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Kumar S, Tchounwou PB. p53 as a unique target of action of cisplatin in acute leukaemia cells. J Cell Mol Med 2022; 26:4727-4739. [PMID: 35946055 PMCID: PMC9443951 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.17502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Revised: 06/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) occurs in approximately 10% of acute myeloid leukaemia patients. Arsenic trioxide (ATO) has been for APL chemotherapy, but recently several ATO‐resistant cases have been reported worldwide. Cisplatin (CDDP) enhances the toxicity of ATO in ovarian, lung cancer, chronic myelogenous leukaemia, and HL‐60 cells. Hence, the goal of this study was to investigate a novel target of CDDP action in APL cells, as an alternate option for the treatment of ATO‐resistant APL patients. We applied biochemical, molecular, confocal microscopy and advanced gene editing (CRISPR‐Cas9) techniques to elucidate the novel target of CDDP action and its functional mechanism in APL cells. Our main findings revealed that CDDP activated p53 in APL cells through stress signals catalysed by ATM and ATR protein kinases, CHK1 and CHK2 phosphorylation at Ser 345 and Thr68 residues, and downregulation and dissociation of MDM2‐DAXX‐HAUSP complex. Our functional studies confirmed that CDDP‐induced repression of MDM2‐DAXX‐HAUSP complex was significantly reversed in both nutilin‐3‐treated KG1a and p53‐knockdown NB4 cells. Our findings also showed that CDDP stimulated an increased number of promyelocytes with dense granules, activated p53 expression, and downregulated MDM2 in liver and bone marrow of APL mice. Principal conclusion of our study highlights a novel mode of action of CDDP targeting p53 expression which may provide a basis for designing new anti‐leukaemic compounds for treatment of APL patients.
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- Sanjay Kumar
- Cellomics and Toxicogenomics Research Laboratory, NIH/NIMHD-RCMI Center for Health Disparities Research, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.,Department of life Sciences, School of Earth, Biological, and Environmental Sciences, Central University South Bihar, Gaya, India
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- Cellomics and Toxicogenomics Research Laboratory, NIH/NIMHD-RCMI Center for Health Disparities Research, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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VanOpstall C, Perike S, Brechka H, Gillard M, Lamperis S, Zhu B, Brown R, Bhanvadia R, Vander Griend DJ. MEIS-mediated suppression of human prostate cancer growth and metastasis through HOXB13-dependent regulation of proteoglycans. eLife 2020; 9:e53600. [PMID: 32553107 PMCID: PMC7371429 DOI: 10.7554/elife.53600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The molecular roles of HOX transcriptional activity in human prostate epithelial cells remain unclear, impeding the implementation of new treatment strategies for cancer prevention and therapy. MEIS proteins are transcription factors that bind and direct HOX protein activity. MEIS proteins are putative tumor suppressors that are frequently silenced in aggressive forms of prostate cancer. Here we show that MEIS1 expression is sufficient to decrease proliferation and metastasis of prostate cancer cells in vitro and in vivo murine xenograft models. HOXB13 deletion demonstrates that the tumor-suppressive activity of MEIS1 is dependent on HOXB13. Integration of ChIP-seq and RNA-seq data revealed direct and HOXB13-dependent regulation of proteoglycans including decorin (DCN) as a mechanism of MEIS1-driven tumor suppression. These results define and underscore the importance of MEIS1-HOXB13 transcriptional regulation in suppressing prostate cancer progression and provide a mechanistic framework for the investigation of HOXB13 mutants and oncogenic cofactors when MEIS1/2 are silenced.
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- Calvin VanOpstall
- The Committee on Cancer Biology, The University of ChicagoChicagoUnited States
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Illinois at ChicagoChicagoUnited States
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- The Committee on Cancer Biology, The University of ChicagoChicagoUnited States
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- Department of Surgery, Section of Urology, The University of ChicagoChicagoUnited States
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Illinois at ChicagoChicagoUnited States
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- Department of Surgery, Section of Urology, The University of ChicagoChicagoUnited States
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Illinois at ChicagoChicagoUnited States
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- Department of Urology, UT SouthwesternDallasUnited States
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Taskin IC, Sen O, Emanet M, Culha M, Yilmaz B. Hexagonal boron nitrides reduce the oxidative stress on cells. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 31:215101. [PMID: 31978926 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab6fdc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The molecular stress caused by a drug administered to treat a disorder on healthy cells appears as a side effect. In this study, we aim to understand the potential of hexagonal boron nitrides (hBNs) as a therapeutic agent to relieve the cellular stress exerted by drugs. First, the cytotoxicity of hBNs and their possible degradation product, boric acid (BA), on the embryonic mouse hippocampal cell line mHippo E-14 was assessed in a wide concentration range (4.4-440 μg ml-1) of boron including hBNs and BA for 24 and 72 h exposure. Then, cell cycle, reactive oxygen species generation, cell death mechanism and apoptotic body formation in nuclei with hBN and BA exposure were evaluated at increased concentrations and incubation times. Finally, the cells, exposed to doxorubicin (DOX), an anti-cancer chemotherapy drug, to exert oxidative stress, were treated with hBNs and BA. The results indicate that hBNs decrease the oxidative stress at the concentrations that are nontoxic to cells. The study suggests that hBNs can open new venues for their investigation to reduce or eliminate the adverse effects of toxic drugs used in the treatment of several fatal diseases including neurological disorders and cancer with their slow degradation feature.
