THIAZOLE ORANGE - A NEW DYE FOR PLASMODIUM SPECIES ANALYSIS
THIAZOLE ORANGE - A NEW DYE FOR PLASMODIUM SPECIES ANALYSIS
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DOI:
10.1002/cyto.990080606
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发表时间:
1987-11-01
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RECKTENWALD, D
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作者:
MAKLER, MT;LEE, LG;RECKTENWALD, D
A rapid sensitive method for the determination of Plasmodium falciparum in in vitro culture is presented. The technique employs a fluorescent flow cytometer equipped with a 15-mwatt argon laser that emits light at 488 nm and a membrane-permeable fluorochrome thiazole orange (TO) that stains RNA. Parasitized red cells are stained by suspending them in 1 ml of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) containing 10-5 M of TO and incubating this mixture for 15 min in the dark at room temperature. The stained cells may be analyzed fresh or after fixation with 1% paraformaldehyde/PBS or 0.25% may be fixed first and then stained. There is excellent correspondence between the number of fluorescent-labeled parasitized red cells and Giemsa-stained cells.