Nevirapine is a benzodiazepine non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor. In combination with other antiretroviral drugs, nevirapine reduces HIV viral loads and increases CD4 counts, thereby retarding or preventing the damage to the immune system and reducing the risk of developing AIDS.
FRO cells are seeded into 96-well culture plates at 10,000 cells/well. Cells are treated with different doses of nevirapine (0, 100, 200, 350 and 500 μM) for 48 h. MTT dye (5 mg/mL) is added to each well for additional 4 h, and the reaction is then stopped by the addition of DMSO. Optical density is measured at 490 nm on a multi-well plate reader[2].