title: Anchored cell analysis/sorting coupled with the scrape-loading/dye-transfer technique to quantify inhibition of gap-junctional intercellular communication in WB-F344 cells by 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexabromobiphenyl.
abstract: Inhibition of intercellular communication has been hypothesized to play a role in tumor promotion. The compound 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexabromobiphenyl (245-HBB) is a tumor promoter in vivo and blocks intercellular communication in vitro. The scrape-loading/dye-transfer (SL/DT) assay was used to assess this in vitro effect at varying concentrations of 245-HBB. The SL/DT technique is based on the intracellular loading of a fluorescent dye, lucifer yellow (LY), and monitoring its transfer into adjacent cells via patent gap junctions. Confluent WB-F344 (rat epithelial) cells were exposed to various noncytolethal concentrations of 245-HBB. Transfer of LY was then quantified with anchored cell analysis/sorting (ACAS 470, Meridian Instruments, Okemos, Mich.). The results indicate an inverse correlation between the degree of fluorescence in secondary LY-recipient cells and the treatment concentration. The coupling of these two new methods of cellular biology provided rapid quantitative analysis of dye transfer in measuring the concentration/response of modulation of gap-junctional permeability in cultured cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Center for Environmental Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: el-Fouly
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Trosko
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Sleight
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000187:drug effects*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000187:drug effects*; D007546:Isoquinolines; D008297:Male; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D011075:Polybrominated Biphenyls / Q000633:toxicity*; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D007546:Isoquinolines; D011075:Polybrominated Biphenyls; C017475:lucifer yellow; C018566:2,4,5,2',4',5'-hexabromobiphenyl