Quantitative Determination of Plasmodium Parasitemia by Flow Cytometry and Microscopy
- Authors
- Jun, Gyo; Lee, Jeong-Sam; Jung, Yun-Jae; Park, Jae-Won
- Issue Date
- Oct-2012
- Publisher
- KOREAN ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Keywords
- Malaria; Flow Cytometry; Microscopy; Parasitemia; PicoGreen
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, v.27, no.10, pp.1137 - 1142
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
- Volume
- 27
- Number
- 10
- Start Page
- 1137
- End Page
- 1142
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/16132
- DOI
- 10.3346/jkms.2012.27.10.1137
- ISSN
- 1011-8934
- Abstract
- The traditional light microscopy has limitations for precise growth assays of malaria parasites in culture or for assessment of new compounds for antimalarial activity; the speed and high reproducibility of flow cytometry can overcome these limitations. A flow cytometric method using PicoGreen, a DNA-binding fluorochrome, was developed with optimal precision suitable for performing growth assays of low-parasitemia field isolates. In addition, intra- and inter-person reproducibility of the flow cytometric and the microscopic method were compared in order to quantitatively demonstrate the improved precision. RNase treatment contributed to the precision of the flow cytometric measurements by enhancing the signal-to-noise ratios. Coefficients of variation of the method were smaller than 10% for 0.1% or higher parasitemia samples. The intra- and inter-person coefficients of variation of the flow cytometric method were three to six times smaller than those of the microscopic method. The flow cytometric method developed in this study yielded substantially more precise results than the microscopic method, allowing determination of parasitemia levels of 0.1% or higher, with coefficients of variation smaller than 10%. Thus, the PicoGreen method could be a reliable high sensitivity assay for analysis of low parasitemia samples and might be applied to a high throughput system testing antimalarial drug activity.
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