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- Irem Culha Taskin
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yeditepe University, Istanbul 34755, Turkey
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FANG HS, LANG MF, SUN J. New Methods for Cell Cycle Analysis. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2040(19)61186-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Atanasova M, Yordanova G, Nenkova R, Ivanov Y, Godjevargova T, Dinev D. Brewing yeast viability measured using a novel fluorescent dye and image cytometer. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2019.1593053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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- Milka Atanasova
- Department of Biotechnology, University ‘Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov’, Bourgas, Bulgaria
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- Department of Biotechnology, University ‘Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov’, Bourgas, Bulgaria
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- Department of Biotechnology, University ‘Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov’, Bourgas, Bulgaria
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- Department of Biotechnology, University ‘Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov’, Bourgas, Bulgaria
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- Department of Biotechnology, University ‘Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov’, Bourgas, Bulgaria
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Ramon DS, Franks T, Jaramillo A, Paradis BD, Chan LLY. Image cytometry as an alternative to flow cytometry for the transplant histocompatibility crossmatch assay. HLA 2019; 93:436-444. [PMID: 30838802 DOI: 10.1111/tan.13515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The lymphocyte crossmatch is currently the only cell-based compatibility assay performed by histocompatibility laboratories for transplant purposes. While in many transplant programs the complement-dependent cytotoxicity crossmatch (CDCXM) remains in use, when available, the flow cytometry crossmatch (FCXM) is the method of choice because of its superior sensitivity and specificity. Unfortunately, the maintenance and cost of a flow cytometer is a considerable limitation for small histocompatibility laboratories. Therefore, in this study, we evaluated the use of the Cellometer Vision CBA image cytometer (Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, Lawrence, Massachusetts) as an alternative instrument to perform the crossmatch assay. The 3-color FCXM protocol was modified into two separate 2-color panel image cytometry crossmatches (IXMs), one for T cells and one for B cells. After initial serum and cell incubation, a cocktail consisting of PE/Cy5-conjugated anti-human CD3 or CD19 and PE-conjugated anti-human IgG F(ab')2 was added to the T cell and B cell panels, respectively. The final cell preparation was added to a separate counting chamber. Images were captured using the Cellometer Vision CBA, an image cytometer designed for cell counting, size analysis and fluorescence intensity measurement. Thirty-nine IXMs were performed and compared with the FCXM. We obtained a concordance sensitivity of 94.1% and 100% and specificity of 100% and 88.9% for T cells and B cells, respectively. The linearity of the system was verified using dilutions of a sample containing known donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA) against the target cells. This feasibility study demonstrates that the FCXM test could be easily adapted to the Cellometer Vision CBA image cytometer without compromising specificity and sensitivity. The low instrumentation cost, minimal maintenance, and simple operation allow for efficient implementation or transition from the FCXM to the IXM method.
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- Daniel S Ramon
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona.,Department of Pathology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona
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- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, Lawrence, Massachusetts
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- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, Lawrence, Massachusetts
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Kumar S, Brown A, Tchounwou PB. Trisenox disrupts MDM2-DAXX-HAUSP complex and activates p53, cell cycle regulation and apoptosis in acute leukemia cells. Oncotarget 2018; 9:33138-33148. [PMID: 30237857 PMCID: PMC6145703 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.26025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Trisenox (TX) has been used in the treatment of both de novo and relapsed acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) patients. Using in vitro APL cell lines model in this research, we report on a new target of TX action through disruption of MDM2-DAXX-HAUSP complex, degradation of MDM2, and activation of p53 expression. TX–induced stress signal was transmitted by protein kinase (ATM & ATR) and phosphorylation of its downstream targets CHK1, CHK2, ATM, and ATR, respectively at the Ser 345, Thr68, Ser1981 and Ser 428 residues involved in complex disruption and p53 up-regulation. TX-activated p53 led to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in APL cells. Our results showed that TX inhibited cell proliferation, disrupted complex molecules expression and association in APL cells. Our functional studies indicated that TX-induced down-regulation of complex molecules expression was mostly neutralized in both p53 knockdown NB4 cells and nutilin-3 treated KG1a cells. Hence our findings provide a functional evidence of TX action on cell cycle regulation and apoptosis in APL cells. This novel target of TX activity may be useful for designing new APL drugs.
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- Sanjay Kumar
- Cellomics and Toxicogenomics Research Laboratory, NIH/NIMHD-RCMI Center for Environmental Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, MS 39217, USA
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- Cellomics and Toxicogenomics Research Laboratory, NIH/NIMHD-RCMI Center for Environmental Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, MS 39217, USA
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- Cellomics and Toxicogenomics Research Laboratory, NIH/NIMHD-RCMI Center for Environmental Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, MS 39217, USA
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Conditioned medium derived from rat amniotic epithelial cells confers protection against inflammation, cancer, and senescence. Oncotarget 2018; 7:39051-39064. [PMID: 27259996 PMCID: PMC5129913 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.9694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Amniotic epithelial cells (AECs) are a class of fetal stem cells that derives from the epiblast and resides in the amnion until birth. AECs are suitable candidates for regenerative medicine because of the ease of collection, their low immunogenicity and inability to form tumors after transplantation. Even though human AECs have been widely investigated, the fact remains that very little is known about AECs isolated from rat, one of the most common animal models in medical testing. In this study, we showed that rat AECs retained stemness properties and plasticity, expressed the pluripotency markers Sox2, Nanog, and Oct4 and were able to differentiate toward the osteogenic lineage. The addition of conditioned medium collected from rat AECs to lipopolysaccharide-activated macrophages elicited anti-inflammatory properties through a decrease of Tnfa expression and slowed tumor cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo. The senescence-associated secretory phenotype was also significantly lower upon incubation of senescent human IMR-90 fibroblast cells with conditioned medium from rat AECs. These results confirm the potential of AECs in the modulation of inflammatory mechanisms and open new therapeutic possibilities for regenerative medicine and anti-aging therapies as well.
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Chan LLY, McCulley KJ, Kessel SL. Assessment of Cell Viability with Single-, Dual-, and Multi-Staining Methods Using Image Cytometry. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1601:27-41. [PMID: 28470515 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6960-9_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
The ability to accurately measure cell viability is important for any cell-based assay. Traditionally, viability measurements have been performed using the trypan blue exclusion method on a hemacytometer, which allows researchers to visually distinguish viable from nonviable cells. While the trypan blue method can work for cell lines or primary cells that have been rigorously purified, in more complex samples such as PBMCs, bone marrow, whole blood, or any sample with low viability, this method can lead to errors. In recent years, advances in optics and fluorescent dyes have led to the development of automated benchtop image-based cell counters for rapid cell concentration and viability measurement. In this work, we demonstrate the use of image-based cytometry for cell viability detection using single-, dual-, or multi-stain techniques. Single-staining methods using nucleic acid stains such as EB, PI, 7-AAD, DAPI, SYTOX Green, and SYTOX Red, and enzymatic stains such as CFDA and Calcein AM, were performed. Dual-staining methods using AO/PI, CFDA/PI, Calcein AM/PI, Hoechst/PI, Hoechst/DRAQ7, and DRAQ5/DAPI that enumerate viable and nonviable cells were also performed. Finally, Hoechst/Calcein AM/PI was used for a multi-staining method. Fluorescent viability staining allows exclusion of cellular debris and nonnucleated cells from analysis, which can eliminate the need to perform purification steps during sample preparation and improve efficiency. Image cytometers increase speed and throughput, capture images for visual confirmation of results, and can greatly simplify cell count and viability measurements.
