Separation of pigmented and albino melanocytes and the concomitant evaluation of endogenous peroxide content using flow cytometry - PubMed (original) (raw)
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Separation of pigmented and albino melanocytes and the concomitant evaluation of endogenous peroxide content using flow cytometry
R E Boissy et al. Cytometry. 1989 Nov.
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Flow cytometry (FCM) has been used extensively to analyze various biological properties of the cell. In this report, we describe a method by which FCM was used to determine the light scattering profile of a mixed population of pigmented and non-pigmented melanocytes, plus its subsequent use for the sorting and separation of the two cell types. In addition, the relative peroxide content in pigmented and non-pigmented melanocytes was compared by flow cytometry. Cultured avian melanocytes from a pigmented control and from three genetically distinct albino sources were studied. FCM analysis of forward versus side light scatter within a mixed suspension of pigmented and amelanotic melanocytes distinguished two overlapping populations of cells. Sorting of these two populations demonstrated that the population exhibiting much side and minimal forward light scatter was primarily pigmented melanocytes, while conversely the population exhibiting less side and more forward scatter was principally non-pigmented cells. These two melanocyte types also demonstrated differences in levels of endogenous peroxides. The intracellular content of peroxide in the two subpopulations of cells was measured utilizing the nonfluorescent compound, 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein diacetate (DCFH-DA), which within the cell is oxidized by intracellular peroxides to a fluorescent dichlorofluorescein (DCF). Non-pigmented albino melanocytes had the highest quantity of endogenous peroxides, while heavily pigmented cells had considerably less peroxide-related fluorescence. The amount of this DCF fluorescence could be enhanced by increasing concentrations of DCF used in the assay. These flow cytometric methods are useful for isolating and culturing subpopulations of melanocytes expressing various pigment levels and to investigate the relationship between melanin and its precursors with hydrogen and lipid peroxides in melanocytes.
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