Yes, under room temperature conditions (20-22°C), reaction components such as cell lysates and substrate working solutions need to be adjusted to room temperature. This is because the reaction rate of luciferase is temperature-dependent. To ensure assay consistency, all reagents and samples should be equilibrated to room temperature.
Yes! D-luciferin can slowly degrade in aqueous solution, so it is not recommended to prepare it in advance for long-term storage. If the reagents can be used within six months, they can be prepared as a working solution and then aliquoted and stored at -40°C or below; the lower the temperature, the better the storage stability.
No! The substrate for Renilla luciferase (coelenterazine) has very poor stability in aqueous solution and typically degrades within 24 hours. Therefore, Renilla Luciferase detection reagents must be freshly prepared and used immediately.
The lysis buffer cannot lyse plant cells. The reporter gene reagents can lyse certain types of mammalian primary cells. Assay testing is required to determine whether a specific cell type can be lysed.
It is recommended that the read values of Firefly and Renilla luciferases in the control group be similar, or that the read value of Renilla luciferase is slightly higher than that of Firefly luciferase. In actual assays, due to inconsistencies in the quality of plasmid extraction for Firefly luciferase and Renilla luciferase, as well as differences in the regulatory capabilities of the control elements being tested, we recommend conducting preliminary assays to optimize the co-transfection amounts of Firefly luciferase plasmid and Renilla luciferase plasmid.