CELLESTIAL® Assays
Mito-ID cell staining is too strong
Mitochondrial membrane potential dye is too concentrated for the cell type used. Optimize for different cell types by diluting the…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
High baseline fluorescence
Growth medium and organic anion transport contribute to high baseline fluorescence. Remove the medium before adding indicator dye to the wells.…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
Healthy cells show very high fluorescence intensity
PMT setting is too high. Lower PMT setting on flow cytometer. Incubation temperature. Incubation with the dye should be at…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
Poor Mito-ID staining observed.
Stained cells may have been exposed to strong light. Mito-ID® MP dye is light sensitive; be sure to protect samples…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
DNA histograms are of poor overall quality.
The key elements in obtaining a histogram of high quality are good sample preparation, correct cell-to dye ratio and proper…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
No decrease of the fluorescent signal after using a specific inhibitor
Inhibitor concentration is too low or too high. Very low doses of inhibitor may not affect ROS production by inducer.…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
Low or no fluorescent signal in positive control
Species of interest may react with each other, thus attenuating the expected signal. ROS is a complex interacting system. Blocking…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
In the sPLA2 activity kit (ADI-907-002), how is a Unit defined?
One unit of phospholipase activity is the amount of enzyme needed to hydrolyze 1.0 µmole of L-a-phosphatidylcholine to L-a-lysophosphatidylcholine and…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
High fluorescence signal observed in negative control
Sample contains interfering substances. The assay is compatible with commonly used buffers (PBS, Tris, HEPES) and excipients (trehalose and sucrose),…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
Poor signal observed in the assay
Staining reagent has been exposed to strong light. Protect reagents from exposure to strong light.
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
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