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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS
卷 267, 期 2, 页码 157-163出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(02)00167-9
关键词
flow-cytometry; cytotoxicity; cell necrosis; membrane staining
Flow-cytometry based assays for cellular cytotoxicity have established themselves widely over the last years. Discrimination of target and effector cells is critical for such assays. If scatter properties are not informative, the standard approach until now has been to label the target cells with a suitable fluorescent dye. However, this cannot be applied to a number of experimental settings, e.g. if one effector cell type is tested against several target cells, or if target cells do not incorporate the dye properly. Therefore, our goal was to develop a protocol based on the labelling of effector cells. For this purpose, we came around to using a membrane dye, DIOC18, which is not commonly used for flow-cytometric applications, This dye showed very stable membrane integration properties that allowed long-term coincubation periods (24 h) without leakage to neighbouring cells. The vitality and cytotoxic activity of the effector cells were not altered by staining. For the detection of dead cells, the intercalating DNA-dye 7-AAD was used. The spectral emission wavelengths of this combination also enable the additional use of PE-conjugated antibodies to surface antigens in three-color cytometry devices. Cytotoxicity values obtained by our protocol were highly correlated with values obtained by the chromium release assay at different E/T ratios and using several target cell lines. All in all, we present here an easy to handle protocol, which enables the precise determination of cellular cytotoxicity in various experimental settings. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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