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ArticleCell reports2019

Microcolony Size Distribution Assay Enables High-Throughput Cell Survival Quantitation.

Le P Ngo, Tze Khee Chan, Jing Ge, Leona D Samson, Bevin P Engelward

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Article in Cell reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Le P NgoDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Tze Khee ChanSingapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Infectious Diseases IRG, Singapore 117600, Singapore.
Jing GeDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Leona D SamsonDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Bevin P EngelwardDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: bevin@mit.edu.

Funding

TOXICOLOGY CORE UNITP30ES002109 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ESSIGMANN, JOHN M · 1985 to 2020
$25.6M
The MIT Superfund Research Program: A Systems Approach for the Protection of Human Health from Hazardous ChemicalsP42ES027707 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Bevin P. Engelward · 2017 to 2026
$22.2M
Eukaryotic DNA Alkylation RepairR01ES022872 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SAMSON, LEONA D. · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
Developing novel methods to measure DNA repair capacity in human populationsDP1ES022576 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SAMSON, LEONA D. · 2012 to 2013
$1.6M
CometChip: Development of a high throughput DNA damage assay in hepatocytesR44ES024698 · NIEHS · INTEGRATED LABORATORY SYSTEMS, LLC · PI ENGELWARD, BEVIN P., RECIO, LESLIE · 2014 to 2016
$1.6M
NIEHS NIH HHS DP1 ES022576NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES002109NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES027707NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES022872NIEHS NIH HHS R44 ES024698
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell survival is a critical and ubiquitous endpoint in biology. The broadly accepted colony formation assay (CFA) directly measures a cell's ability to divide; however, it takes weeks to perform and is incompatible with high-throughput screening (HTS) technologies. Here, we describe the MicroColonyChip, which exploits microwell array technology to create an array of colonies. Unlike the CFA, where visible colonies are counted by eye, using fluorescence microscopy, microcolonies can be analyzed in days rather than weeks. Using automated analysis of microcolony size distributions, the MicroColonyChip achieves comparable sensitivity to the CFA (and greater sensitivity than the 2,3-bis-(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide [XTT] assay). Compared to CellTiter-Glo, the MicroColonyChip is as sensitive and also robust to artifacts caused by differences in initial cell seeding density. We demonstrate efficacy via studies of radiosensitivity and chemosensitivity and show that the approach is amenable to multiplexing. We conclude that the MicroColonyChip is a rapid and automated alternative for cell survival quantitation.

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Microchip Analytical ProceduresAflatoxin B1Antineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingBiological AssayCarmustineCell CountCell LineCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalFibroblastsGamma RaysHeLa CellsHep G2 CellsHumansLymphocytesAflatoxin B1Antineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingCarmustineanti-cancer efficacycell proliferationcolony formation assaycytotoxicitydrug safetyfluorescence microscopyhigh-throughput cytotoxicity assayminiaturizationmultiplex assay

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PMCPMC6431241

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