Calibration of a flow cytometric assay of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity
- 1 January 1992
- Vol. 13 (3) , 322-326
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cyto.990130315
Abstract
The reduction of tetrazolium salts to colored formazans is a reaction which has been exploited both in histo‐ and cytochemistry. Tetrazolium salts forming fluorescent formazans prove suitable for measuring defined cellular dehydrogenase activities in automated processes. This study considers an important aspect of formazan measurement in flow cytometry, namely, calibration. Calibration is performed by correlating the number (and fluorescence intensity) of formazanbearing cells measured by flow cytometry with simultaneously performed biochemical analyses of the same material. The method is demonstrated by an example of glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase. Using the data of a typical experiment, the enzyme activity is expressed in femtomol of hydrogen transferred per cell during incubation time. Furthermore, through spatially resolved double excitation of formazan and nuclear DAPI fluorescence, an independent analysis of cell cycle and cellular enzymatic activity is established.Keywords
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