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- Leo Li-Ying Chan
- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack Street, Building 9, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA.
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- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack Street, Building 9, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA
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- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack Street, Building 9, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA
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Chan LLY, Smith T, Kumph KA, Kuksin D, Kessel S, Déry O, Cribbes S, Lai N, Qiu J. A high-throughput AO/PI-based cell concentration and viability detection method using the Celigo image cytometry. Cytotechnology 2016; 68:2015-25. [PMID: 27488883 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-016-0015-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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To ensure cell-based assays are performed properly, both cell concentration and viability have to be determined so that the data can be normalized to generate meaningful and comparable results. Cell-based assays performed in immuno-oncology, toxicology, or bioprocessing research often require measuring of multiple samples and conditions, thus the current automated cell counter that uses single disposable counting slides is not practical for high-throughput screening assays. In the recent years, a plate-based image cytometry system has been developed for high-throughput biomolecular screening assays. In this work, we demonstrate a high-throughput AO/PI-based cell concentration and viability method using the Celigo image cytometer. First, we validate the method by comparing directly to Cellometer automated cell counter. Next, cell concentration dynamic range, viability dynamic range, and consistency are determined. The high-throughput AO/PI method described here allows for 96-well to 384-well plate samples to be analyzed in less than 7 min, which greatly reduces the time required for the single sample-based automated cell counter. In addition, this method can improve the efficiency for high-throughput screening assays, where multiple cell counts and viability measurements are needed prior to performing assays such as flow cytometry, ELISA, or simply plating cells for cell culture.
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- Leo Li-Ying Chan
- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack St. Building 9, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA.
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- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack St. Building 9, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA
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- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack St. Building 9, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA
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- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack St. Building 9, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA
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- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack St. Building 9, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA
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- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack St. Building 9, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA
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- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack St. Building 9, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA
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- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack St. Building 9, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA
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- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack St. Building 9, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA
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Kuksin D, Kuksin CA, Qiu J, Chan LLY. Cellometer image cytometry as a complementary tool to flow cytometry for verifying gated cell populations. Anal Biochem 2016; 503:1-7. [PMID: 27033005 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2016.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Traditionally, many cell-based assays that analyze cell populations and functionalities have been performed using flow cytometry. However, flow cytometers remain relatively expensive and require highly trained operators for routine maintenance and data analysis. Recently, an image cytometry system has been developed by Nexcelom Bioscience (Lawrence, MA, USA) for automated cell concentration and viability measurement using bright-field and fluorescent imaging methods. Image cytometry is analogous to flow cytometry in that gating operations can be performed on the cell population based on size and fluorescent intensity. In addition, the image cytometer is capable of capturing bright-field and fluorescent images, allowing for the measurement of cellular size and fluorescence intensity data. In this study, we labeled a population of cells with an enzymatic vitality stain (calcein-AM) and a cell viability dye (propidium iodide) and compared the data generated by flow and image cytometry. We report that measuring vitality and viability using the image cytometer is as effective as flow cytometric assays and allows for visual confirmation of the sample to exclude cellular debris. Image cytometry offers a direct method for performing fluorescent cell-based assays but also may be used as a complementary tool to flow cytometers for aiding the analysis of more complex samples.
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- Dmitry Kuksin
- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
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- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA
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- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA.
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McCulley KJ, Somanchi SS. Assessment of Natural Killer Cell Cytotoxicity Using Image Cytometry Method. Methods Mol Biol 2016; 1441:107-16. [PMID: 27177660 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3684-7_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Although natural killer (NK) cells produce various cytokines that regulate other lymphocytes of the immune system, the primary effector function of NK cells is the direct cytolysis of their targets. Hence analyzing the cytotoxic potential of these lymphocytes is fundamental to understanding their biology and their clinical impact. We have previously shown that release-based cytotoxicity assays, such as calcein release assay, could potentially underestimate percent specific lysis if the entrapped reporter is not completely released and demonstrated that an Image cytometry method can overcome this caveat. In this chapter, we describe a detailed methodology to quantitate NK cell cytotoxicity using the Cellometer Vision Image Cytometry system.
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- Kelsey J McCulley
- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack St. Building 9, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA
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- Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit # 853, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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A Novel Method for Assessment of Natural Killer Cell Cytotoxicity Using Image Cytometry. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0141074. [PMID: 26492577 PMCID: PMC4619620 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 10/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells belong to the innate arm of the immune system and though activated NK cells can modulate immune responses through the secretion of cytokines, their primary effector function is through target cell lysis. Accordingly, cytotoxicity assays are central to studying NK cell function. The 51Chromium release assay, is the “gold standard” for cytotoxicity assay, however, due to concerns over toxicity associated with the use and disposal of radioactive compounds there is a significant interest in non-radioactive methods. We have previously used the calcein release assay as a non-radioactive alternative for studying NK cell cytotoxicity. In this study, we show that the calcein release assay varies in its dynamic range for different tumor targets, and that the entrapped calcein could remain unreleased within apoptotic bodies of lysed tumor targets or incompletely released resulting in underestimation of percent specific lysis. To overcome these limitations, we developed a novel cytotoxicity assay using the Cellometer Vision Image Cytometer and compared this method to standard calcein release assay for measuring NK cell cytotoxicity. Using tumor lines K562, 721.221, and Jurkat, we demonstrate here that image cytometry shows significantly higher percent specific lysis of the target cells compared to the standard calcein release assay within the same experimental setup. Image cytometry is able to accurately analyze live target cells by excluding dimmer cells and smaller apoptotic bodies from viable target cell counts. The image cytometry-based cytotoxicity assay is a simple, direct and sensitive method and is an appealing option for routine cytotoxicity assay.
