Adjusting staining for large cell numbers

From: Dr. Hadi Aslan <hadia@ekmd.huji.ac.il>
Date: Tue Jun 24 2008 - 20:10:20 EDT
Hello all,

I'm trying to stain and isolate a rare population (1-2%) in bone marrow with
PE-conjugated abs. 
I succeeded to label the cell for FACS using the following protocol:

1x10^6 nucleated BM cells/100ul FACS buffer with 2 ul Ab (1:50 dilution).
The cells showed intermediate fluorescence.

My question is: if I would like to stain 100x10^6 cells should I extrapolate
the volumes so I get 100x10^6 MNCs/10ml FACS buffer with 200ul Ab???

I thought of keeping the Ab dilution but to increase the cells amount, lets
say 100x10^6 cells in 1ml not 10ml, and in this case use 20ul of the Ab
instead of 200ul.

Please your advice.

Best regards


Hadi Aslan

PhD, DMD
Skeletal Biotech Lab/Prof. Dan Gazit
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem- Hadassah Medical Center
PO Box 12272, Jerusalem 91120 Israel
Tel: 972-2-6757625
Fax: 972-2-6757628
Mobile: 972-545-909208
Web site: http://gazitlab.huji.ac.il
Received on Wed Jun 25 12:38:00 2008

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