark
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If low labelling is found, reduce fixation time or try 2% buffered paraformaldehyde

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Click-iT™ TUNEL Alexa Fluor™ 488 Imaging Assay

Thermo Fisher Scientific

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	- Cells were fixed with 4%PFA at RT for 20 min instead of 15min. - Click-iT reaction mixture was done for 30 min at room temperature, protected from light.	- Cells were counter stained for 1 min at room temperature, protected from light.

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- Cells were fixed with 4%PFA at RT for 20 min instead of 15min. - Click-iT reaction mixture was done for 30 min at room temperature, protected from light.
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- Cells were counter stained for 1 min at room temperature, protected from light.

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APO-BrdU™ TUNEL Assay Kit, with Alexa Fluor™ 488 Anti-BrdU

Thermo Fisher Scientific

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- During the assay, cells were treated at different time intervals: 24, 48, and 72 hours.	- Fixed with 1% (w/v) paraformaldehyde in PBS for 15 min	- If signal intensity is low, increase incubation time for the DNA-labeling reaction

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- During the assay, cells were treated at different time intervals: 24, 48, and 72 hours.
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- Fixed with 1% (w/v) paraformaldehyde in PBS for 15 min
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- If signal intensity is low, increase incubation time for the DNA-labeling reaction

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DeadEnd™ Fluorometric TUNEL System

Promega

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		- When there was a little or poor staining, optimise permeabilization step by adjusting incubation time with permeabilization agent.

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- When there was a little or poor staining, optimise permeabilization step by adjusting incubation time with permeabilization agent.

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ApoAlert™ DNA Fragmentation Assay Kit

Takara Bio Inc

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- 1.5 × 106 cells were platted for culture.		- No positive signal could be due to poor permeabilization with Triton X-100

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- 1.5 × 106 cells were platted for culture.
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- No positive signal could be due to poor permeabilization with Triton X-100

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