Practice #4 Flashcards

1
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Flow cytometry/ FACS

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Fluorescence activated cell sorting

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2
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Advantages of flow cytometry as oppose to microscope

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  1. Objective 2. Large num of cells can be examined in 1 measurment 3. Automatic 4. Fast
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3
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The basic structure of flow cytometer

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  1. Fluidics: cell flow and hydrodynamic focusing to the point of detection 2. Optics: Laser beam is concentrated and passes through one cell at the time on the other side the emitted light is detected by FSC (front scatter detector) and a series of SSC (side scatter detectors) 3. Electronics: transforming light signals to electric ones for FSC its photodiode and for SSC its PMT 4. Analysator unit: collection, storage and processing
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4
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Hydrodynamic focusing is done by

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  1. The shape of the flow cell (funnel shape) 2. Sheath fluid (isitonic buffer) : flowing in laminar flow to the opposite direction of the sample stream
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5
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What are the functions of FSC and SSC?

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FSC - Indicator of the cell size with direct proportionality SSC - Indicator for the complexity of the cell (granular or not)

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6
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What are the possible fluorescent markers used to tag the cell

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Direct, indirect, biotin-avidin, intracellular molecules

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7
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Possible data imaging methods

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  1. Histogram - one single parameter depending on cell count 2. Dot plot - 2 or more parameters
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8
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Applications of flow cytometry

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  1. cell sorting 2. total cell count 3. detecting different cell populations in the sapmle 4. detection of the functional state of cells in the sample
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9
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Preparation of the sample for flow cytometry

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  1. Fresh suspension (not coagulated blood) 2. Erythrolysis 3. Staining if necessary
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10
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Dot plot complexity vs. size

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  1. Eosinophils
  2. Neutrophils
  3. Monocytes
  4. Lymphocytes and Basophils
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11
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Dot plot diagnosis

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Left: Normal bone marrow smear

Right: Bone marrow leukemia

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12
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What happened between A and B?

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In A there is more fluorescence proteins attached to each cell

Left shift

(intensity shift)

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13
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What happened between A and B?

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In B the number of cells expressing CD3 is increased

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14
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What are the different quality check possibilities in flow cytometry?

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  1. Technical:

setting the machine

Fluorescence compensation for molecules with lower intensity fluorescence

  1. Biological:

Unstained preparation

or

Unspecific binding to control isotope

Detection of autofluorescence

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15
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Markers for NKC

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CD3-

CD56+

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16
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Markers for B cells

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CD19+

17
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Markers for B1 cells

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CD5+

18
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Markers for plasma cells

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ic light chain +

CD19-

19
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Markers for Th cells

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CD3+

CD4+

20
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Markers for T cells

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CD3+

21
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Markers for NKT cells

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CD3+

CD56+

22
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Markers for Tc cells

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CD3+

CD8+

23
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Markers for gamma/delta T cells

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CD3+

gamma/delta TCR +

CD4-

CD8-

24
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Markers for Treg cells

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CD4+

CD25++

Foxp3+

25
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Markers for Th1 cells

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IFNgamma+

IL12+

TNFalpha+

TNFbeta+

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Markers for Th2 cells

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IL4+

IL5+

IL10+

IL13+

27
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Markers for Th17 cells

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IL17+

TGFbeta+

28
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Markers for lymphoid progenitor cells

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CD34+

cKit+

HLA-DR+

TdT+

29
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Soluble cytokine detection by flow cytometry

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A microbead with specific Ab against the cytokine is mixed with the sample

then a secondary Ab (with fluorescence dye) against the cytokine is added

30
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Cell cycle analysis by flow cytometry

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  1. membrane lysis
  2. DNA staininng by propium iodide

* elevation of the S is an indicatorfor malignancy

31
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Phagocyte function analysis by flow cytometry

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Phagosytosis of fluorescnece labled latex beads will release the dye and the intensity of fluorescence will be higher

(the x axis on the right the y axis on the left)

32
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Cell sorting by flow cytometry

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Two possibilities:

  1. Mechanic separation by laser interrogation
  2. Electrostatic separation
33
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Acute myeloid leukemia markers

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CD14+

HLD-DR+

CD13+

CD33+

icMPO+

34
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Acute lymphoid leukemia markers

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HLA-DR+

icTdT+

Non T all

CD19+ CD20+

(CALLA)

CD10+

T all

CD2+ CD3+ CD5+ CD7+

35
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CD45

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Present on all WBC except plasma cells

36
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CD38

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Typical activation marker of Th, Tc, B, NKC

Prognostic marker for leukemia

37
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CD138

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Highly expressed on all tumor cells

38
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FCM in pharmacology

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Pgp detection by immunophenotyping

Measure the time it takesto the cell to pump out the fluorescent labled drug

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