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Amplite® Fluorimetric Caspase 3/7 Assay Kit
Red Fluorescence
Caspases play important roles in apoptosis and cell signaling. The activation of caspase-3 (CPP32/apopain) is important for the initiation of apoptosis. Caspase 3 is also identified as a drug-screening target. Caspase 3 has substrate selectivity for the peptide sequence Asp-Glu-Val-Asp (DEVD). This Amplite® Caspase-3 Assay Kit uses Z-DEVD-ProRed™ as the fluorogenic indicator for assaying caspase-3 activity. Cleavage of R110 peptides by caspases generates strongly red fluorescent ProRed™ that can be monitored fluorimetrically at ~620 nm with excitation of ~530 nm. Z-DEVD-ProRed™ is recognized as the most sensitive red fluorogenic caspase 3/7 substrate. This kit can be used to continuously measure the activities of caspase-3 in cell extracts and purified enzyme preparations using a fluorescence microplate reader or fluorometer. It can also be used with flow cytometry for analyzing cell apoptosis and the activities of caspases 3 and 7.
Detection of Caspase 3/7 Activities in Jurkat cells. Jurkat cells were seeded on the same day at 200,000 cells/90 uL/well in a Costar black wall/clear bottom 96-well plate. The cells were treated with staurosporine at the final concentration of 1 uM for 5 hours while the untreated cells were used as control. The caspase 3/7 assay solution (100 uL/well) was added and incubated at room temperature for 1 hour. The fluorescence intensity was measured at Ex/Em = 540/620 nm with FlexStation fluorescence microplate reader (Molecular Devices).
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Spectral properties
Excitation (nm)532
Emission (nm)619
Usage and storage
Intended useResearch Use Only (RUO)
Instrument settings
Fluorescence microplate reader
Excitation535 nm
Emission620 nm
Cutoff610 nm
Recommended plateSolid black
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