{"product_id":"abcam-ab270772","title":"Abcam, ab270772, Cathepsin B Assay Kit (Magic Red)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSize: 25Test \/ 100Test\u003cbr\u003e\nMagic Red Cathepsin B Assay Kit ab270772 uses a cell permeant Cathepsin B substrate that becomes fluorescent on cleavage by Cathepsin B. - Simple and fast protocol with no lysis or permeabilization steps required - Can be analyzed using fluorescence microscopy or a fluorescence plate reader - Non-cytotoxic substrate Magic Red fluoresces red upon cleavage by active cathepsin enzymes\u003cbr\u003e\nProduct details:\u003cbr\u003e\nMagic Red Cathepsin B Assay Kit is used to quantitate and monitor cathepsin B activity in cultured cells and tissues.\u003cbr\u003e\nHow the assay works\u003cbr\u003e\nMagic Red Cathepsin B Assay Kit ab270772 uses a cell permeant Cathepsin B substrate that becomes fluorescent on cleavage by Cathepsin B.\u003cbr\u003e\nMagic Red detection substrates utilize the photostable red fluorophore, cresyl violet. When bi-substituted via amide linkage to two cathepsin target peptide sequences, such as (leucine-arginine)2, the bi-substituted cresyl violet is non-fluorescent. Following enzymatic cleavage at one or both arginine (R) amide linkage sites, the mono and non-substituted cresyl violet fluorophores generate red fluorescence when excited at 550-590 nm. Our Magic Red cathepsin B substrate, MR-(RR)2, is comprised of cresyl violet coupled to two pairs of the amino acid sequence, arginine-arginine (RR), which is the preferential target sequence for cathepsin B.\u003cbr\u003e\nCathepsin B Assay Kit (Magic Red):\u003cbr\u003e\n- add the substrate directly to the cell culture media, incubate, and analyze. Because it is a cell permeant, it easily penetrates the cell membrane and the membranes of the internal cellular organelles – no lysis or permeabilization steps are required.\u003cbr\u003e\n- If cathepsin enzymes are active, the Magic Red substrate is cleaved and the cresyl violet fluorophore will become fluorescent upon excitation.\u003cbr\u003e\n- As enzyme activity progresses and more Magic Red substrate is cleaved, the signal will intensify to watch the color develop over time.\u003cbr\u003e\n- Samples can be analyzed by fluorescence microscopy or with a fluorescence plate reader. Hoechst 33342 and Acridine Orange are included in the kit to detect nuclear morphology and lysosomal organelle structure, respectively.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe staining solution is typically used to stain cells at approximately 1\/25 for microscopy analysis or 1\/15 for plate reader analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\nHow other researchers are using ab270772\u003cbr\u003e\nMagic Red Cathepsin B Assay Kit has been used in variety of sample type including:\u003cbr\u003e\n- Mouse embryonic fibroblasts 1\u003cbr\u003e\n- Human Renal cell adenocarcinoma cell line 2\u003cbr\u003e\n- Human neuroblastoma cell line 3\u003cbr\u003e\nReferences: 1 - Wu J et al. 2023; 2 - Ferreira G et at 2022; 3 - Hu X et al. 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProperties and Storage Information:\u003cbr\u003e\nShipped at conditions-Blue Ice, Appropriate short-term storage conditions-+4°C, Appropriate long-term storage conditions-+4°C, Storage information-+4°C\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abcam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46843622064297,"sku":"ab270772","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/iright.com\/products\/abcam-ab270772","provider":"Iright","version":"1.0","type":"link"}