PI stain hypodiploid apoptosis assay

From: James Liou (jliou@bu.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 17 1999 - 13:41:29 EST


Hi folks,

	To those with expertise and experience using PI to look at sub 2N DNA
content as a measurement of apoptosis, I have a fairly basic question that
I hope you can answer.  Does this assay definitively distinguish between
apoptosis and necrosis? 

	 I guess these days suspicion arises in the field of cell death because
almost everything is decribed as apoptosis.  I just don't know if the PI
hypodiploid assay gives one the same DNA fragmentation readout as say TUNEL
or a laddering assay.  If the PI assay is specific for apoptosis, what
would a necrosis profile look like in comparison?

	Thanks in advance to any who can help me with an answer.  This group is
truly fantastic!


							best regards,

							James Liou



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