Simultaneous use of rhodamine 123, phycoerythrin, Texas red, and allophycocyanin for the isolation of human hematopoietic progenitor cells |
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Authors: | E F Srour T Leemhuis J E Brandt K vanBesien R Hoffman |
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Institution: | Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202. |
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Abstract: | The supravital, mitochondrial specific dye Rhodamine 123 (R123) was used in conjunction with three monoclonal antibodies to isolate a population of human bone marrow (BM) cells enriched for hematopoietic progenitor cells. BM cells stained with phycoerythrin-HLA-DR, Texas red-CD34, allophycocyanin-CD15, and R123 were fractionated using four-color immunofluorescence cell sorting. Cells expressing CD34 but not HLA-DR and CD15 (CD34+ HLA-DR- CD15-) were subdivided according to their reactivity with R123 into quiescent, R123 dull (R+) or cycling, R123 bright (R++) subpopulations. Morphological analysis and hematopoietic progenitor cell assays indicated that CD34+ HLA-DR- CD15- R+ cells contained larger numbers of blast cells and colony forming units than CD34+ HLA-DR- CD15- R++ cells. The flow cytometer settings used to accommodate the detection of the R123 fluorescence in combination with that of three other fluorochromes are described. |
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