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CYTOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 65, Issue 5, Pages 795-802Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10616-013-9546-6
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Flow cytometry; Interleukin-1 receptor; Quantitative analysis; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
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- Federal Target Program Scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel of innovative Russia'' [02.740.11.0707]
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The biological effects of interleukin (IL)-1 are realized through binding to specific membrane-bound receptors. The efficiency of IL-1 action depends on the number of receptors on the cell. We determined the percentage of cells that express IL-1 receptor type I (IL-1RI) and IL-1 receptor type II (IL-1RII) by flow cytometry using phycoerythrin (PE)-labelled antibodies to the IL-1Rs, and the mean absolute number of membrane-bound IL-1Rs per cell using QuantiBRITE PE calibration beads. We showed that different subpopulations of immunocompetent cells expressed different numbers of molecules of membrane-bound IL-1RI and IL-1RII. We also established that when cells were stimulated with bacterial lipopolysaccharide, there was a significant increase in the number of IL-1RI expressed, and a significant decrease in the mean number of IL-1RII molecules per cell. Determination of the mean number of membrane-bound IL-1R molecules using this protocol enables us to obtain precise and reproducible data that are necessary for full evaluation of expression levels.
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