I Schmid1, S W Cole, Y D Korin, J A Zack, J V Giorgi. 1. Department of Hematology/Oncology, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. schmid@mednet.ucla.edu
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Correlated flow cytometric measurements of phenotype and DNA-RNA content offer detailed information on cell cycle status of subpopulations in heterogeneous cell preparations in response to stimulation. We have developed a method for flow cytometric analysis of DNA-RNA content that has been optimized for simultaneous measurement of dual-color immunofluorescence. METHODS: Nucleic acid staining was performed at low pH in the presence of saponin. DNA was stained with 7-aminoactinomycin D (7-AAD) and RNA with pyronin Y(G) (PY); both dyes were used at low concentrations, and 7-AAD was exchanged with nonfluorescent actinomycin D after DNA staining to minimize fluorochrome-fluorochrome interactions. For cell surface antigen staining, allophycocyanin was combined with pH-independent Alexa488 instead of fluorescein-isothiocyanate (FITC) because FITC is pH sensitive. RESULTS: This method identified cell cycle subcompartments in CEM cells comparable to published results on cell lines using other dyes and staining methods. Measurement of DNA-RNA content in CD8 lymphocyte subsets of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells costimulated with CD3/CD28.2 showed that, after 48 h of stimulation, 80% of CD8(+) T cells were in the proliferative state, whereas 86% of CD8(+) non-T cells remained in G(0). CONCLUSIONS: This technique permits the clear identification of cellular subpopulations by phenotype and assessment of their cell cycle status. Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
BACKGROUND: Correlated flow cytometric measurements of phenotype and DNA-RNA content offer detailed information on cell cycle status of subpopulations in heterogeneous cell preparations in response to stimulation. We have developed a method for flow cytometric analysis of DNA-RNA content that has been optimized for simultaneous measurement of dual-color immunofluorescence. METHODS: Nucleic acid staining was performed at low pH in the presence of saponin. DNA was stained with 7-aminoactinomycin D (7-AAD) and RNA with pyronin Y(G) (PY); both dyes were used at low concentrations, and 7-AAD was exchanged with nonfluorescent actinomycin D after DNA staining to minimize fluorochrome-fluorochrome interactions. For cell surface antigen staining, allophycocyanin was combined with pH-independent Alexa488 instead of fluorescein-isothiocyanate (FITC) because FITC is pH sensitive. RESULTS: This method identified cell cycle subcompartments in CEM cells comparable to published results on cell lines using other dyes and staining methods. Measurement of DNA-RNA content in CD8 lymphocyte subsets of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells costimulated with CD3/CD28.2 showed that, after 48 h of stimulation, 80% of CD8(+) T cells were in the proliferative state, whereas 86% of CD8(+) non-T cells remained in G(0). CONCLUSIONS: This technique permits the clear identification of cellular subpopulations by phenotype and assessment of their cell cycle status. Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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