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Cy7 tandems are nice, bright dyes. Their "useful" brightness is approximately
6-fold as good as fluorescein (whereas PE and APC are about 8-12 times the
brightness of FITC, and Cy5PE is about 20 times as bright). Note that the Cy7
tandems can be made even brighter when using them with specific applications.
I'm sorry, but I don't have information about the relative brightness of PerCP
in these systems. Also note that I made these measurements on a jet-in-air
configuration; the FACScan has even more sensitivity for the phycobiliproteins
and their relative brightnesses increase.
First of all: what about the Cy7 tandems? They are not particularly difficult
to make (see http://cmgm.stanford.edu/~roederer/abcon). I am trying to get some
manufacturers to actually market them as well; possibly as a kit (ready to
conjugate to antibody of your choice!). If you are interested in Cy7 tandems,
send me EMail and I will keep a list for future reference.
So what are the 4 color possibilities?
(1), there is a 4-color one laser combination that works very well: FITC, PE,
Cy5PE, and Cy7PE. I don't know if the FACSCalibur can be configured for this
combination or not.
(2), the 4-color one laser combination of FITC, PE, PerCP, and Cy7PE should work
as well on the low power systems.
The priniciple compensation needed for these combinations is between Cy7PE and
PE.
For two laser excitation, the best combinations would be:
(3) FITC, PE, PerCP, and APC. Works well because of the little compensation
required between PerCP and APC.
(4) FITC, PE, Cy5PE, and APC. Because of the efficient Cy5 excitation by the
second laser, this probably works only well for systems where (as was previously
noted), Cy5PE and APC are used to measured antigens expressed on distinct
subsets (for instance, CD3 and CD19).
(5) FITC, PE, Cy7PE, and APC. As Tom pointed out, Cy7 is not efficiently
excited by the second laser. Thus, this combination should work very nicely.
(6) FITC, PE, Cy5PE, and Cy7APC. While the second laser is exciting Cy5, the
emission will be largely ignored since the second laser channel will be "tuned"
to Cy7--requiring little compensation.
(7) FITC, PE, Cy7PE, and Cy7APC. Less compensation than 6, but sacrificing some
of the Cy5 brightness.
(8) FITC, PE, PerCP, and Cy7APC. Not much benefit over #4.
The best combinations will still have to be determined empirically (by best I
mean the greatest combination of bright reagents). I would speculate that #5
and #6 would probably end up the best.
By the way, the absolute best would probably be the combination of PE, Cy5PE,
Cy7PE, and Cy7APC, and using a Green HeNe and a Red HeNe for excitation! I
can't wait for that system to be put out!
mr
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