FLOW-CYTOMETRY AS A TOOL TO DISCRIMINATE RESPIRATORY-COMPETENT AND RESPIRATORY-DEFICIENT YEAST-CELLS

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作者
SKOWRONEK, P [1 ]
KRUMMECK, G [1 ]
HAFERKAMP, O [1 ]
RODEL, G [1 ]
机构
[1] LAB MOLEK BIOL & ALLGEMEINE PATHOL,W-8000 MUNICH 45,GERMANY
关键词
Flow cytometry; Respiratory chain; Rhodamine; 123; Yeast;
D O I
10.1007/BF00318391
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The cationic lipophilic dye Rhodamine 123 (Rh123) is selectively enriched in mitochondria in a membrane potential-dependent manner. Application of drugs which interfere with the electron flow of the respiratory chain lead to a severe reduction of mitochondrial dye uptake. In this communication we show that the same effect is observed after Rh123-staining of respiratory-deficient yeast mutants. Based on this observation we used flow cytometry to discriminate respiratory-compentent and respiratory-deficient yeast cells. Combined with a cell sorter we were able to selectively enrich respiring and non-respiring yeast cells, repectively, from a mixture of cells. © 1990 Springer-Verlag.
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