Comparative studies of Feulgen hydrolysis for DNA |
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Authors: | V. M. Kotelnikov L. L. Litinskaya |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute for Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Ministry of Health of the USSR, USSR;(2) Chair of Cytology and Histology, Moscow State University, USSR;(3) Laboratory of Haemocytology and Experimental Chemotherapy of Leukoses, Central Research Institute for Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Ministry of Health of the USSR, Novozykovsky projezd 4a, SU-125167 Moscow, A-167, USSR |
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Abstract: | Summary We compared the Feulgen hydrolysis curves (37° C, 5 M HCl) of human blood lymphocytes fixed by the following four methods: 96% ethanol, 60 min at 20° C; ethanol-acetone, 11, 120 min at 4° C; ethanolglacial acetic acid mixture (31), containing 2% of formaldehyde (EAF), 90 min at 20° C; and ethanol-glacial acetic acid (31), 60 min followed by 5% chrome alum solution for 360 min at 20° C. The best results were obtained with EAF-fixation, with respect to the highest amount of DNA-Schiff complex at the peak point of the curve, the longest plateau region and the smallest scattering of DNA-Schiff amount values along the plateau. With other types of fixation the addition of polyethylene glycol (PEG) 6,000 to the hydrolysis solution resulted in modification of the shape of the hydrolysis curve so that it became nearly similar to the EAF-curve. The effect of PEG6000 on the EAF-curve was minimal. Slides fixed by ethanol were used for a comparison of polyethylene glycols with m.w. 1,500, 6,000 and 20,000. The longest plateau was obtained with PEG6000. The only effect of PEG1500 was a dramatic increase of DNA-Schiff amount at the peak point. PEG20000 had no significant effect on the shape of the hydrolysis curve. The results are discussed in terms of Kjellstrand's chain with a stable structure model of Feulgen hydrolysis. |
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