Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are continuously produced in the cell as a consequence of aerobic metabolism, and are controlled by several antioxidant mechanisms. An accurate measurement of ROS is essential to evaluate the redox status of the cell, or the effects of molecules with the pro-oxidant or antioxidant activity. Here we report a cytofluorimetric technique for measuring simultaneously, at the single-cell level, hydrogen peroxide and superoxide anion, reduced glutathione (a main intracellular antioxidant) and cell viability. The staining is performed with the fluorescent dyes 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate (H2DCFH-DA), hydroethidine (HE), monobromobimane (MBB) and TO-PRO-3. This analysis is possible with new-generation flow cytometers equipped with several light sources (in our case, four lasers and an UV lamp), which excite different fluorochromes. This approach is extremely useful to study the balance between ROS content and antioxidants in cells receiving different stimuli, and to analyze the relationship between oxidative stress and cell death.

Simultaneous analysis of reactive oxygen species and reduced glutathione content in living cells by polychromatic flow cytometry / Cossarizza, Andrea; Ferraresi, Roberta; Troiano, Leonarda; Roat, Erika; Gibellini, Lara; Bertoncelli, Linda; Nasi, Milena; Pinti, Marcello. - In: NATURE PROTOCOLS. - ISSN 1754-2189. - ELETTRONICO. - 4:(2009), pp. 1790-1797. [10.1038/nprot.2009.189]

Simultaneous analysis of reactive oxygen species and reduced glutathione content in living cells by polychromatic flow cytometry

COSSARIZZA, Andrea;FERRARESI, Roberta;TROIANO, Leonarda;ROAT, ERIKA;GIBELLINI, Lara;BERTONCELLI, Linda;NASI, Milena;PINTI, Marcello
2009

Abstract

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are continuously produced in the cell as a consequence of aerobic metabolism, and are controlled by several antioxidant mechanisms. An accurate measurement of ROS is essential to evaluate the redox status of the cell, or the effects of molecules with the pro-oxidant or antioxidant activity. Here we report a cytofluorimetric technique for measuring simultaneously, at the single-cell level, hydrogen peroxide and superoxide anion, reduced glutathione (a main intracellular antioxidant) and cell viability. The staining is performed with the fluorescent dyes 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate (H2DCFH-DA), hydroethidine (HE), monobromobimane (MBB) and TO-PRO-3. This analysis is possible with new-generation flow cytometers equipped with several light sources (in our case, four lasers and an UV lamp), which excite different fluorochromes. This approach is extremely useful to study the balance between ROS content and antioxidants in cells receiving different stimuli, and to analyze the relationship between oxidative stress and cell death.
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Simultaneous analysis of reactive oxygen species and reduced glutathione content in living cells by polychromatic flow cytometry / Cossarizza, Andrea; Ferraresi, Roberta; Troiano, Leonarda; Roat, Erika; Gibellini, Lara; Bertoncelli, Linda; Nasi, Milena; Pinti, Marcello. - In: NATURE PROTOCOLS. - ISSN 1754-2189. - ELETTRONICO. - 4:(2009), pp. 1790-1797. [10.1038/nprot.2009.189]
Cossarizza, Andrea; Ferraresi, Roberta; Troiano, Leonarda; Roat, Erika; Gibellini, Lara; Bertoncelli, Linda; Nasi, Milena; Pinti, Marcello
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