Cellular Senescence Detection Kit - SPiDER-βGal

Senescence Cell Detection
▪ Quantify SA-βgal
▪ Applicable for Living Cell and Fixed Cell
▪ Staining time 30 min.

DNA damages of the normal cells are caused by repeated cell division and oxidative stress. Cellular Senescence, a state of irreversible growth arrest, can be triggered in order to prevent DNA-damaged cells from growing. Senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA-β-gal), which is overexpressed in senescent cells, has been widely used as a marker of cellular senescence. Although X-gal is a well known reagent to detect SA-β-gal, these are following disadvantages: 1) requirement of fixed cells due to the poor cell-permeability, 2) low quantitative capability because of the difficulty of the determination of visual difference between stained cells and not stained cells, 3) requirement of a long time of staining.

Cellular Senescence Detection Kit – SPiDER-βGal allows to detect SA-β-gal with high sensitivity and ease of use. SPiDER-βGal is a new reagent to detect β-galactosidase which possesses a high cell-permeability and a high retentivity inside cells. SA-β-gal are detected specifically not only in living cells but also fixed cells by using a reagent (Bafilomycin A1) to inhibit endogenous β-galactosidase activity. Therefore, SPiDER-βGal can be applied to quantitative analysis by flow cytometry.

Recent work from Dr. Kim et al. at Mayo Clinic used our Cellular Senescence Detection Kit – SPiDER-βGal to evaluate cellular senescence in endothelial cells. They did staining of SA-βGal in cells in atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) and co-stained the cells with CD31 which is a marker of endothelilal cells. They showed that ARAS + Elamipretide* treatment slightly improved endothelial cell senescence. Unlike commercial available probes used for detection of β-Galactosidase, SPiDER-βGal contained in the kit possesses high intracellular retention. The key feature of this product is that it can be used to co-stain SA-β-Gal and other markers. Our kit is a useful tool for cellular senescence research.
*Elamipretide: mitochondria-targeted peptide

For more information on data, please refer to the publication below:
S. R. Kim, A. Eirin, X. Zhang, A. Lerman and L. O. Lerman, “Mitochondrial Protection Partly Mitigates Kidney Cellular Senescence in Swine Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis.”, Cell. Physiol. Biochem. ., 2019, 52, 617.

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