کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5504723 1400252 2017 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Characterization of the flow cytometric assay for ex vivo monitoring of cytotoxicity mediated by antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شیمی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Characterization of the flow cytometric assay for ex vivo monitoring of cytotoxicity mediated by antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes
چکیده انگلیسی
Several non-radioactive methods have widely been utilized to detect antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses instead of the classical 51Cr-release assay. These methods include intracellular cytokine staining, major histocompatibility complex-class I tetramers, and the CD107a mobilization assay. However, they do not directly measure target-cell death. In contrast, several attempts have been made to develop the flow cytometric CTL (FC-CTL) assay for evaluation of cytotoxicity. However, further improvement is necessary for it to become standardized. Here, we evaluated the characteristics of the FC-CTL assay based on the uptake of propidium iodide (PI) using target cell lines expressing the green fluorescent protein (GFP). The FC-CTL assay was found to be sensitive enough to detect primary CTL responses. The usage of a pre-established GFP-expressing target cell line facilitated the procedure of the assay, and enabled a clear discrimination between target and effector cells. Time-course analyses demonstrated that PI-stained target cells were detected as early as surface CD107a expression after antigenic stimulation. Thus, the PI/GFP-based FC-CTL assay is sufficiently sensitive to practically detect the early stages of target-cell death, and may have a great potential for becoming a standard tool to measure CTL activity.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - Volume 492, Issue 1, 7 October 2017, Pages 27-32
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