Abstract
Objective
The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of the chemosensitivity assay in vitro and establish a standard process of measuring the anti-cancer drug sensitivity with MTT assay.
Methods
Some influencing factors of MTT assay in studying the sensitivity of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) to anti-cancer drugs were observed, including red blood cells, platelets, three different kinds of DMSO and different concentrations of MTT. Meanwhile the stability of tumor drug-coated plate was monitored.
Results
The red blood cells and platelets may affect the results at a certain range of concentration. Analytical pure DMSO, both imported and domestic reagents showed the same color with MTT, and the A values of the reaction were dependent on MTT dose. The stability of the freeze-drying drug-coated plates was superior to non freeze-drying ones.
Conclusion
To make clear and definite all kinds of influencing factors might contribute to a kind of standard MTT assay for drug sensitivity test in vitro.
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Zhao, M., Wei, W., Liu, J. et al. Impact of MTT based tumor chemosensitivity assay in vitro. Chin. -Ger. J. Clin. Oncol. 8, 546–548 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10330-009-0117-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10330-009-0117-4