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ArticleBMC research notes2025

Optimizing resazurin-based viability assays for P-MSC/TER308 cell line to enhance results reliability.

Jessica Petiti, Laura Revel, Carla Divieto

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Article in BMC research notes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Jessica PetitiDivision of Advanced Materials Metrology and Life Sciences, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRIM), 10135, Turin, Italy. j.petiti@inrim.it.
Laura RevelDivision of Advanced Materials Metrology and Life Sciences, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRIM), 10135, Turin, Italy.
Carla DivietoDivision of Advanced Materials Metrology and Life Sciences, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRIM), 10135, Turin, Italy.

Funding

LifeSaver Project (European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme) 101036702
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe results of this research contribute to the LifeSaver project, which focuses on reducing neonatal and infant mortality resulting from preterm births. The project aims to create an in vitro system simulating prenatal conditions to screen and analyze chemicals and pharmaceuticals, establishing scientifically justified regulations for their use during pregnancy. Because several papers have recently identified data inconsistencies in pre-clinical studies, a key part of the project involves optimizing cellular cytotoxicity assays to enhance the reliability of pharmacological and toxicity screening for drugs and environmental contaminants.

resultsThe resazurin-based viability assay was chosen as the primary method due to its widespread adoption and simplicity in assessing drug cytotoxicity. This work describes the optimization of the resazurin-based viability assay on the P-MSC/TERT308 cell line, a placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cell used within the LifeSaver project. By applying our previously described and validated Standard Operating Procedure, we fine-tuned experimental parameters, consistently obtaining reliable results with measurement uncertainty of less than 10%.

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Mesenchymal Stem CellsOxazinesXanthenesCell LineCell SurvivalFemaleHumansPregnancyReproducibility of ResultsOxazinesresazurinXanthenesCytotoxicity assayPharmacological and toxicity screeningP-MSC/TERT308 cell lineReliability of resultsResazurin-based viability assay

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PMID40405215
PMCPMC12100786

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