Semi‐automated detection of aberrant chromosomes in bivariate flow karyotypes
Open Access
- 1 January 1992
- Vol. 13 (5) , 469-477
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cyto.990130504
Abstract
A method is described that is designed to compare, in a standardized procedure, bivariate flow karyotypes of Hoechst 33258 (HO)/ Chromomycin A3 (CA) stained human chromosomes from cells with aberrations with a reference flow karyotype of normal chromosomes. In addition to uniform normalization of normal and abnormal flow karyotypes, the main purpose is detection of structurally abnormal chromosomes in often complex karyotypes of tumor cells. The method, which has been implemented in a computer program, consists of a comparison of individual chromosome peaks with the positions of peaks in the flow karyotype constituted by normal chromosomes and takes into account the natural variability in base composition of normal chromosomes among healthy individuals. Flowkaryotypes are normalized using an iterative fitting procedure, using corrections for (1) amplification of HO and CA fluorescence, (2) cross‐talk between the fluorescence signals of HO and CA, and (3) offset of the HO and CA origin. Flow karyotypes of two cell lines, one with a simple deletion and the other with more complex karyotypic changes, were analyzed. The results of flow analysis were found to be in general agreement with the cytogenetic analysis of quinacrine banded karyotypes.Keywords
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