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Overview

  • Product name

    DRAQ7™
  • Tested applications

    Suitable for: FM, Flow Cyt, ICC/IFmore details
  • General notes

    DRAQ7™ is a far-red fluorescent dye that only stains the nuclei in dead and permeabilized cells and can be used in combination with common labels such as GFP or FITC.

    DRAQ7 is the ideal tool to study dead or membrane-compromised cells because it does not enter intact, live cells. It is an ideal replacement for propidium iodide and 7-AAD, as is not excited by UV light and has no emission overlap with PE / PE homologues.

    Key features of DRAQ7 include:

    • Rapid staining of dsDNA/ nuclei of dead or permeabilized cells
    • Low photobleaching
    • It can be used in most cell types, eukaryotic and prokaryotic: mammalian, bacterial, parasitic, plant, etc ...
    • Non-toxic in long-term culture
    • Can be combined with "live" dyes
    • No compensation needed with common FITC/GFP + PE combinations in flow cytometry
    • No wash or RNase treatment needed.

    SPECTRAL PROPERTIES

    Excitation:

    • 633 and 647 nm line optimal (Exmax 599 / 644 nm)
    • 488, 514 and 568 nm lines, sub-optimal (only by flow cytometry)

    Emission (instrument dependent):

    • 665 nm to infra-red max 678 nm / 697 nm intercalated with dsDNA)
    • Minimal overlap with vis range e.g. GFP and FITC
    • Em. filters may include 695L, 715LP or 780 LP

    Multi-wavelength imaging with UV / vis fluorochromes

    • No fluorescence enhancement upon DNA binding
    • Low photo-bleaching effect
    • Compatible with optics of flow, laser scanning cytometers and confocal and lamp-based fluoroscence microscopes

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    Liquid
  • Storage instructions

    Store at +4°C. Do Not Freeze. Store In the Dark.
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FM
Use at an assay dependent concentration.
Flow Cyt
1/100. (final concentration = 3µM)
ICC/IF
1/100. (final concentration = 3µM)
It is highly recommended that the concentration and labelling conditions are carefully determined by each investigator for optimal performance in the assay of interest. For more specific information about the applications, please refer to the Protocol Booklet.
Notes
FM
Use at an assay dependent concentration.
Flow Cyt
1/100. (final concentration = 3µM)
ICC/IF
1/100. (final concentration = 3µM)
It is highly recommended that the concentration and labelling conditions are carefully determined by each investigator for optimal performance in the assay of interest. For more specific information about the applications, please refer to the Protocol Booklet.

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  • Flow Cytometry - DRAQ7™ (ab109202)
    Flow Cytometry - DRAQ7™ (ab109202)
    Jurkat cells exposed to 1µM staurosporine for 24 hours show DRAQ7™ staining (top half of the plot). These cells have compromised membranes that allow entry of DRAQ7™ in the cells.
  • Immunohistochemistry (Frozen sections) - DRAQ7™ (ab109202)
    Immunohistochemistry (Frozen sections) - DRAQ7™ (ab109202)Courtesy of Dr. Shaohua Li, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

    Sample: mouse embryonic stem cell-differentiated embryoid bodies (EBs)
    Preparation:

    • Fix in 3%PFA in PBS for 30 min at RT
    • Incubate in 7.5% sucrose-PBS for 3h at RT
    • Incubate in 15% sucrose-PBS at 4 degree Celsius overnight
    • Embed the EBs in tissue-Tek OCT compound
    • Cut frozen sections to 4-20 μm thickness

    Primary antibody: Rabbit anti-laminin alpha 1, 1:400
    Secondary antibody: Goat anti-rabbit IgG - H&L (AMCA) (ab123435)
    Nuclei were counterstained stained with DRAQ7™ (ab109202)

  • Immunohistochemistry (Frozen sections) - DRAQ7™ (ab109202)
    Immunohistochemistry (Frozen sections) - DRAQ7™ (ab109202)Courtesy of Dr. Shaohua Li, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

    Sample: mouse embryonic stem cell-differentiated embryoid bodies (EBs)

    Preparation:

    • Fix in 3%PFA in PBS for 30 min at RT
    • Incubate in 7.5% sucrose-PBS for 3h at RT
    • Incubate in 15% sucrose-PBS at 4°C overnight
    • Embed the EBs in tissue-Tek OCT compound
    • Cut frozen sections to 4-20 μm thickness



    Primary antibody: Rabbit anti-laminin alpha 1, 1:400
    Secondary antibody: Goat polyclonal Secondary Antibody to Rabbit IgG - H&L (FITC) (ab97050), 1:200
    F-actin was stained with CytoPainter F-actin staining kit (blue) (ab112124), 1:1000
    Nuclei were counterstained stained with DRAQ7™, 1:1000

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References (29)

Publishing research using ab109202? Please let us know so that we can cite the reference in this datasheet.

ab109202 has been referenced in 29 publications.

