Highly multiplexed imaging of single cells using a high-throughput cyclic immunofluorescence method

Jia-Ren Lin, Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani and Peter K. Sorger ()
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Jia-Ren Lin: HMS LINCS Center & Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani: Department of Systems Biology Harvard Medical School 200 Longwood Avenue
Peter K. Sorger: HMS LINCS Center & Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School

Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Single-cell analysis reveals aspects of cellular physiology not evident from population-based studies, particularly in the case of highly multiplexed methods such as mass cytometry (CyTOF) able to correlate the levels of multiple signalling, differentiation and cell fate markers. Immunofluorescence (IF) microscopy adds information on cell morphology and the microenvironment that are not obtained using flow-based techniques, but the multiplicity of conventional IF is limited. This has motivated development of imaging methods that require specialized instrumentation, exotic reagents or proprietary protocols that are difficult to reproduce in most laboratories. Here we report a public-domain method for achieving high multiplicity single-cell IF using cyclic immunofluorescence (CycIF), a simple and versatile procedure in which four-colour staining alternates with chemical inactivation of fluorophores to progressively build a multichannel image. Because CycIF uses standard reagents and instrumentation and is no more expensive than conventional IF, it is suitable for high-throughput assays and screening applications.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9390

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