Re: growth factor quantifying

From: Michel Canton (mcanton@wcube.fr)
Date: Wed Jan 14 1998 - 04:09:15 EST


Dear MAK,

We developed a first prototype for quantitation of TNFR I and TNFR II on WBC
in whole blood, as well as on cultured cells.

The results we obtained are as follows (approximative numbers, I am not in
my office and this is memory recollection):

Results on normal individuals:

TNFR I: approx. 600 molecules /lymphocyte. Same on granulocytes.

TNFR II: 2,800 molecules/granulocyte.
On lymphocytes, we observed two sub populations. The first population gives
about 100 molecules/lymphocyte. The second population gives about 2,000
molecules/ lymphocyte.

This looks exactly like what we observed for the Fas receptor quantitation
on lymphocytes using the APOCYT Fas kit (ref to my E-mail on this list /
12-22-97).

Coming back to the TNFR I and II receptors, these results imply the use of a
calibrator allowing quantitation of very low expressions.

Best regards

Michel M. Canton, PharmD
Managing Director,
BioCytex
France
Tel: +33 (0) 4 91 94 29 39
Fax: +33 (0) 4 91 47 24 71


>Hello,
>I have interest in quantifying TNF receptors on cells by flow.  Given the
>availability of standards for MESF determination with MOAb binding (Flow
>Standards, BioCytex), has anyone done similar analyses for growth factors,
>or anything comparable?  Any thoughts will be appreciated.
>MAK.
>---
>Mark A. KuKuruga, Managing Director
>University of Michigan Flow Cytometry
>kukuruga@medmail.med.umich.edu
>
>



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