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Xenometrix AG - Ames Mutagenicity and Cytotoxicity Assays

 

Xenometrix produces and distributes today's most advanced Ames mutagenicity assays (microfluctuation assays) and cytotoxicity screening kits designed to reduce the amount of test compound, hands-on time and consumables.

The Ames II / Ames MPF Microfluctuation Assays are all modifications of the traditional Ames plate incorporation assay. The Ames II assay uses the S. typhimurium strains TA98 and TAMix (a mixture of 6 strains, each detecting a specific base-pair substitution), whereas the Ames MPF® kits are available with the strains TA98, TA100, TA1535, TA1537, E.Coli WP2 uvrA or E.Coli WP2 pKM101.

The Xenometrix Cytotoxicity Screening Kits enable the user to determine up to four cytotoxicity parameters from the same cellular sample! (PAN I: LDHe-XTT-NR-SRB). This is particularly useful in situations of limited compound availability and with valuable or rare test cells such as primary cultures. A full range of parameters is offered: XTT, MTT, Lactate Dehydrogenase, Sulforhodamine B, Neutral Red, Crystal Violet, Acid Phosphatase, Glucose.

Xenometrix's genotoxitcity and cytotoxicity assays are used by major pharmaceutical, chemical and cosmetic industries, but also by authorities analyzing for environmental toxicants, by CROs, research labs of universities and hospitals.

 

New products:

Ames MPF 98/100 AQUA - a novel mutagenicity test kit for the testing of water quality: The novel Ames MPF 98/100 AQUA is designed to detect the mutagenic potential of non-concentrated water samples. The assay allows to use 18.5 times more sample volume than with the conventional Ames MPF 98/100 for testing of chemical compounds thanks to a 10-fold concentrated Exposure Medium. The assay uses S. typhimurium TA98 and TA100 strains and may be used for the testing of sterile aqueous solutions, such as fresh water, waste water, aqueous extracts and leachates, aqueous solutions of chemicals and chemical mixtures.

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New Partnership with MetaSystems

 

The automated slide scaning platform Metafer of MetaSystems is widely used for automated analysis of toxicology test samples. It provides the possibility to automate analysis of various tests commonly used in genetic toxicology and radiation research. This includes the chromosomal aberration test, the cytokinesis block micronucleus assay, the rodent erythrocyte micronucleus assay, the Comet assay and now the Ames MPF, Ames II assay.

 

“The automated analysis of the Ames II / Ames MPF test based on Xenometrix’ 384-well microtiter plates adds additional value to the versatile, Metafer-based analysis system for genetic toxicology”, MetaSystems officials said. “It is now possible to automate and archive analysis of the most important pre-clinical tests on one hardware platform with full GLP compliancy.”

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Environmental:

Xenometrix introduces a novel microplate-format kit for the analysis of potentially genotoxic compounds by means of the well-established umuC SOS response. Since different kinds of genotoxic lesions lead to the induction of the SOS response, one bacterial strain with the appropriate reporter gene construct is sufficient to identify all classes of bacterial genotoxins. Following the initial overnight cultivation of bacteria, results are available after about 6 hours! The kit is available in two versions: umuC Easy CS for the testing of concentrated samples , and umuC Easy AQ for aqueous samples. The kits are based on the ISO 13829 guideline and  provide media and reagents as described therein.

 

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