  • Mehta C  et al. RNA-regulatory exosome complex confers cellular survival to promote erythropoiesis. Nucleic Acids Res N/A:N/A (2021). PubMed: 34059908
  • Boon R  et al. Amino acid levels determine metabolism and CYP450 function of hepatocytes and hepatoma cell lines. Nat Commun 11:1393 (2020). PubMed: 32170132
  • Giovinazzo JA  et al. Apolipoprotein L-1 renal risk variants form active channels at the plasma membrane driving cytotoxicity. Elife 9:N/A (2020). PubMed: 32427098
  • Bradford MK & Elkins KL Immune lymphocytes halt replication of Francisella tularensis LVS within the cytoplasm of infected macrophages. Sci Rep 10:12023 (2020). PubMed: 32694562
  • Malaquin N  et al. DNA Damage- But Not Enzalutamide-Induced Senescence in Prostate Cancer Promotes Senolytic Bcl-xL Inhibitor Sensitivity. Cells 9:N/A (2020). PubMed: 32630281
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The cells were fixed with 4% PFA and permeabilized with 0.5% Triton. They were stained with DRAQ7 diluted 1:100 in PBS.
The reviewer received a reward from Abcam’s Loyalty Program in thanks for submitting this Abreview and for helping the scientific community make better-informed decisions.

DR. Eleni Petsalaki

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Submitted Feb 28 2014

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phone call in German:
Is it possible to stain the cells with ab109202 for a live /dead discrimination and then afterwards fix and permeabilise them for futher ICC/ Flow measuerments while still being able to discrimiate between what has been live and dead before the fixation?
Does DRAQ7 survive the fixing and permeabilisation?

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Asked on Jul 14 2014

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Ich habe nun vom Labor eine Antwort erhalten und kopiere diese im Original für Sie:

"In brief, it is likely that there will be significant washout of the DRAQ7 from the leaky cells into the previously viable ones when performing the multiple steps of subsequent IF staining, that is, after fixation.

This does not happen when the endpoint is just fixation with Formaldehyde and retaining this in the sample at 1% preserves the differential between leaky and intact cells (eg with a FP reporter and/or Hoechst for all cells), and good for extended periods ( >24 h)."

Zusammenfassend können wir DRAQ7 nicht empfehlen, wenn nach der Fixierung noch weiter Färbeschritte durchgeführt werden.

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Anja Hoffmann

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Answered on Jul 14 2014

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Toxicity in comparison to DAPI

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Abcam community

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Asked on Apr 26 2013

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The bottom line is that toxicity studies have yet to been done on DAPI. I have seen one article questioning its use (Qin, 2011 using it on MSCs).
DAPI is known to be semi-permeant to cells and thus it does get in. As a very high affinity DNA binding dye with a degree of permeance it will almost certainly have toxic effects. This is the nature of DNA-intercalators.

To the contrary, DRAQ7 has already been tested in highly sensitive bioassays for DNA damage (see Akagi et al, Feb 2013 issue of Cytometry Part A) and even after several days at very high concentrations did not have an impact on cell health. They also used DRAQ7 alongside TMRM as a reporter of mitochondrial health and the read-outs are equally supportive of DRAQ7 as a long-term, real-time reporter of cell integrity / permeabilisation.

We have other anecdotal evidence in rapidly proliferating SUD-4-DHL cells over 4 days and a further collaborator has been using it in real-time analysis of nano-particle toxicity in fibroblast cultures, over 2 days.

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Abcam Scientific Support

Answered on Apr 26 2013

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Hi Abcam,

Would you please be able to send a copy of the MSDS for this product to me,

The link on the webpage datasheet is not working.

Thanks for your help and hope to hear from you soon

Kind regards,

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Abcam community

Verified customer

Asked on Jan 21 2013

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Thank you for your enquiry.

