Measurement of Cell Death in Mammalian Cells

Brian S. Cummings; Rick G. Schnellmann

doi:10.1002/cpz1.210

Measurement of Cell Death in Mammalian Cells

Brian S. Cummings, Rick G. Schnellmann

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Abstract

Methods for assessing mammalian cell death are presented in this article, which is divided into six sections: (1) a brief overview of cytotoxicity and pathways of cell death; (2) a method to measure cell death using lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release as a marker of membrane integrity; (3) a flow cytometry method that simultaneously measures two types of cell death, necrosis and apoptosis; (4) use of fluorescence microscopy and nuclear morphology to assess apoptosis and necrosis; (5) the use of multi-well plates and high-content analysis imaging systems to assess nuclear morphology; and (6) a discussion of the use of cytotoxicity assays to determine the mechanisms of cell death.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e210
Journal	Current Protocols
Volume	1
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cpz1.210
State	Published - Aug 2021

Keywords

apoptosis
cytotoxicity
necrosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics(all)
General Neuroscience
General Immunology and Microbiology
Health Informatics
Medical Laboratory Technology
General Medicine

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