TRYPAN BLUE AS A MARKER OF PLASMA-MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY IN ALLOXAN-TREATED MOUSE ISLET CELLS
TRYPAN BLUE AS A MARKER OF PLASMA-MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY IN ALLOXAN-TREATED MOUSE ISLET CELLS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf03349305
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
TALJEDAL, IB
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作者:
GRANKVIST, K;LERNMARK, A;TALJEDAL, IB
Suspensions of pancreatic islet cells from noninbredob/ob-mice were incubated with Trypan Blue. Microscope photometry showed that apparently viable cells excluded the dye completely, whereas the nuclei of nonviable cells accumulated Trypan Blue by a saturable process. The nucleus-to-medium dye gradient was more then 30∶1 in media containing 0.1% or less Trypan Blue. The apparent affinity constant for nuclear binding of the dye was 3.1 × 104l/mol. Albumin partially inhibited the nuclear staining. More than 0.5% Trypan Blue in the medium was toxicper se. In the absence of albumin, 0.5 or 20 mmol/l alloxan, 1 mmol/lN-ethylmaleimide, or 0.1 mmol/l chloromercuribenzene-p-sulphonic acid, but not 20 mmol/l streptozotocin, increased the frequency of islet cells stained with 0.1% Trypan Blue. The absorbance of nuclei was also increased in cells treated with alloxan orN-ethylmaleimide, but not in those treated with chloromercuribenzene-p-sulphonic acid. It is concluded that alloxan rapidly increases the permeability of the plasma membrane in mouse β-cells. This action of alloxan appears to be more acute than any such effect of streptozotocin.