Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
HPC viability measurement: trypan blue versus acridine orange and propidium iodide |
| Authors: |
Mascotti, K., McCullough, J., Burger, S.R. |
| Source: |
Transfusion; June 2000, Vol. 40 Issue: 6 p693-696, 4p |
| Abstract: |
BACKGROUND: A reliable, validated method for rapidly determining HPC viability is essential for clinical cell engineering. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: A fluorometric cell viability assay using acridine orange and propidium iodide (AO/PI) was compared to the current standard, trypan blue (TB) exclusion. Viable cells stained with AO/PI fluoresce green under darkfield fluorescence microscopy, while nonviable cells fluoresce orange. Mixtures of fresh and heat-killed bone marrow were prepared and used as viability standards for evaluation of both assays. The frequency of CFU-GM was determined for each specimen. RESULTS: Cell viability measured by AO/PI was extremely linear, with measured and predicted viability in agreement from 0 to 100 percent of the viable cells and a coefficient of regression (r 2 ) of 0.9921. The predicted-viability regression line fell within the 95% CI for AO/PI-measured viability. The coefficient of regression for TB-measured viability was 0.9584, with the predicted-viability regression line almost entirely outside the 95% CI. TB overestimated the percentage of viable cells, particularly below the 50-percent level. CFU-GM frequency correlated better with cell viability measured by AO/PI (r 2 = 0.979) than with that measured by TB (r 2 = 0.930). CONCLUSIONS: The AO/PI viability assay is a rapid, highly linear, functionally correlated assay that is superior to conventional viability measurement by TB exclusion. |
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