Department of Medical Radiobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Cell Prolif. 2010 Dec;43(6):579-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2010.00707.x.
Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) has often been used as a marker to aid assessment of tumour growth fraction. This paper addresses the question of whether it can be used as an S-phase marker, when the non-chromatin-bound form of the protein is removed by pepsin treatment.
Cytofluorometric measurements were carried out after immunofluorescence staining of PCNA and counterstaining of DNA. S-phase fraction was determined with the help of windows on PCNA versus DNA scattergrams, or mathematically from DNA histograms.
S-phase fractions obtained using the two methods correlated well, but did not always agree, exact discrepancies depending on the mathematical model used for histogram analysis.
Determination of S-phase fractions with the help of PCNA immunofluorescence staining is possible, and probably more reliable than calculation of S-fractions from DNA histograms. It thus offers an alternative to assays involving BrdU labelling in vivo.
增殖细胞核抗原 (PCNA) 常被用作辅助评估肿瘤生长分数的标志物。本文探讨了在使用胃蛋白酶处理去除非染色质结合形式的蛋白质后,PCNA 是否可被用作 S 期标志物的问题。
通过 PCNA 免疫荧光染色和 DNA 复染后进行细胞荧光测量。使用 PCNA 与 DNA 散点图上的窗口或从 DNA 直方图中进行数学计算来确定 S 期分数。
两种方法获得的 S 期分数相关性良好,但并不总是一致,具体差异取决于用于直方图分析的数学模型。
通过 PCNA 免疫荧光染色确定 S 期分数是可行的,并且可能比从 DNA 直方图计算 S 分数更可靠。因此,它为涉及体内 BrdU 标记的测定提供了一种替代方法。