HCT-116 In Vitro WST Assay (Cell Viability)

This assay is to provide HCT-116-based In Vitro WST Assay (Cell Viability) to accelerate our client's oncology projects. The assay will be customized according to the specific requirements. Please contact our scientists to discuss more details.

HCT-116

Human

HCT 116 cell line was isolated from the colon of an adult male with colon cancer. It has a mutation in codon 13 of the ras proto-oncogene and can be used as a positive control for PCR assays of mutation in this codon.

Colorectal Adenocarcinoma; Colon Cancer

Oncology

In Vitro WST Assay (Cell Viability)

HCT-116-cell based In Vitro WST Assay (Cell Viability)

Apart from the MTT tetrazolium, other tetrazolium compounds such as WST (reagent series) can also generate formazan upon reduction by oxidoreductase or dehydrogenase. Unlike the normal MTT assay, assays with these regents (MTS, XTT and WST) do not require formazan solubilization step as solubilization occurs in the cell medium itself. Therefore, XTT, WST and MTS reagents can be used to assay viability of cells, which do not require a surface to attach.

Cell Viability/Cytotoxicity and Antiproliferative Assays

Uncontrolled proliferation is one of the main features of cancer cells. Cell-based in vitro assays are employed to determine whether test molecules possess direct cytotoxic/antiproliferative effects in cancer cells.

Cell Viability Assay

Cell-based Viability Assays Based on Cellular Enzymes and Proteins