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Fernandez-Guerra P, Lund M, Corydon TJ, Cornelius N, Gregersen N, Palmfeldt J, Bross P. Application of an Image Cytometry Protocol for Cellular and Mitochondrial Phenotyping on Fibroblasts from Patients with Inherited Disorders. JIMD Rep 2015; 27:17-26. [PMID: 26404456 DOI: 10.1007/8904_2015_494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Revised: 08/13/2015] [Accepted: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Cellular phenotyping of human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) from patients with inherited diseases provides invaluable information for diagnosis, disease aetiology, prognosis and assessing of treatment options. Here we present a cell phenotyping protocol using image cytometry that combines measurements of crucial cellular and mitochondrial parameters: (1) cell number and viability, (2) thiol redox status (TRS), (3) mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and (4) mitochondrial superoxide levels (MSLs). With our protocol, cell viability, TRS and MMP can be measured in one small cell sample and MSL on a parallel one. We analysed HDFs from healthy individuals after treatment with various concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) for different intervals, to mimic the physiological effects of oxidative stress. Our results show that cell number, viability, TRS and MMP decreased, while MSL increased both in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. To assess the use of our protocol for analysis of HDFs from patients with inherited diseases, we analysed HDFs from two patients with very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (VLCAD) deficiency (VLCADD), one with a severe clinical phenotype and one with a mild one. HDFs from both patients displayed increased MSL without H2O2 treatment. Treatment with H2O2 revealed significant differences in MMP and MSL between HDFs from the mild and the severe patient. Our results establish the capacity of our protocol for fast analysis of cellular and mitochondrial parameters by image cytometry in HDFs from patients with inherited metabolic diseases.
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- Paula Fernandez-Guerra
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Research Unit for Molecular Medicine (MMF), Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, 8200, Aarhus, Denmark.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Research Unit for Molecular Medicine (MMF), Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, 8200, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Research Unit for Molecular Medicine (MMF), Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, 8200, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of clinical Genetics, Applied Human Molecular Genetics, Kennedy Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Research Unit for Molecular Medicine (MMF), Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, 8200, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Research Unit for Molecular Medicine (MMF), Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, 8200, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Research Unit for Molecular Medicine (MMF), Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, 8200, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Sensitization to docetaxel in prostate cancer cells by green tea and quercetin. J Nutr Biochem 2015; 26:408-15. [PMID: 25655047 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2014.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2014] [Revised: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Chemotherapy with docetaxel (Doc) is a standard treatment for metastatic and castration-resistant prostate cancer. However, chemoresistance and side effects of Doc limit its clinical success. We investigated whether natural products green tea (GT) and quercetin (Q), a flavonoid from apples and onions, will enhance the efficacy of Doc in androgen-independent (AI) prostate cancer cells. Two cell lines including LAPC-4-AI and PC-3 were treated in vitro with 40 μM of (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), 5 μM of Q, 2 or 5 nM of Doc alone or in combination. The mixture of EGCG+Q+Doc increased the antiproliferative effect by threefold in LAPC-4-AI cells and eightfold in PC-3 cells compared to Doc alone. EGCG, Q and Doc in combination significantly enhanced cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase and increased apoptosis in both LAPC-4-AI and PC-3 cells compared to Doc alone. The mixture increased the inhibition of PI3K/Akt and the signal transducer and activator of transcription (Stat) 3 signaling pathways compared to Doc alone, and decreased the protein expression of multidrug resistance-related protein. In addition, the combination with EGCG and Q increased the inhibition of tumor cell invasion and colony formation in both LAPC-4-AI and PC-3 cells compared to Doc alone, and decreased the percentage of CD44(+)/CD24(-) stem-like LAPC-4-AI cells. In summary, GT and Q enhanced the therapeutic effect of Doc in castration-resistant prostate cancer cells through multiple mechanisms including the down-regulation of chemoresistance-related proteins. This study provides a novel therapeutic modality to enhance the efficacy of Doc in a nontoxic manner.
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Piccinini F, Tesei A, Paganelli G, Zoli W, Bevilacqua A. Improving reliability of live/dead cell counting through automated image mosaicing. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2014; 117:448-463. [PMID: 25438936 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2014.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Revised: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Cell counting is one of the basic needs of most biological experiments. Numerous methods and systems have been studied to improve the reliability of counting. However, at present, manual cell counting performed with a hemocytometer still represents the gold standard, despite several problems limiting reproducibility and repeatability of the counts and, at the end, jeopardizing their reliability in general. We present our own approach based on image processing techniques to improve counting reliability. It works in two stages: first building a high-resolution image of the hemocytometer's grid, then counting the live and dead cells by tagging the image with flags of different colours. In particular, we introduce GridMos (http://sourceforge.net/p/gridmos), a fully-automated mosaicing method to obtain a mosaic representing the whole hemocytometer's grid. In addition to offering more significant statistics, the mosaic "freezes" the culture status, thus permitting analysis by more than one operator. Finally, the mosaic achieved can thus be tagged by using an image editor, thus markedly improving counting reliability. The experiments performed confirm the improvements brought about by the proposed counting approach in terms of both reproducibility and repeatability, also suggesting the use of a mosaic of an entire hemocytometer's grid, then labelled trough an image editor, as the best likely candidate for the new gold standard method in cell counting.
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- Filippo Piccinini
- Advanced Research Center on Electronic Systems (ARCES) for Information and Communication Technologies "E. De Castro", University of Bologna, Italy.
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- Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, FC, Italy.
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- Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, FC, Italy.
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- Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, FC, Italy.
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- Advanced Research Center on Electronic Systems (ARCES) for Information and Communication Technologies "E. De Castro", University of Bologna, Italy; Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DISI), University of Bologna, Italy.
