Flow cytometric quantification of tumour endothelial cells; an objective alternative for microvessel density assessment

Assessment of microvessel density by immunohistochemical staining is subject to a considerable inter-observer variation, and this has led to variability in correlation between microvessel density and clinical outcome in different studies. In order to improve the method of microvessel density measurement in tumour biopsies, we have developed a rapid, objective and quantitative method using flow cytometry on frozen tissues. Frozen tissue sections of archival tumour material were enzymatically digested. The single-cell suspension was stained for CD31 and CD34 for flow cytometry. The number of endothelial cells was quantified using light scatter- and fluorescence-characteristics. Tumour endothelial cells were detectable in a single cell suspension, and the percentage of endothelial cells detected in 32 colon carcinomas correlated highly (r=0.84, P<0.001) with the immunohistochemical assessment of microvessel density. Flow cytometric endothelial cells quantification was found to be more sensitive especially at lower levels of immunohistochemical microvessel density measurement. The current method was found to be applicable for various tumour types and has the major advantage that it provides a retrospective and quantitative approach to the angiogenic potential of tumours.

• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  British Journal of Cancer

• Publication date

  2002-07-29

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600457PMID 12177806PMCID 2364230
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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