Introduction of macarpine as a novel cell-permeant DNA dye for live cell imaging and flow cytometry sorting
Jazyk angličtina Země Velká Británie, Anglie Médium print-electronic
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články, práce podpořená grantem
PubMed
26482322
DOI
10.1111/boc.201500047
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- Klíčová slova
- Cell cycle, DNA dye, FACS, Macarpine, Time-lapse imaging,
- MeSH
- benzofenantridiny analýza MeSH
- buněčné kultury MeSH
- buněčný cyklus fyziologie MeSH
- DNA analýza MeSH
- fluorescenční barviva analýza MeSH
- fluorescenční mikroskopie metody MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- průtoková cytometrie * metody MeSH
- separace buněk metody MeSH
- viabilita buněk MeSH
- zelené fluorescenční proteiny metabolismus MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Názvy látek
- benzofenantridiny MeSH
- DNA MeSH
- enhanced green fluorescent protein MeSH Prohlížeč
- fluorescenční barviva MeSH
- macarpine MeSH Prohlížeč
- zelené fluorescenční proteiny MeSH
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Macarpine (MA) is a quaternary benzophenanthridine plant alkaloid isolated from Macleaya microcarpa or Stylophorum lasiocarpum. Benzophenanthridine alkaloids are interesting natural products that display antiproliferative, antimicrobial, antifungal and anti-inflammatory activities, and also fluorescence properties. In a previous study, we demonstrated that thanks to its ability to interact with DNA and its spectral properties MA could be used as a supravital DNA probe for fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry including analyses of the cell cycle. In this study, we evaluated the suitability of MA as a DNA dye for time-lapse microscopy and flow-cytometric cell sorting. RESULTS: Living A-375 and MEF cells stained with MA were monitored by time-lapse microscopy for 24 h. Mitoses were observed at MA concentrations up to 0.5 μg/ml during the first 2-3 h. After this period of time, cells treated with MA at concentrations of 0.75 and 0.5 μg/ml underwent apoptosis. Cells cultivated with MA at concentration of 0.25 μg/ml or lower survived throughout the 24 h period. Toxicity of MA was dependent on light wavelength and frequency of image capturing. The intensity of MA fluorescence decreased during the incubation. MA concentration of 0.1 μg/ml was identified as the most suitable for live cell imaging with respect to fluorescence intensity and toxicity. MA at the concentration 10 μg/ml was used for sorting of enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-labelled neurons and fibroblasts yielding profiles similar to those obtained with DRAQ5. Contrary to DRAQ5, MA-stained cells survived in culture, and the sorted cells lost the MA signal suggesting reversible binding of the dye to the DNA. CONCLUSION: The results proved that MA may readily be used for chromosomes depicting and mitosis monitoring by time-lapse microscopy. In addition, MA has shown to be a suitable probe for sorting of EGFP-labelled cells, including neurons, that survived the labelling process. SIGNIFICANCE: In consideration of the results, we highly anticipate an onward use of MA in a broad range of applications based on live cell sorting and imaging, for example, cell synchronisation and monitoring of proliferation as an important experimental and/or diagnostic utility.
Cajal Institute IC CSIC Avda Doctor Arce 37 Madrid E 28002 Spain
Department of Biochemistry Faculty of Medicine Masaryk University Brno 62500 Czech Republic
Department of Biology Faculty of Medicine Masaryk University Brno 62500 Czech Republic
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