The establishment of the method of precise lung slicing and the evaluation of neutral red assay for measuring viability of lung slices / 中国药理学通报

ABSTRACT

Aim To establish the metho d of precise lung slicing and examine the validity of neutral red(NR) assay for measuring lung slices viability.Method Inflated with 1% low melting agaro se solution, lung lobes were cut into slices by shaking microtome. With the thic kness of 400,500,600,700 ?m,lung slices were cultured in medium pH 6.8,7 .0,7.2, 7.4, respectively. After 1 h pre-incubation, lung slices were cont inuously submerged in 24-well plate, incubated for 0,2,4,6 h,respectively. NR assay, MTT assay, LDH leakage and SOD activity were used to assess the slices viability under different slices thickness, medium pH and culturing time. Result When the slice thickness was 600 ?m and medium pH was 7.0, t he viability of slices maintained best and steady for 6 h. There were positive c orrelations between NR uptake and MTT reduction in slices under different thickn ess(r 1 = 0.91, P