Sources of error in screening by flow cytometry for the effects of environmental mutagens

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1993

Abstract

Flow cytometry is often used to detect DNA aneuploidy and mosaicism associated with malignancy or genetic damage. Yet DNA aneuploidy and mosaicism detected by flow cytometry may be more apparent than real. In contrast to the DNA mass observed for blood, we consistently found markedly different values and higher variability for DNA mass among other tissues collected from the same animal. Prepared mixtures of blood and other cells generated multiple fluorescence peaks identical to those that might be expected for aneuploid mosaicism. Moreover, analysis of tissues such as feather pulp, which contains a combination of cell types, yielded multiple fluorescence peaks that were not observed when blood alone was analyzed. Thus care should be exercised in classifying DNA values from different tissues as normal or abnormal, because the appearance of supernumerary fluorescence peaks might not always indicate the presence of abnormal cell populations. Copyright © 1993 SETAC

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

First Page

37

Last Page

42

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