My colleagues have just uploaded the SDS document so your customer could get access to the requested form by clinking on the hyperlink.

If you need any further assistance in the future, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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Abcam Scientific Support

Answered on Jan 21 2013

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Hi Abcam,

Can you please help with an enquiry we have received from a customer;
DRAQ7™ 1ml (0.3mM) (ab109202)

I would like to get some recommendation for a compatible fluorescent dye to stain all (live and dead) cells to be used together with DRAQ7 (to stain dead cells) for live or fixed tissues, thanks. I would appreciate a protocol too if it has been tested previously. Thanks.

Thanks for your help

Kind regards,


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Abcam community

Verified customer

Asked on Jan 14 2013

Answer

Thank you for contacting us.

We have several products from the CytoPainter range which may be of interest to your customer. These can be accessed from the following link:

CytoPainter staining kits | Abcam

These kits allow for the effectively visualization of cellular components and cellular tracking. If the customer is particularly interested in staining both live and dead cells, I would suggest the F-actin CytoPainter kit may be the most suitable. This selectively binds to F-actin and is suitable for fixed tissue sections or cell culture. The kit is available in 4 colours:

https://www.abcam.com/CytoPainter-F-actin-Staining-Kit-Blue-Fluorescence-ab112124.html: Blue (Ex/Em nm 350/450)

https://www.abcam.com/CytoPainter-F-actin-Staining-Kit-Green-Fluorescence-ab112125.html: Green (Ex/Em nm 500/520)

https://www.abcam.com/CytoPainter-F-actin-Staining-Kit-Orange-Fluorescence-ab112126.html: Orange (Ex/Em nm 550/575)

https://www.abcam.com/CytoPainter-F-actin-Staining-Kit-Red-Fluorescence-ab112127.html Red (Ex/Em nm 594/610)

We also have a number of apoptosis assay kits which may be of interest to the customer which can be accessed from the following link:

https://www.abcam.com/index.html?pageconfig=resource&rid=13579

I hope this information has been of help. If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to let me know.

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Abcam Scientific Support

Answered on Jan 14 2013

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Is Draq7TM capable of distiguishing diploid from tertraploid and octoploid nuclei by FACS? We are currently using propidium iodide, which works well but overlaps with the emission of our Tomato Red co-stain. We do not permeabilize the nuclei but have found that antibodies cross the nuclear membrane, so we are assuming this will too.

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Abcam community

Verified customer

Asked on Aug 24 2012

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Thank you for your enquiry.

We recommend Draq5TM, ab108410, for your application, rather than Draq7TM. The laboratory has provided the following notes which describe the differences between the two. In brief, the max emission wavelengths are the same, about 665nm, compared to Tomato Red at about 585nm and propidium iodide at 617nm. It appears that there is some overlap between the DRAQ and Tomato Red emission spectra, but it should be possible to gate out the overlap in the cytometer software.

Click here (or use the following: https://www.abcam.com/DRAQ5trade-ab108410.html).

From the lab:

"We would still recommend the use of DRAQ5 rather than DRAQ7, although you are almost certainly right in your assumption of these nuclei being permeant to DRAQ7 (as they are to PI). However, the issue will be the resolution that can be achieved in the DNA profiles, since this is what you aim to gain by preparing nuclei (Vindelov method) rather than using intact cells, though the separation required here is much less than that for hypoploidy, for example. The likelihood is that DRAQ5 will give better CV's than DRAQ7 and, perhaps, more importantly has a pedigree for DNA content analysis of many papers in the last 10+ years. DRAQ5 can be used to measure DNA content in intact, unfixed cells in complex mixtures such as bone marrow, blood and so will work independent of the permeability of the membranes and as such allows a panoply of control experiments. In spectral terms, DRAQ5 and DRAQ7 are identical."

Please let me know if you have any questions. I will be out next week but one of my colleagues will be able to help.

