PrepProtect™ Stabilization Buffer ( #130-092-642 #130-092-643 )

PrepProtect™ Stabilization Buffer

Sample stabilization with one pipetting step
By adding the non-toxic PrepProtect™ Buffer, RNA, DNA, or protein is stabilized in cell or tissue samples—for reliable downstream applications.

Safe fresh or frozen samples
PrepProtect Buffer prevents RNA degradation whenever quick-freezing or direct analysis after sample collection is impossible, samples are shipped without dry ice, or frozen tissue is weighed and dissected.
The non-toxic PrepProtect Buffer enables
instant RNA stabilization in freshly
harvested samples. By simply adding
PrepProtect Buffer, fresh samples are
typically stable for at least one day at 37 °C,
one week at 18–25 °C, one month at 4°C,
or for archival storage below –20 °C. This
facilitates sample collection and parallel
processing of multiple samples, and allows
convenient sample shipment without dry ice.
PrepProtect Buffer even seeps through previously frozen material, and protects mRNA during thawing. Frozen samples incubated in PrepProtect Buffer are stable for up to one hour at room temperature or overnight at 4 °C. This enables researchers to prepare samples, for example, to weigh or dissect tissues, before RNA isolation.
The buffer compensates the hardness of frozen tissues by softening their structure; thereby, it facilitates tissue lysis and homogenization without prior pulverization with mortar and pestle. PrepProtect Buffer allows RNA stabilization in both freshly prepared as well as previously frozen samples, abating the need to work fast. Besides RNA stabilization, PrepProtect Buffer preserves the integrity of DNA and denatured protein in biological samples.

Further information

PrepProtect™Stabilization Buffer flyer
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Figure 1

PrepProtect™ Stabilization Buffer

Figure 2

Intact total RNA derived from mouse liver samples stabilized in PrepProtect™ Stabilization Buffer compared to quick-frozen material: Tissue was stabilized in PrepProtect, stored for 33 days at 4 °C (A); for one day at 37 °C (B); frozen tissue was stored at -80 °C for 33 days (C) (Bioanalyzer 2100, Agilent Technologies, FU, fluorescence units; nt, nucleotides; RIN, RNA integrity number).