A cytofluorometric method for the simultaneous detection of both intracellular and surface antigens of apoptotic peripheral lymphocytes

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作者
Lecoeur, H [1 ]
Ledru, E [1 ]
Gougeon, ML [1 ]
机构
[1] Inst Pasteur, Unite Oncol Virale, Dept SIDA & Retrovirus, F-75724 Paris 15, France
关键词
apoptosis; flow cytometry; phenotyping; intracellular staining; cell permeabilization;
D O I
10.1016/S0022-1759(98)00060-X
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The aim of this study was to define a simple and reliable method to detect simultaneously surface and intracellular antigens in apoptotic peripheral human lymphocytes. This approach requires a permeabilizing procedure for intracellular access of mAbs, which raises the important question of the influence of this procedure on parameters which identify apoptotic cells and on the surface expression of antigens. We compared the effects of three currently used permeabilizing methods (saponin quillaia bark 0.05%, Triton X-100 0.1, ethanol 70%) on the quantification of apoptotic lymphocytes, defined according to FSC/SSC criteria or following 7-AAD staining, and on the detection of surface CD3, CD4, CD8, Fas, CD45R0 molecules. The combined detection of these surface antigens with intracellular molecules, including Bcl-2 and cytokines (IFN gamma, TNF alpha, IL-2) was also analysed in the context of these three permeabilizing procedures. All the experiments were performed on PBMC from HIV-infected donors, known to undergo excessive apoptosis following short-term culture. We report that permeabilization with saponin is the only procedure which allows: (1) the preservation of lymphocyte morphology determined by the FSC/SSC parameters; (2) the quantification of apoptotic lymphocytes following 7-AAD staining; (3) a reliable surface immunophenotyping, maintaining a good antibody binding capacity (ABC); (4) the proper detection of intracellular membrane bound antigens (Bcl-2) and intracellular cytokines (IFN gamma, TNF alpha, IL-2); (5) the combined detection of apoptotic nuclei, surface antigens and intracellular molecules. Altogether these observations demonstrate that the simultaneous analysis of extracellular and intracellular antigens in apoptotic cells belonging to a complex lymphoid populations such as PBMC can be readily overcome provided the detergent used for cell permeabilization is appropriate and the successive staining procedures performed in a defined order. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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