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Wang P, Wang B, Chung S, Wu Y, Henning SM, Vadgama JV. Increased chemopreventive effect by combining arctigenin, green tea polyphenol and curcumin in prostate and breast cancer cells. RSC Adv 2014; 4:35242-35250. [PMID: 25243063 PMCID: PMC4166488 DOI: 10.1039/c4ra06616b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The low bioavailability of most flavonoids limits their application as anti-carcinogenic agents in humans. A novel approach of treatment with a mixture of bioactive compounds that share molecular anti-carcinogenic targets may enhance the effect on these targets at low concentrations of individual compound, thereby overcoming the limitations of reduced bioavailability. We therefore investigated whether a combination of three natural products arctigenin (Arc), a novel anti-inflammatory lignan from the seeds of Arctium lappa, green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and curcumin (Cur) increases the chemopreventive potency of individual compounds. LNCaP prostate cancer and MCF-7 breast cancer cells were treated with 2-4 mg/L (about 5-10μM) Cur, 1μM Arc and 40μM EGCG alone or in combination for 48h. In both cell lines treatment with the mixture of Cur, Arc and EGCG synergistically increased the antiproliferative effect. In LNCaP cells both Arc and EGCG increased the pro-apoptotic effect of Cur. Whereas in MCF-7 cells Arc increased the cell apoptosis of Cur while EGCG enhanced cell cycle arrest of Cur at G0/G1 phase. The strongest effects on cell cycle arrest and apoptosis were achieved by combining all three compounds in both cell lines. The combination treatment significantly increased the ratio of Bax to Bcl-2 proteins, decreased the activation of NFκB, PI3K/Akt and Stat3 pathways and cell migration compared to individual treatment. These results warrant in vivo studies to confirm the efficacy of this novel regimen by combining Arc and EGCG with Cur to enhance chemoprevention in both prostate and breast cancer.
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- Piwen Wang
- Division of Cancer Research and Training, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
- Center for Human Nutrition, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Division of Cancer Research and Training, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
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- Division of Cancer Research and Training, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
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- Division of Cancer Research and Training, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
- David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Center for Human Nutrition, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Division of Cancer Research and Training, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
- David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Chan LLY, Huang J, Hagiwara Y, Aguila L, Rowe D. Discriminating multiplexed GFP reporters in primary articular chondrocyte cultures using image cytometry. J Fluoresc 2014; 24:1041-53. [PMID: 24728974 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-014-1383-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Flow cytometry has become a standard tool for defining a heterogeneous cell population based on surface expressed epitopes or GFP reporters that reflect cell types or cellular differentiation. The introduction of image cytometry raised the possibility of adaptation to discriminate GFP reporters used to appreciate cell heterogeneity within the skeletal lineages. The optical filters and LEDs were optimized for the reporters used in transgenic mice expressing various fluorescent proteins. In addition, the need for compensation between eGFP and surrounding reporters due to optical cross-talk was eliminated by selecting the appropriate excitation and emission filters. Bone marrow or articular cartilage cell cultures from GFP and RFP reporter mouse lines were established to demonstrate the equivalency in functionalities of image to flow cytometry analysis. To examine the ability for monitoring primary cell differentiation, articular chondrocyte cell cultures were established from mice that were single or doubly transgenic (Dkk3eGFP and Col2A1GFPcyan), which identify the progression of superficial small articular cell to a mature chondrocyte. The instrument was able to rapidly and accurately discriminate cells that were Dkk3eGFP only, Dkk3eGFP/Col2A1GFPcyan, and Col2A1GFP, which provides a useful tool for studying the impact of culture conditions on lineage expansion and differentiation.
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- Leo Li-Ying Chan
- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack St. Building 9, Lawrence, MA, 01843, USA,
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Dolfi SC, Chan LLY, Qiu J, Tedeschi PM, Bertino JR, Hirshfield KM, Oltvai ZN, Vazquez A. The metabolic demands of cancer cells are coupled to their size and protein synthesis rates. Cancer Metab 2013; 1:20. [PMID: 24279929 PMCID: PMC4178206 DOI: 10.1186/2049-3002-1-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background Although cells require nutrients to proliferate, most nutrient exchange rates of the NCI60 panel of cancer cell lines correlate poorly with their proliferation rate. Here, we provide evidence indicating that this inconsistency is rooted in the variability of cell size. Results We integrate previously reported data characterizing genome copy number variations, gene expression, protein expression and exchange fluxes with our own measurements of cell size and protein content in the NCI60 panel of cell lines. We show that protein content, DNA content, and protein synthesis per cell are proportional to the cell volume, and that larger cells proliferate slower than smaller cells. We estimate the metabolic fluxes of these cell lines and show that their magnitudes are proportional to their protein synthesis rate and, after correcting for cell volume, to their proliferation rate. At the level of gene expression, we observe that genes expressed at higher levels in smaller cells are enriched for genes involved in cell cycle, while genes expressed at higher levels in large cells are enriched for genes expressed in mesenchymal cells. The latter finding is further corroborated by the induction of those same genes following treatment with TGFβ, and the high vimentin but low E-cadherin protein levels in the larger cells. We also find that aromatase inhibitors, statins and mTOR inhibitors preferentially inhibit the in vitro growth of cancer cells with high protein synthesis rates per cell. Conclusions The NCI60 cell lines display various metabolic activities, and the type of metabolic activity that they possess correlates with their cell volume and protein content. In addition to cell proliferation, cell volume and/or biomarkers of protein synthesis may predict response to drugs targeting cancer metabolism.
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- Sonia C Dolfi
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
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Koshkin V, Yang BB, Krylov SN. Kinetics of MDR transport in tumor-initiating cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e79222. [PMID: 24223908 PMCID: PMC3815210 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Multidrug resistance (MDR) driven by ABC (ATP binding cassette) membrane transporters is one of the major causes of treatment failure in human malignancy. MDR capacity is thought to be unevenly distributed among tumor cells, with higher capacity residing in tumor-initiating cells (TIC) (though opposite finding are occasionally reported). Functional evidence for enhanced MDR of TICs was previously provided using a "side population" assay. This assay estimates MDR capacity by a single parameter - cell's ability to retain fluorescent MDR substrate, so that cells with high MDR capacity ("side population") demonstrate low substrate retention. In the present work MDR in TICs was investigated in greater detail using a kinetic approach, which monitors MDR efflux from single cells. Analysis of kinetic traces obtained allowed for the estimation of both the velocity (V max) and affinity (K M) of MDR transport in single cells. In this way it was shown that activation of MDR in TICs occurs in two ways: through the increase of V max in one fraction of cells, and through decrease of K M in another fraction. In addition, kinetic data showed that heterogeneity of MDR parameters in TICs significantly exceeds that of bulk cells. Potential consequences of these findings for chemotherapy are discussed.
