Rapid Mixed Leukocyte Test with 3H-Acridine Orange1.
Abstract
The report concerns search for a tritium labeled compound which would maximally label lymphocytes in mixed culture (MLC) within 2 - 24 hours. For this purpose tritiated acridine orange (3H-AO) was tested. Interest in acridine orange (AO) stemmed from the report of J. Andersson et al, that by cytophotofluorometric methods, an increase in fluorescence intensity of fixed and AO-stained lymphocytes can be observed 1-3 hours after human allogeneic lymphocytes have been committed to mixed culture. No such increase occurred in lymphocytes from donors compatible at the major histocompatibility locus (HL-A). Data confirms that of Andersson et al., but by a method using liquid scintillation spectrophotometric measurement of 3H-acridine orange binding which is more available than estimation of bound acridine orange by spectrofluorometric fluorescence. Also, a method is described for the preparation of a pure tritiated acridine orange of high specific radioactivity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0754823
Entities
Organizations
- University of California, San Francisco