[PDF][PDF] Histo-cytometry: a method for highly multiplex quantitative tissue imaging analysis applied to dendritic cell subset microanatomy in lymph nodes

MY Gerner, W Kastenmuller, I Ifrim, J Kabat… - Immunity, 2012 - cell.com
MY Gerner, W Kastenmuller, I Ifrim, J Kabat, RN Germain
Immunity, 2012cell.com
Flow cytometry allows highly quantitative analysis of complex dissociated populations at the
cost of neglecting their tissue localization. In contrast, conventional microscopy methods
provide spatial information, but visualization and quantification of cellular subsets defined by
complex phenotypic marker combinations is challenging. Here, we describe an analytical
microscopy method," histo-cytometry," for visualizing and quantifying phenotypically
complex cell populations directly in tissue sections. This technology is based on multiplexed …
Summary
Flow cytometry allows highly quantitative analysis of complex dissociated populations at the cost of neglecting their tissue localization. In contrast, conventional microscopy methods provide spatial information, but visualization and quantification of cellular subsets defined by complex phenotypic marker combinations is challenging. Here, we describe an analytical microscopy method, "histo-cytometry," for visualizing and quantifying phenotypically complex cell populations directly in tissue sections. This technology is based on multiplexed antibody staining, tiled high-resolution confocal microscopy, voxel gating, volumetric cell rendering, and quantitative analysis. We have tested this technology on various innate and adaptive immune populations in murine lymph nodes (LNs) and were able to identify complex cellular subsets and phenotypes, achieving quantitatively similar results to flow cytometry, while also gathering cellular positional information. Here, we employ histo-cytometry to describe the spatial segregation of resident and migratory dendritic cell subsets into specialized microanatomical domains, suggesting an unexpected LN demarcation into discrete functional compartments.
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