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- Vasilij Koshkin
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Tedeschi PM, Markert EK, Gounder M, Lin H, Dvorzhinski D, Dolfi SC, Chan LLY, Qiu J, DiPaola RS, Hirshfield KM, Boros LG, Bertino JR, Oltvai ZN, Vazquez A. Contribution of serine, folate and glycine metabolism to the ATP, NADPH and purine requirements of cancer cells. Cell Death Dis 2013; 4:e877. [PMID: 24157871 PMCID: PMC3920946 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2013.393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2013] [Revised: 08/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Recent observations on cancer cell metabolism indicate increased serine synthesis from glucose as a marker of poor prognosis. We have predicted that a fraction of the synthesized serine is routed to a pathway for ATP production. The pathway is composed by reactions from serine synthesis, one-carbon (folate) metabolism and the glycine cleavage system (SOG pathway). Here we show that the SOG pathway is upregulated at the level of gene expression in a subset of human tumors and that its level of expression correlates with gene signatures of cell proliferation and Myc target activation. We have also estimated the SOG pathway metabolic flux in the NCI60 tumor-derived cell lines, using previously reported exchange fluxes and a personalized model of cell metabolism. We find that the estimated rates of reactions in the SOG pathway are highly correlated with the proliferation rates of these cell lines. We also observe that the SOG pathway contributes significantly to the energy requirements of biosynthesis, to the NADPH requirement for fatty acid synthesis and to the synthesis of purines. Finally, when the PC-3 prostate cancer cell line is treated with the antifolate methotrexate, we observe a decrease in the ATP levels, AMP kinase activation and a decrease in ribonucleotides and fatty acids synthesized from [1,2-13C2]-D-glucose as the single tracer. Taken together our results indicate that the SOG pathway activity increases with the rate of cell proliferation and it contributes to the biosynthetic requirements of purines, ATP and NADPH of cancer cells.
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- P M Tedeschi
- 1] Department of Medicine, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA [2] Department of Pharmacology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Berkes C, Chan LLY, Wilkinson A, Paradis B. Use of image cytometry for quantification of pathogenic fungi in association with host cells. J Vis Exp 2013. [PMID: 23851941 DOI: 10.3791/50599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Studies of the cellular pathogenesis mechanisms of pathogenic yeasts such as Candida albicans, Histoplasma capsulatum, and Cryptococcus neoformans commonly employ infection of mammalian hosts or host cells (i.e. macrophages) followed by yeast quantification using colony forming unit analysis or flow cytometry. While colony forming unit enumeration has been the most commonly used method in the field, this technique has disadvantages and limitations, including slow growth of some fungal species on solid media and low and/or variable plating efficiencies, which is of particular concern when comparing growth of wild-type and mutant strains. Flow cytometry can provide rapid quantitative information regarding yeast viability, however, adoption of flow cytometric detection for pathogenic yeasts has been limited for a number of practical reasons including its high cost and biosafety considerations. Here, we demonstrate an image-based cytometric methodology using the Cellometer Vision (Nexcelom Bioscience, LLC) for the quantification of viable pathogenic yeasts in co-culture with macrophages. Our studies focus on detection of two human fungal pathogens: Histoplasma capsulatum and Candida albicans. H. capsulatum colonizes alveolar macrophages by replicating within the macrophage phagosome, and here, we quantitatively assess the growth of H. capsulatum yeasts in RAW 264.7 macrophages using acridine orange/propidium iodide staining in combination with image cytometry. Our method faithfully recapitulates growth trends as measured by traditional colony forming unit enumeration, but with significantly increased sensitivity. Additionally, we directly assess infection of live macrophages with a GFP-expressing strain of C. albicans. Our methodology offers a rapid, accurate, and economical means for detection and quantification of important human fungal pathogens in association with host cells.
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Schmeisser H, Fey SB, Horowitz J, Fischer ER, Balinsky CA, Miyake K, Bekisz J, Snow AL, Zoon KC. Type I interferons induce autophagy in certain human cancer cell lines. Autophagy 2013; 9:683-96. [PMID: 23419269 PMCID: PMC3669179 DOI: 10.4161/auto.23921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved cellular recycling mechanism that occurs at a basal level in all cells. It can be further induced by various stimuli including starvation, hypoxia, and treatment with cytokines such as IFNG/IFNγ and TGFB/TGFβ. Type I IFNs are proteins that induce an antiviral state in cells. They also have antiproliferative, proapoptotic and immunomodulatory activities. We investigated whether type I IFN can also induce autophagy in multiple human cell lines. We found that treatment with IFNA2c/IFNα2c and IFNB/IFNβ induces autophagy by 24 h in Daudi B cells, as indicated by an increase of autophagy markers MAP1LC3-II, ATG12–ATG5 complexes, and a decrease of SQSTM1 expression. An increase of MAP1LC3-II was also detected 48 h post-IFNA2c treatment in HeLa S3, MDA-MB-231, T98G and A549 cell lines. The presence of autophagosomes in selected cell lines exposed to type I IFN was confirmed by electron microscopy analysis. Increased expression of autophagy markers correlated with inhibition of MTORC1 in Daudi cells, as well as inhibition of cancer cell proliferation and changes in cell cycle progression. Concomitant blockade of either MTOR or PI3K-AKT signaling in Daudi and T98G cells treated with IFNA2c increased the level of MAP1LC3-II, indicating that the PI3K-AKT-MTORC1 signaling pathway may modulate IFN-induced autophagy in these cells. Taken together, our findings demonstrated a novel function of type I IFN as an inducer of autophagy in multiple cell lines.
