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Multiparametric cell cycle analysis by automated microscopy.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16844964     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Cell cycle analysis using flow cytometry (FC) to measure cellular DNA content is a common procedure in drug mechanism of action studies. Although this technique lends itself readily to cell lines that grow in suspension, adherent cell cultures must be resuspended in a cumbersome and potentially invasive procedure that normally involves trypsinization and mechanical agitation of monolayer cultures. High-content analysis (HCA), an automated microscopy-based technology, is well suited to analysis of monolayer cell cultures but provides intrinsically less accurate determination of cellular DNA content than does FC and thus is not the method of choice for cell cycle analysis. Using Cellomics's ArrayScan reader, the authors have developed a 4-color multiparametric HCA approach for cell cycle analysis of adherent cells based on detection of DNA content (4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole [DAPI] fluorescence), together with the known cell cycle markers bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation, cyclin B1 expression, and histone H3 (Ser28) phosphorylation within a single cell population. Considering all 4 markers together, a reliable and accurate quantification of cell cycle phases was possible, as compared with flow cytometric analysis. Using this assay, specific cell cycle blocks induced by treatment with thymidine, paclitaxel, or nocodazole as test drugs were easily monitored in adherent cultures of U-2 OS osteosarcoma cells.
Authors:
Fabio Gasparri; Paolo Cappella; Arturo Galvani
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2006-07-14
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of biomolecular screening     Volume:  11     ISSN:  1087-0571     ISO Abbreviation:  J Biomol Screen     Publication Date:  2006 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-09-14     Completed Date:  2006-12-12     Revised Date:  2011-05-23    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9612112     Medline TA:  J Biomol Screen     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  586-98     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Biology Department, Oncology, Nerviano Medical Sciences, Nerviano, Italy. fabio.gasparri@nervianoms.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Automation
Bromodeoxyuridine / pharmacology
Cell Cycle / physiology*
Cell Division / drug effects
Cells, Cultured
DNA / analysis
Flow Cytometry / instrumentation*,  methods
Humans
Microscopy / instrumentation*,  methods
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
59-14-3/Bromodeoxyuridine; 9007-49-2/DNA

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