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Effects of fixation method on image cytometric measurement of DNA content and distribution in cells stained for fluorescence with propidium iodide

NM Poulin, JB Matthews, KA Skov and B Palcic

Cancer Imaging Department, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada.

We performed image cytometric measurements of DNA content and distribution on cycling human HCT-8 cells stained for fluorescence with propidium iodide (PI). Seven different fixation protocols were evaluated for stoichiometry of PI staining and for their ability to preserve in vivo chromatin structure. Bimodal integrated optical intensity (IOI) histograms were obtained with all fixation protocols. Increased accessibility of DNA to the dye was evident in increased values of the IOI at the GI peak. The fixatives studied, in order of increasing accessibility to DNA, were Regaud's Boehm-Sprenger, Carnoy's, air-drying, methanol, ethanol, and acetone/methanol. In general, the coefficient of variation of the IOI within the G1 peak was higher for fixatives where DNA is less accessible. Features describing the spatial distribution of stain exhibited dramatic changes for Boehm- Sprenger fixation, which were consistent with the observation that in vivo conformation of chromatin is best preserved with this method.

Volume 42, Issue 8, pp. 1149-1156, 08/01/1994
Copyright © 1994 by The Histochemical Society


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