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- Hana Schmeisser
- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Cytokine Biology Section, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Koshkin V, Krylov SN. Single-Cell-Kinetics Approach to Discover Functionally Distinct Subpopulations within Phenotypically Uniform Populations of Cells. Anal Chem 2013; 85:2578-81. [DOI: 10.1021/ac400151v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Vasilij Koshkin
- Department of Chemistry and Centre
for Research on Biomolecular Interactions, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre
for Research on Biomolecular Interactions, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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Accurate measurement of peripheral blood mononuclear cell concentration using image cytometry to eliminate RBC-induced counting error. J Immunol Methods 2012. [PMID: 23201386 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2012.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) have been widely researched in the fields of immunology, infectious disease, oncology, transplantation, hematological malignancy, and vaccine development. Specifically, in immunology research, PBMCs have been utilized to monitor concentration, viability, proliferation, and cytokine production from immune cells, which are critical for both clinical trials and biomedical research. The viability and concentration of isolated PBMCs are traditionally measured by manual counting with trypan blue (TB) using a hemacytometer. One of the common issues of PBMC isolation is red blood cell (RBC) contamination. The RBC contamination can be dependent on the donor sample and/or technical skill level of the operator. RBC contamination in a PBMC sample can introduce error to the measured concentration, which can pass down to future experimental assays performed on these cells. To resolve this issue, RBC lysing protocol can be used to eliminate potential error caused by RBC contamination. In the recent years, a rapid fluorescence-based image cytometry system has been utilized for bright-field and fluorescence imaging analysis of cellular characteristics (Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, Lawrence, MA). The Cellometer image cytometry system has demonstrated the capability of automated concentration and viability detection in disposable counting chambers of unpurified mouse splenocytes and PBMCs stained with acridine orange (AO) and propidium iodide (PI) under fluorescence detection. In this work, we demonstrate the ability of Cellometer image cytometry system to accurately measure PBMC concentration, despite RBC contamination, by comparison of five different total PBMC counting methods: (1) manual counting of trypan blue-stained PBMCs in hemacytometer, (2) manual counting of PBMCs in bright-field images, (3) manual counting of acetic acid lysing of RBCs with TB-stained PBMCs, (4) automated counting of acetic acid lysing of RBCs with PI-stained PBMCs, and (5) AO/PI dual staining method. The results show comparable total PBMC counting among all five methods, which validate the AO/PI staining method for PBMC measurement in the image cytometry method.
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Chan LL, Kury A, Wilkinson A, Berkes C, Pirani A. Novel image cytometric method for detection of physiological and metabolic changes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 39:1615-23. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-012-1177-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/12/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The studying and monitoring of physiological and metabolic changes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S. cerevisiae) has been a key research area for the brewing, baking, and biofuels industries, which rely on these economically important yeasts to produce their products. Specifically for breweries, physiological and metabolic parameters such as viability, vitality, glycogen, neutral lipid, and trehalose content can be measured to better understand the status of S. cerevisiae during fermentation. Traditionally, these physiological and metabolic changes can be qualitatively observed using fluorescence microscopy or flow cytometry for quantitative fluorescence analysis of fluorescently labeled cellular components associated with each parameter. However, both methods pose known challenges to the end-users. Specifically, conventional fluorescent microscopes lack automation and fluorescence analysis capabilities to quantitatively analyze large numbers of cells. Although flow cytometry is suitable for quantitative analysis of tens of thousands of fluorescently labeled cells, the instruments require a considerable amount of maintenance, highly trained technicians, and the system is relatively expensive to both purchase and maintain. In this work, we demonstrate the first use of Cellometer Vision for the kinetic detection and analysis of vitality, glycogen, neutral lipid, and trehalose content of S. cerevisiae. This method provides an important research tool for large and small breweries to study and monitor these physiological behaviors during production, which can improve fermentation conditions to produce consistent and higher-quality products.
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- Leo L Chan
- Department of Technology R&D Nexcelom Bioscience LLC 360 Merrimack St. Building 9 01843 Lawrence MA USA
- grid.419758.6 0000 0001 2236 9819 Center for Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences Merrimack College 01845 North Andover MA USA
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- Department of Technology R&D Nexcelom Bioscience LLC 360 Merrimack St. Building 9 01843 Lawrence MA USA
- grid.419758.6 0000 0001 2236 9819 Department of Biology Merrimack College 01845 North Andover MA USA
- grid.419758.6 0000 0001 2236 9819 Center for Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences Merrimack College 01845 North Andover MA USA
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- Department of Technology R&D Nexcelom Bioscience LLC 360 Merrimack St. Building 9 01843 Lawrence MA USA
- grid.419758.6 0000 0001 2236 9819 Department of Biology Merrimack College 01845 North Andover MA USA
- grid.419758.6 0000 0001 2236 9819 Center for Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences Merrimack College 01845 North Andover MA USA
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- grid.419758.6 0000 0001 2236 9819 Department of Biology Merrimack College 01845 North Andover MA USA
- grid.419758.6 0000 0001 2236 9819 Center for Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences Merrimack College 01845 North Andover MA USA
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- Department of Applications Nexcelom Bioscience LLC 01843 Lawrence MA USA
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Berkes CA, Chan LLY, Wilkinson A, Paradis B. Rapid quantification of pathogenic fungi by Cellometer image-based cytometry. J Microbiol Methods 2012; 91:468-76. [PMID: 22985717 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2012] [Revised: 09/08/2012] [Accepted: 09/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The objective of this study was to develop an image-based cytometric methodology for the quantification of viable pathogenic yeasts, which can offer increased sensitivity and efficiency when compared to the traditional colony forming unit (CFU) assay. Live/dead yeast quantification by flow cytometry has been previously demonstrated, however, adoption of flow cytometric detection of pathogenic yeasts has been limited for a number of practical reasons including its high cost and biosafety considerations. Our studies focus on detection of two human fungal pathogens: Histoplasma capsulatum and Candida albicans. H. capsulatum colonizes alveolar macrophages by replicating within the macrophage phagosome. Here, we quantitatively assess the growth of H. capsulatum yeasts within RAW 264.7 macrophages using acridine orange/propidium iodide staining in combination with Cellometer image-based cytometry; this method faithfully recapitulates growth trends as measured by traditional CFU enumeration, but with significantly increased sensitivity. Additionally, we directly assess infection of bone marrow-derived macrophages with a GFP-expressing strain of C. albicans. To demonstrate that image-based cytometry can be used as a tool to assess the susceptibility of fungi to antifungal drugs, we perform dose response experiments with the antifungal drugs amphotericin B and itraconazole and show that image-based cytometry allows rapid assessment of the kinetics of cytotoxicity induced by these antifungals. Our methodology offers a rapid, accurate, and economical means for detection and quantification of important human fungal pathogens, either alone or in association with host cells.
