Asha Lekshmi, Shankara Narayanan Varadarajan, Santhik Subhasingh Lupitha, Mydhily Nair, Aneesh Chandrasekharan, T.R. Santhoshkumar
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Caspase 3 or 7 activation is observed in the majority of apoptotic cell death. Similarly, the absence of caspase 3/7 activation and cell membrane leakage are the two prominent indicators for necrotic cell death or necroptosis. The programmed form of necrosis, called pyroptosis, is also accompanied by membrane leakage and most often associated with activation of specific caspases such as caspase 1, 4, or 11, but not through caspase 3/7 activation. Here, a robust and sensitive real-time method is described to distinguish and discriminate apoptosis from necrosis. The assay utilizes stable integration of a genetically encoded fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) probe for caspase 3/7 activation and the mitochondrion-targeted DsRed to identify necrotic cells. Caspase activation is determined by cleavage of the FRET probe; loss of soluble FRET probe with retention of mitochondrial red fluorescence indicates necrosis. This unit describes an important protocol for the generation of sensor cells expressing both probes, followed by detailed analysis of apoptosis and necrosis by microscopy imaging, confocal imaging, high-throughput imaging, and flow cytometry. © 2018 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</p>","PeriodicalId":72743,"journal":{"name":"Current protocols in toxicology","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/cptx.39","citationCount":"3","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"A Real-Time Image-Based Approach to Distinguish and Discriminate Apoptosis from Necrosis\",\"authors\":\"Asha Lekshmi, Shankara Narayanan Varadarajan, Santhik Subhasingh Lupitha, Mydhily Nair, Aneesh Chandrasekharan, T.R. 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