RE: Calcium flux

Eric Martz (emartz@microbio.umass.edu)
Tue, 01 Feb 1994 08:55:30 -0500 (EST)

Dear Mario:

I am interested in your comment that if PBMC are put on ice, they will
not "Ca++ flux", even apparently after warming to 37 deg for 5 min.
Are you aware of any published data on this point, or on any other
signal/messenger hysteresis after ice?

Is the azide just there because your antibodies are in it, or is it
there for a reason as far as the PBMC are concerned?

In message Mon, 31 Jan 1994 13:20:05 -0700 (PDT),
Mario Roederer <ROEDERER@Beadle.Stanford.EDU> writes:

> We have been doing calcium flux on unseparated, stained PBMC. The
> protocol we use is pretty standard, with the following important points:
>
> (1) Cells are loaded at 37C with Indo for 45-60 min
> (2) Cells are centrifuged and then spun at room temperature in the
> presence of 0.02 to 0.1% sodium azide with antibodies. We use only
> direct conjugates to avoid crosslinking. It is EXTREMELY important not
> to let the cells get too cold (never on ice); they will not flux.

Thanks,

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