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Chan LLY, Shen D, Wilkinson AR, Patton W, Lai N, Chan E, Kuksin D, Lin B, Qiu J. A novel image-based cytometry method for autophagy detection in living cells. Autophagy 2012; 8:1371-82. [PMID: 22895056 PMCID: PMC3442883 DOI: 10.4161/auto.21028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Autophagy is an important cellular catabolic process that plays a variety of important roles, including maintenance of the amino acid pool during starvation, recycling of damaged proteins and organelles, and clearance of intracellular microbes. Currently employed autophagy detection methods include fluorescence microscopy, biochemical measurement, SDS-PAGE and western blotting, but they are time consuming, labor intensive, and require much experience for accurate interpretation. More recently, development of novel fluorescent probes have allowed the investigation of autophagy via standard flow cytometry. However, flow cytometers remain relatively expensive and require a considerable amount of maintenance. Previously, image-based cytometry has been shown to perform automated fluorescence-based cellular analysis comparable to flow cytometry. In this study, we developed a novel method using the Cellometer image-based cytometer in combination with Cyto-ID(®) Green dye for autophagy detection in live cells. The method is compared with flow cytometry by measuring macroautophagy in nutrient-starved Jurkat cells. Results demonstrate similar trends of autophagic response, but different magnitude of fluorescence signal increases, which may arise from different analysis approaches characteristic of the two instrument platforms. The possibility of using this method for drug discovery applications is also demonstrated through the measurement of dose-response kinetics upon induction of autophagy with rapamycin and tamoxifen. The described image-based cytometry/fluorescent dye method should serve as a useful addition to the current arsenal of techniques available in support of autophagy-based drug discovery relating to various pathological disorders.
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- Leo Li-Ying Chan
- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience, LLC, Lawrence, MA, USA.
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Chan LL, Wilkinson AR, Paradis BD, Lai N. Rapid image-based cytometry for comparison of fluorescent viability staining methods. J Fluoresc 2012; 22:1301-11. [PMID: 22718197 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-012-1072-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
The ability to accurately measure cell viability is important for any cell-based research. Traditionally, viability measurements have been performed using trypan blue exclusion method on hemacytometer, which allowed researchers to visually distinguish viable from nonviable cells. However, the trypan blue method is often limited to only cell lines or primary cells that have been rigorously purified. In the recent years, small desktop image-based cell counters have been developed for rapid cell concentration and viability measurement due to advances in imaging and optics technologies as well as novel fluorescent stains. In this work, we employed the Cellometer image-based cytometer to demonstrate the ability to simplify viability detection compared to the current methods. We compared various fluorescence viability detection methods using single- or dual-staining technique. Single-staining method using nucleic acid stains including ethidium bromide, propidium iodide, 7AAD, DAPI, Sytox Green and Sytox Red, and enzymatic stains including CFDA and Calcein AM were performed. All stains produced comparable results to trypan blue exclusion method for cell line samples. Dual-staining method using AO/PI, CFDA/PI, Calcein AM/PI and Hoechst 33342/PI that enumerates viable and non-viable cells was tested on primary cell samples with high debris contents. This method allowed exclusion of cellular debris and non-nucleated cells from analysis, which can eliminate the need to perform purification step during sample preparation, and improves the efficiency of viability detection method. Overall, these image-based fluorescent cell counters can simplify assay procedures as well as capture images for visual confirmation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Leo L Chan
- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, 360 Merrimack St. Building 9, Lawrence, MA 01843, USA,
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Chan LL, Zhong X, Pirani A, Lin B. A novel method for kinetic measurements of rare cell proliferation using Cellometer image-based cytometry. J Immunol Methods 2012; 377:8-14. [PMID: 22265885 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2012.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2011] [Accepted: 01/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cell proliferation is an important assay for pharmaceutical and biomedical research to test the effects of a variety of treatments on cultured primary cells or cell lines. For immunological studies, the ability to perform rapid cell proliferation analysis allows the identification of potential biological reagents for inducing or inhibiting immune cell proliferation. Current cell proliferation analysis methods employ flow cytometry for fluorescence detection of CFSE-labeled cells. However, conventional flow cytometers require a considerable amount of cells per sample, which becomes an issue for kinetic measurements with rare cell population due to the lack of samples for flow cytometric analyses at multiple time points during proliferation period. Here we report the development of a novel cell proliferation kinetic detection method for low cell concentration samples using the new Cellometer Vision system. Since the Cellometer system requires only 20 μl of sample, cell proliferation can be measured at multiple time points over the entire culturing period, whereas typically, flow cytometry is only performed at the end of the proliferation period. To validate the detection method, B1 and B2 B cells were treated with a B cell mitogen for 6 days, and proliferation was measured using Cellometer on day 1, 3, 5, and 6. To demonstrate the capability of the system, B1 B cells were treated with a panel of TLR agonists (Pam3Cys, PolyIC, CLO97, and CpG) for 7 days, and proliferation was measured on day 2, 4, 6, and 7. Cellometer image-based cytometry (IBC) was able to obtain proliferation results on each day with the last time point comparable to flow cytometry. This novel method allows for kinetic measurements of the rare cell samples such as B1 B cell, which has the potential to revolutionize kinetic analysis of cell proliferation.
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- Leo L Chan
- Department of Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, Lawrence, MA 01843, United States.
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A rapid detection method for apoptosis and necrosis measurement using the Cellometer imaging cytometry. Apoptosis 2011; 16:1295-303. [DOI: 10.1007/s10495-011-0651-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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