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AAT Bioquest/MycoLight™ Ratiometric Bacterial Membrane Potential Kit *Red/Green Fluorescence*/22401/200 Tests

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Ex/Em(nm) | 484/520&630 |
MW | N/A |
CAS# | N/A |
Solvent | DMSO |
Storage | F/D/L |
Category | MicroBIOLOGy FlowCytometry |
Related | FluorescenceImaging |
Spectrum | AdvancedSpectrumViewer |
Note1:Thawkitcomponentsatroomtemperaturebeforestartingyourexperiment.
Note2:TheKithasbeentestedatlogarithmicallygrowingculturesofthefollowingbacterialspecies:Micrococcusluteus,Staphylococcusaureus,S.warnerii,Bacilluscereus,Klebsiellapneumoniae,Escherichiacoli,andSalmonellacholeraesuis.
Note3:ManybacteriadonotshowaproportionalresponsetopartialmembranedepolarizationwithMycoStainIt™Green.Theresponseofeachbacterialsystemshouldbeinvestigatedandoptimized.OccasionallytheMycoStainIt™Greenconcentrationandstainingtimemustbeadjustedforoptimaldetectionofmembranepotential.Thefollowingistherecommendedprotocolforbacterialstaining.Theprotocolonlyprovidesaguideline,shouldbemodifiedaccordingtothespecificneeds.
Note4:Somecommonbuffercomponents,suchasTween20,sodiumazideandthimerosal,canaltermembranepotential,andshouldbeavoided.Besuretotestbufferadditivesfortheireffectonmembranepotentialduringoptimizationstudies.
1. Growbacteriainanyappropriatemedium.Bestresultsforhealthybacteriaareobtainedfromlog-phasecultures.Dilutethebacterialcultureto~106cellspermLinPBS(ComponentC)orequivalentsterilebuffer.Bacteriamaybediluteddirectlyfromtheculturemediumwithoutwashing.PreparesufficientsUSPensiontoprovide500µLpertest.
2. Aliquot500μlofthebacterialsuspensionintoaflowcytometrytubeforeachstainingexperimenttobeperformed.Preparetwoadditionaltubesforadepolarizedcontrolandanunstainedcontrol.
3. Add10μlof500μMCCCP(ComponentB)tothedepolarizedcontrolsampleandmix.
4. Add5μlof100XMycoStainIt™Green(ComponentA)toeachflowcytometrytubeandmix(donotaddstaintotheunstainedcontrolsample).Incubatesamplesatroomtemperaturefor30min.Stainedsamplescanbeanalyzedafter5min,butsignalintensitycontinuestoincreaseuntil~30min.
5. Stainedbacteriacanbeassayedinaflowcytometerequippedwithalaseremittingat488nm.Fluorescenceiscollectedinthegreen(fluoresceinfilter)andred(TexasRedfilter)channels. Theforwardscatter,sidescatter,andfluorescenceshouldbecollectedwithlogarithmicsignalamplification.
6. Instrumentadjustmentsareespeciallycriticalfordetectingrelativelysmallparticlessuchasbacteria.Usetheunstainedcontrolsampletolocatebacterialpopulationsintheforwardandsidescatterchannels.Usethesidescatterastheparameterforsettingtheacquisitiontrigger.
7. Applythedepolarizedcontrolsampleafteradjustingtheflowcytometerasdescribedabove.GateonbacteriausingforwardversussidescatterandadjustfluorescencephotomultipliertubevoltagessuchthatthegreenandredMFIvaluesareapproximatelyequal.Donotsetcompensation.
8. Whiletherelativeamountofredandgreenfluorescenceintensitywillvarywithcellsizeandaggregation,theratioofredtogreenfluorescenceintensitycanbeusedasasize-independentindicatorofmembranepotential.Thedatacanalsobeprocessedbygatingonbacteriausingforwardversussidescatter,andanalyzegatedpopulationswithadotplotofredversusgreenfluorescencereportingMFIvaluesaslinearvalues,notaschannels.
9. Onaratiometrichistogram,setMarkersaroundthepeaksofinterestandrecordthemeanratiovalues.Foradotplotofredversusgreenfluorescence,setregionsaroundthepopulationsofinterestandrecordredandgreenmeanfluorescenceintensity(MFI)valuesforeach.Toevaluatethedata,dividetheredpopulationMFIbythegreenpopulationMFI.
10. Intheflowcytometer,bacteriaareidentifiedsolelyonthebasisoftheirsizeandstainABIlity.Itisbesttoinspecteachsamplebyfluorescencemicroscopytoconfirmthattheparticlesdetectedareindeedbacteria.
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