Flow cytometric analysis of apoptotic biomarkers in actinomycin D-treated SiHa cervical cancer cells

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Punchoo, Rivak
Zhou, Esther
Bhoora, Sachin

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MyJove Corporation

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Apoptosis biomarkers were investigated in actinomycin D-treated SiHa cervical cancer cells using a benchtop flow cytometer. Early biomarkers (Annexin V and mitochondrial membrane potential) and late biomarkers (caspases 3 and 7, and DNA damage) of apoptosis were measured in experimental and control cultures. Cultures were incubated for 24 hours in a humidified incubator at 37 °C with 5% CO2. The cells were then detached using trypsin and enumerated using a flow cytometric cell count assay. Cells were further analyzed for apoptosis using an Annexin V assay, a mitochondrial electrochemical transmembrane potential assay, a caspase 3/7 assay, and a DNA damage assay. This article provides an overview of apoptosis and traditional flow cytometry, and elaborates flow cytometric protocols for processing and analyzing SiHa cells. The results describe positive, negative, and sub-optimal experimental data. Also discussed are interpretation and caveats in performing flow cytometric analysis of apoptosis using this analytical platform. Flow cytometric analysis provides an accurate measurement of early and late biomarkers for apoptosis.

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Apoptosis biomarkers, Flow cytometer, Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), D-treated SiHa cervical cancer cells, Cervical cancer

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Punchoo, R., Zhou, E., Bhoora, S. Flow Cytometric Analysis of Apoptotic Biomarkers in Actinomycin D-treated SiHa Cervical Cancer Cells. Journal of Visualized Experiments (174), e62663, DOI:10.3791/62663 (2021).