Re: Ca++ flux sheath buffer

From: Fishbaugh, Justin (FishbaughJ@mail.medicine.uiowa.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 14 2000 - 09:44:31 EST


>
>Hi all
>
>Has anyone ever found that the EDTA in commercial sheath buffers interferes
with
>calcium reponses when using BD benchtop cytometers? I always assumed that
there would
>be so little mixing of the sample and sheath fluid before the interegation
point that
>I wouldn't make any difference.
>
>Any insights?
>

We routinely use Biosure sheath fluid containing EDTA in our EPICS 753 and
FACScan.  Calcium flux experiments done on both instruments with this sheath
fluid using indo-1 or calcium green and fura red worked fine.

Justin Fishbaugh
University of Iowa
Flow Cytometry Facility



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