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Comparison of anti-fading agents used in fluorescence microscopy: image analysis and laser confocal microscopy study
A Longin, C Souchier, M Ffrench and PA Bryon
Laboratory of Analytical Cytology, University Claude Bernard, Lyon, France.
To ascertain the ability of commercial and home-made anti-fading media to reduce the decrease of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) fluorescence, we studied the bleaching characteristics of FITC-stained Reh 6 cells mounted in buffered glycerol and in anti-fading media. We measured the intensity of fluorescence over time with a confocal laser scanning microscope and a standard epifluorescence microscope coupled to an image analysis system. Most of the anti-fading media effectively retard fading but each has drawbacks. Better results were obtained with media containing p-phenylenediamine (solutions in buffered glycerol, Vectashield, Fluorstop). However, Mowiol, Slowfade, n-propyl gallate (20 g/liter) were also effective in retarding fading. Most of them, except Mowiol, reduced fluorescence intensity. We concluded that the choice of anti-fading medium would depend on the desired results: a slower decay of fluorescence despite an initial quenching of fluorescence or a lower retardant effect with no decrease in initial fluorescence intensity. Moreover, the combination of Mowiol with another anti-fading medium may be a useful compromise when a strong retardant effect is required without marked quenching of the initial fluorescence.
Volume 41,
Issue 12,
pp. 1833-1840,
12/01/1993
Copyright © 1993 by The Histochemical Society
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