Lysosomal Intracellular Activity Assay Kit

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Lysosomal Intracellular Activity Assay Kit (ab234622) provides a proprietary Lysosome-Specific Self-Quenched Substrate which has low background fluorescence, high signal to background ratio and is pH insensitive. The substrate, acting as endocytic cargo, can be taken up by cells and degraded within an endo-lysosomal vesicle. The fluorescent signal is recovered from the Self-Quenched Substrate. The fluorescence signal, generated by degradation, is proportional to the intracellular lysosomal activity and can be measured using a fluorescence microscopy and/or flow cytometry. The kit includes Cytochalasin D, a cell-permeable inhibitor of the lysosomal membrane V-ATPase proton pump, that serves as an anti-lysosomal experimental control. This easy-to-use, non-radioactive kit allows imaging and accurate measurement of de-quenching substrate in cultured cells.

This product is manufactured by BioVision, an Abcam company and was previously called K448 Lysosomal Intracellular Activity Assay Kit. K448-50 is the same size as the 50 test size of ab234622.

Lysosomes are membrane-bound organelles important for various cellular processes. They contain hydrolytic enzymes that are utilized in the metabolism of some biomolecules. The extracellular cargo (e.g. nutrients toxins) binds to the cell membrane and is subsequently transported into membrane-bound endosomes for further degradation by lysosomes while intracellular components are transported to lysosomes through autophagy. Lysosomal dysfunction is associated with many human conditions such as aging and neurodegenerative disease.

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