PMID- 22730763 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120801 LR - 20181201 IS - 0016-6758 (Print) IS - 0016-6758 (Linking) VI - 48 IP - 4 DP - 2012 Apr TI - [Selective staining of pericentromeric heterochromatin regions in chromosomes of spontaneously dividing cells with the use of the acridine orange fluorochrome]. PG - 451-6 AB - A novel phenomenon of unusual selective acridine orange (AO) staining ofpericentromeric heterochromatin regions (HRs) in chromosomal preparations from tissue with known spontaneous mitotic activity (chorionic villi, placenta, embryonic tissues, bone marrow, and testes), as well as embryonic stem cells, is described. Staining with 0.01% AO in a citric-phosphate (pH 5.5) or sodium phosphate (pH 7.0) buffer solution allows the HRs of human chromosomes (1q12, 9q12, 13p11.2, 14p11.2, 15p11.2, 16q11.2, 21p11.2, 22p11.2, and Yq12) and pericentromeric HRs of mouse chromosomes to be reliably detected by the red fluorescence of AO. This method of AO staining does not require any pretreatment. Explanations for metachromatic AO staining of polymorphic pericentromeric HRs in chromosomes of spontaneously dividing cells are suggested. A high reproducibility of the specific AO staining makes it possible to suggest its use as a reliable quick method for detection of polymorphic HRs of human chromosomes in cytogenetic prenatal diagnosis and oncohematology. FAU - Kuznetzova, T V AU - Kuznetzova TV FAU - Trofimova, I L AU - Trofimova IL FAU - Liapunov, M S AU - Liapunov MS FAU - Evdokimenko, E V AU - Evdokimenko EV FAU - Baranov, V S AU - Baranov VS LA - rus PT - Journal Article PL - Russia (Federation) TA - Genetika JT - Genetika JID - 0047354 RN - 0 (Heterochromatin) RN - F30N4O6XVV (Acridine Orange) SB - IM MH - Acridine Orange/*chemistry MH - Animals MH - Bone Marrow Cells/cytology MH - Cell Division/genetics MH - Chorion/cytology MH - Chromosomes, Human/*genetics MH - Female MH - *Heterochromatin/genetics MH - Humans MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology MH - Metaphase/genetics MH - Mice MH - *Polymorphism, Genetic MH - Pregnancy MH - Staining and Labeling/methods EDAT- 2012/06/27 06:00 MHDA- 2012/08/02 06:00 CRDT- 2012/06/27 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/08/02 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Genetika. 2012 Apr;48(4):451-6.