We add resazurine to the following conditions:
Just media (neg Control)
Non-transfected cells (our positive control)
Non-transfected cells + drug
Transfected cells
Transfected cells + drug
To calculate the cell viability using Alamar blue we are measuring spectrophotometry at 570nm and 600nm
We are using the following formula to obtain % cell viability relative to positive control cells:
100x ((ΔAbs sample)-(ΔAbs neg CT)) / ((ΔAbs pos CT)-(ΔAbs neg CT)),
and ΔAbs = Abs(570nm) - Abs(600nm)
My rational is that:
If (Pos CT-Neg CT) -------- 100% viability
Than (Condition-Neg CT)----- x
Is that to simplistic?
Because I have read this info:
http://www.abdserotec.com/measuring-cytotoxicity-proliferation-spectrophotometry-fluorescence-alamarblue.html
and I indeed can find a formula that looks alike this one but only for fluorescence.
Should we read fluorescence instead to calculate the % of viability relative to control cells?
Do we really need to introduce the values of the Extinction coefficient of the reduced/oxidized form of resazurine in both wavelenghts?
Thanks in advance