Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2016, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (6): 438-442.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2016.06.005

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A modified assay system for Metridia luciferase

GUO Zhilan1,2, CHE Luyang3, LI Jingzhe2, WU Shuang1, SUN Zhenxiao1, LIU Changzhen2   

  1. 1. College of Chinese Pharmacy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102;
    2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Research of Chinese Medicine on Prevention and Treatment for Major Diseases, Experimental Research Center, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700;
    3. Department of Orthopedics, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
  • Received:2016-08-28 Revised:2016-10-31 Online:2016-11-30 Published:2016-11-30

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the pH and serum of cell culture medium would affect the Metridia luciferase (MLuc) assay or not,and to explore a modified assay method for MLuc. METHODS: A recombinant retrovirus vector which expressed MLuc was constructed and then transiently transfected into human cervical cancer cell line HeLa to produce MLuc. Then,the effects of cell culture medium (e.g. buffers combined with reagents) on bioluminescence of MLuc were assayed. RESULTS: Various pH levels of cell culture medium caused great fluctuation of the bioluminescence intensity of MLuc. In addition,serum in the cell culture medium would alter the background of MLuc. When the cell culture medium was replaced by phosphate buffered saline (PBS) supplemented with 0.02% (V/V) NP-40 (pH=7.4),the bioluminescence intensity between them was comparable. However,the background level of MLuc was decreased from 600 to 20. CONCLUSION: Using PBS supplemented with 0.02% NP-40 as an assay buffer for MLuc,the side effects from pH and serum of cell culture medium during MLuc assay would be reduce and application of MLuc in research can be improved.

Key words: luciferase, pH, serum, assay, modify

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