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Abcam Scientific Support

Answered on Aug 24 2012

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Dear Tech Support Team, Kindly advise if DRAQ5 and DRAQ7 are suitable for yeast. Thanks in advance foryour assistance and reply. Kind Regards,

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Abcam community

Verified customer

Asked on Jan 10 2012

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Thank you for your patience. I have now received the answer in regards to the use of DRAQ7 on yeast. Unfortunately the laboratory does not know neither whether it will work on yeast cells, due to the difference in the cell wall. I am very sorry therefore that we do not know about DRAQ7 suitability for staining of yeast. The laboratory's answer was: “At this time we have no direct experience with DRAQ7 for the detection of membrane-compromised yeast cells. However, I would assume it would work for the detection of such dead and damaged cells but the cell wall is a complication. - It would be possible to use it for fixed yeast cells and also to test for plasma membrane integrity of spheroplasts.” I am sorry for not being more helpful. Please do let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

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Abcam Scientific Support

Answered on Jan 10 2012

Question

Kindly advise if DRAQ5 and DRAQ7 are suitable for yeast. Thanks in advance foryour assistance and reply.

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Abcam community

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Asked on Jan 06 2012

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Thank you for contacting us. Indeed, DRAQ5 has already been used successfully in yeast already. Please see here below the publication citing it: DRAQ5 - http://aem.asm.org/content/72/10/6725.abstract I expect DRAQ7 to be suitable as well for yeast, as it is suitable for most cell types, eukaryotic and prokaryotic. However I have not found an example or publication and have therefore contacted the laboratory to double check. As soon as I get an answer I will forward it to you. I hope this information is helpful to you. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any more advice or information.

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Abcam Scientific Support

Answered on Jan 06 2012

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I'm using DRAQ7 and would like to stain for live/dead fixed cells in microscopy. According to the protocol, DRAQ7 will stain all fixed and permeabilized cells in the preparation. How can I then differentiate between my live and dead cells if all are going to be stained? Is there something I can do to change the protocol?

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Abcam community

Verified customer

Asked on Aug 15 2011

Answer

Thank you for your inquiry. DRAQ7 is a LIVE cell impermeant far-red DNA dye. It can be used to identify permeable cells in a mix of live and dead cells (i.e. the dead cells) – but in a preparation of fixed cells, all of the cells will be permeant and therefore all will be stained with DRAQ7. If you are trying to differentiate between live and dead cells in a sample (before fixation), then you could simply add DRAQ7 prior to fixation and identify (count) the number of DRAQ7 labelled cells – they will be the dead cells. After fixation, the DRAQ7 will enter all of the cells – and you can now get a total count. Subtraction of dead cell count from total count will give the live cell count.  There are of course issues here – especially if the same sample cannot be used prior to and after fixation. Another idea might be to use DRAQ7 and DRAQ5 (ab108410) in sequence prior to fixation. Adding DRAQ7 first will give the dead cell count. Adding DRAQ5 will then give the total count – and usefully both dyes are in the far-red (same emission). Subtraction of dead count from total count will give the live count. The sample could then be fixed. I hope that this is helpful. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

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Abcam Scientific Support

Answered on Aug 15 2011

Question

24 h experiment to detect live cells, no additional treatment which dye best to use? Draq5 (for live cells) - too toxic Draq7 is for staining dead and permeabilized cells

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Abcam community

Verified customer

Asked on Aug 03 2011

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Thank you for contacting us. I have received the following response from the lab: We would suggest to approach this as follows ... Treat the cell culture with 1-3 uM DRAQ7 during the incubation, image to enumerate the dead/leaky cells at the required end-point and then immediately add 3-5 uM DRAQ5, allow to stain for 5 -10 min and measure again for ALL events, IN THE SAME CHANNEL. The two images will show: 1) dead/apoptotic cells, DRAQ7+ 2) all nucleated cells, DRAQ5+ The two images can be artificially colored to reveal the live cells, when merged. The DRAQ7 positive events can be monitored by imaging in real time during the culture period to observe the progression and dynamics of cell damage and death. Red excitation will limit the risk of DNA damage that is common to UV excited probes. The Draq5 would need being added at the very end of the 24 hour time point, after the last DRAQ7 read. It is tricky to measure the live cells at the beginning of the experiment (i.e. around 0 or 1 hour). We would consider using phase contrast to estimate total cells and subtract the initial DRAQ7 positives. There is no real way to remove Draq5 after incubation for 10 min or so. Once it’s labelled to DNA then it’s there “irreversibly” due to high affinity. As Draq7 is not cytotoxic, an incubation with Draq7 for 24 hours would be fine. DRAQ7 only enters cells that are membrane-compromised. Our data show effectively no toxicity after 96 hours of proximity to proliferative cells. I hope this information is helpful to you. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any more advice or information.

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Abcam Scientific Support

Answered on Aug 03 2011

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