Measuring Cellular Ploidy In Situ by Light Microscopy.
Delisa E ClayBenjamin M StormoDonald T FoxPublished in: Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) (2023)
Determining cellular DNA content is valuable in the study of numerous biological processes, including organ development and injury repair. While FACS analysis of dissociated cells is a widely used method for assaying ploidy in a tissue cell population, for many tissue samples, it is possible and convenient to measure ploidy in situ using light microscopy. Here, we present two protocols for measuring cellular ploidy in tissues. These protocols are based on our studies in Drosophila melanogaster, but these are applicable to other settings as well. We present example results from Drosophila hindgut, midgut, and wing imaginal disc as examples. The first protocol focuses on measuring DNA content from decondensed interphase nuclei, while the second protocol details the visualization of condensed chromosomes for ploidy determination, either from mitotic cells or from interphase cells with drug-induced chromosome condensation. These techniques can be completed in 1 day and require standard lab supplies as well as a fluorescence light microscope.
Keyphrases
- induced apoptosis
- single molecule
- cell cycle arrest
- drug induced
- randomized controlled trial
- drosophila melanogaster
- gene expression
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- high throughput
- oxidative stress
- circulating tumor
- cell death
- high speed
- stem cells
- single cell
- zika virus
- optical coherence tomography
- cell therapy
- mass spectrometry
- solid phase extraction
- genome wide
- simultaneous determination
- case control