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The Challenge
Biologists who study multicellular organisms often want to distinguish different types of cells from one another or identify cells at different stages of development, activation or differentiation. They may also want to physically separate such cells
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Cells
The different types of cells in our bodies are genetically identical but express different genes. The products of some of these genes will be proteins on the cell surface, some will be secreted and others will be proteins within the cell.They dictate the function of the cell.
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Markers
Identifiable proteins on the on or within cells are known as markers.Mostly they are not unique to one cell type but certain combinations are used to confirm the identity of cells
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Antibodies (Immunoglobulins)
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Antibodies (Immunoglobulins)
The genes that encode antibodies can be spliced together in various different ways giving a staggering 18 billion possible binding
sites
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Antigens
An antigen is anything that can illicit an immune response, it could be bacterial, viral, a toxin, food, another persons cells, anything that isn’t you and ends up inside you…Many different antibodies may bind to one antigen, the precise bit they stick to is called an epitope. So an epitope fits snuggly into the binding site of an antibody.
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Production of Antibodies
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Nature. 1975 Aug 7;256(5517):495-7.
Continuous cultures of fused cells secreting antibody of predefined specificity.Köhler G, Milstein C.
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Monoclonal Antibodies
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Fluorescent Dyes for Labeling Antibodies
Fluorescein(Fitc)Phycoerythrin(PE)Allophycocyanin(APC)Peridinin chlorophyll(PerCp)PE TandemsAPC TandemsNano Crystalls (q-dots)Pacific blueAlexa familyE-fluor familyBrilliant violets etc
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Labeling Antibodies
FitcPE
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Labeled antibodies
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Labelled antibodies (Direct Immunofluorescence)
T-Cell B-Cell
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Unlabelled antibodies (indirect immunofluorescence)
B-Cell
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Biotinylated antibodies
B-Cell
Biotin
+ =
B-Cell
Biotin
Streptavidin Fitc
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Non Specific Binding, Fc receptors
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Non Specific Binding, Fc receptors
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Unlabelled and directly labeled antibodies
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Unlabelled and directly labeled antibodies
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Concentration (ug/ml
Med
ian
fluor
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nce
50
Titration Curve
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Immunophenotyping Controls
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“Negative Control”Positive Control
Controls for Spectral OverlapFMO Controls
Biological controls
Controls
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• This could be untreated cells, uninfected animals, wild type animals etc
Biological Controls
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The “Negative” Control
Unstained cellsIsotype matched antibodies of no know specificity..
BothOther
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Their use is controversialDifficult to match the F:P ratioReviewers like them
Isotype Controls
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Non-specific fluorescence
When cells appear to bind antibody “non- specifically” People
blame Fc receptors or “stickiness” of cells. Its often unbound antibody
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Non-specific fluorescence
When cells appear to bind antibody “non- specifically” People
blame Fc receptors or “stickiness” of cells. Its often unbound antibody
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Negative control
Fitc (green)
PE
(Ora
nge)
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CD4 Fitc (green)
PE
(Ora
nge)
Spectral Overlap
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Using this applet
Spectral Overlap
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The Solution: Colour Compensation
In the example on the previous slide, some of the PE signal is actually from the Fitc fluorescence.So, we subtract about 20% of the FITC signal from the PE signal.Written FL2-%FL1 so in this case its FL2- 20%FL1
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Spectral Overlap
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Real World
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• The more compensation required and the brighter the signal the greater the spread.
• Spread is a result of errors incurred with photon counting statistics and cannot be corrected for using compensation
Spread
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• With a multicolour experiment it is essential that the colour compensation is done correctly to avoid:
• Incorrect interpretation of data• Scorn of those who know how to do it correctly
Compensation
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1. The positive and negative particles should have the same background fluorescence.
The Three Commandments
2. The positive particles should be at least as bright as anything in your samples
3. The fluorochrome should be exactly the same as that used in your experiment. Tandem dyes should be same batch.
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Median
Simple Compensation
Fitc
PE
Unst + Fitc+
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a
c
b
Autofluorescence
Different cell types may have different levels of autofluorescence. In general the bigger they are the more they have
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a
c
b
Cell Mixture Negative
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a
c
b
Compensated?
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a
c b
Compensated?
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a
c
bb
Compensated
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You really can’t use stained cells as compensation controls when you have a mixture of cell types.Also the cells stained with your antibodies may be very infrequent.
So:
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The solution to this problem is to use antibody capture beads.
They are available against mouse, rat and hamster Igs
Some are against the kappa chain which means they bind most but not all antibodies.
Antibody Capture beads
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They provide a clear negative and positive population.
They are bright and easy to use.
Saves sample.
Antibody Capture beads
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Carboxylated polystyrene beads are available in a variety of sizes.
They can be bound to any protein with a simple reaction.
The whole procedure takes about 2 hours.
Polystyrene beads
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Protein Coupling
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Anti-Rat Capture beads
Fitc only
PE only
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Compensation Controls For Fluorescent Proteins
Same cell type without the FP?
Polystyrene particles
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• By positive for a certain antibody we mean those cells are expressing the antigen that is recognized by that antibody
• One of the consequences of the compensation spread is that one cannot use a negative control to determine positivity in multi-colour experiments.
• How do we determine what is positive?
What Is Positive
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• With a single colour experiment we can simply compare our test sample to an appropriate negative control
What Is Positive
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What Is Positive 2 colour
Fitc (green)
PE
(Ora
nge)
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• FMO=(Fluorescence Minus One)• By leaving out one antibody at a time we can better
determine the contribution of the test antibody in that channel.
FMO
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• FMO controls are a much better way to identify positive vs. negative cells
• FMO controls should be used whenever accurate discrimination is essential or when antigen expression
is relatively low
FMO
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• Controls are essential• Negative
• Compensation• FMOs
Summary Controls