Intravital Fluorescence Microscopy in the Qualitative Evaluation of the Interaction of Acridine Orange with Nucleic Acid in Intact Living Human Organs

Nature ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 204 (4956) ◽  
pp. 390-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. SHERIF
Keyword(s):  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Acridine Orange ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Intravital Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Human Organs

ACRIDINE ORANGE FLUOROCHROMING AND ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CELLS MODIFIED BY UNBALANCED NUCLEIC ACID AND CELL WALL SYNTHESIS

1966 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 677-682
Author(s):  
Jacques de Repentigny ◽  
Sorin Sonea ◽  
Armand Frappier
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Nucleic Acids ◽  
Acridine Orange ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Cellular Level ◽  
Cellular Heterogeneity ◽  
Nucleic Acid Content ◽  
Bacterial Populations

Cultures of Staphylococcus aureus were grown in the presence of five different antimetabolites (5-fluorodeoxyuridine, aminopterin, 8-azaguanine, mitomycm-C, 5-fluorouracil) active against ceil walls and (or) nucleic acids. Fluorescence microscopy of smears stained with acridine orange revealed reddish and green cells in both treated and untreated cultures. There were less than 20% of reddish cells in untreated cultures and more than 40% in treated cultures. Treated cultures contained fewer viable organisms. All antimetabolites except mitomycin-C produced a diminution in the nucleic acids, chemically determined as percentage of dry weight of bacteria. Only 5-fluorouracil increased the RNA/DNA ratio. However, with ultraviolet microscopy at 260 mμ wavelength the absorption of reddish cells is much higher than that of the green cells, which, at the cellular level, seemed to indicate a greater nucleic acid content. With ultraviolet or with fluorescence microscopy we have obtained similar evidence of the cellular heterogeneity produced by antimetabolites in bacterial populations.

scholarly journals CYTOPLASMIC DNA SYNTHESIS IN AMOEBA PROTEUS

1962 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 535-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Rabinovitch ◽  
W. Plaut
Keyword(s):  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Dna Synthesis ◽  
Acridine Orange ◽  
Particle Number ◽  
Amoeba Proteus ◽  
Acridine Orange Staining ◽  
Particle Population ◽  
Cell Age ◽  
Cytoplasmic Dna ◽  
Number Of Particles

Nucleic acid-containing particles in the cytoplasm of Amoeba proteus (cf. reference 1) were counted after acridine orange staining. The number of particles per ameba was found to be correlated with cell age and size. Fresh daughters had a mean particle number of 5400, whereas predivision amebae contained around 11,000 particles. Amebae from two other strains contained similar particles. The particles were found to be clustered in fasted cells and redispersed after feeding. A marked increase in the particle population was noted in anucleate fragments. These results, together with those previously presented, suggest that the particles multiply intracellularly. Their nature and their relationship to previous work on nucleic acid labeling in Amoeba are discussed.

The fluorescent staining of a mycobacteriophage (C2) nucleic acid

1971 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Menezes
Keyword(s):  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Acridine Orange ◽  
Staining Technique ◽  
Fluorescent Staining ◽  
Green Fluorescence ◽  
Acridine Orange Staining ◽  
Fluorescence Characteristic ◽  
Phage Dna ◽  
Acid Dnase

By using the acridine orange staining technique a green fluorescence, characteristic of double-stranded nucleic acid, can be observed with purified preparations of mycobacteriophage C2 and its extracted nucleic acid. DNAse-treated samples do not show this fluorescence, which leads to the conclusion that this fluorescence is associated with phage DNA. Examination of preparations of phage grown in the presence of acridine orange supported these results.

Characterization and prevention of phototoxic effects in intravital fluorescence microscopy in the hamster dorsal skinfold model

2000 ◽  
Vol 385 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Steinbauer ◽  
Anthony Gustav Harris ◽  
Christoph Abels ◽  
Konrad Messmer
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Intravital Fluorescence Microscopy
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