A new flow cytometric method for discrimination of apoptotic cells and detection of their cell cycle specificity through staining of F-actin and DNA

Cytometry
P C EndresenJ Aarbakke

Abstract

Drug-initiated apoptosis of human leukemia HL-60, THP-1, and U-937 cells was studied via multiparameter flow cytometry and cell sorting. A new flow cytometric method that allows both identification and quantitation of apoptotic cells and estimation of their cell cycle specificity is presented. The method is based on paraformaldehyde fixation followed by staining of F-actin and DNA with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-phalloidin and propidium iodide (PI), respectively. Bivariate green fluorescence (F-actin) vs. side scatterplots of HL-60 cells treated with 10 microM etoposide for 4 h showed two cell populations, one with high green fluorescence and low side scatter and one with low green fluorescence and high side scatter. Sorting revealed cells with intact nuclei in the high green fluorescence/low side scatter population and cells with fragmented nuclei in the low green fluorescence/high side scatter population, demonstrating that the cells in the latter population were apoptotic. Exposure of HL-60 cells to 10 microM etoposide for 4 h resulted in S-phase selective apoptosis, whereas 5 micrograms/ml cycloheximide initiated apoptosis mainly in G0/G1-phase and S-phase cells. The apoptotic response of HL-60 cells to 20 GY gamma-i...Continue Reading

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