申请人:Molecular Probes, Inc.
公开号:US05545535A1
公开(公告)日:1996-08-13
The invention relates to a method of analyzing a sample thought to contain bacteria using an aqueous solution comprising one or more fluorescent dyes: a fluorescent dye of formula I, a fluorescent dye of formula II, a fluorescent dye of formula III, and a fluorescent dye of formula IV. Each of the dyes differ each from the other in their affinity for nucleic acids and in their spectral response to different types of bacteria in the sample. The first three dyes are nucleic acid stains and the fourth dye is a fluorescent reagent that binds selectively to cell surface components. The fluorescent dyes of formula I are highly membrane-permeant cyanine dye derivatives and label all bacteria, whether live or dead, whether Gram positive or Gram negative. The dyes of formula II label only live Gram positive bacteria and label all dead bacteria, whether Gram positive or negative. The dyes of formula II bind to nucleic acids preferentially with respect to the dyes of formula I. Fluorescent formula III dyes are membrane impermeant dyes that give a fluorescent signal only in cells with compromised plasma membrane integrity, whether Gram negative or Gram positive, and have a much higher binding affinity for nucleic acids than the fluorescent dyes of either formula I or formula II. Formula IV fluorescent dyes preferentially bind to an exterior component of a bacterium. The dyes are combined with a sample suspected of containing bacteria and illuminated at an appropriate wavelength to differentiate, according to the fluorescence response, live Gram negative, dead Gram negative, live Gram positive and dead Gram positive bacteria in the sample.
该发明涉及一种分析样品中可能含有细菌的方法,使用含有一个或多个荧光染料的水溶液:公式I的荧光染料,公式II的荧光染料,公式III的荧光染料和公式IV的荧光染料。这些染料中的每一种在其与核酸的亲和力以及在样品中对不同类型细菌的光谱响应方面均不同。前三种染料是核酸染料,第四种染料是一种选择性结合到细胞表面成分的荧光试剂。公式I的荧光染料是高度透膜的靛蓝染料衍生物,可标记所有细菌,无论是活的还是死的,无论是革兰氏阳性还是革兰氏阴性。公式II的染料仅标记活的革兰氏阳性细菌,并标记所有死细菌,无论是革兰氏阳性还是阴性。公式II的染料相对于公式I的染料更倾向于选择性结合到核酸上。荧光公式III的染料是透膜不透性染料,仅在细胞的胞浆膜完整性受损时发出荧光信号,无论是革兰氏阴性还是革兰氏阳性,并且与核酸的结合亲和力远高于公式I或公式II的荧光染料。公式IV的荧光染料更倾向于结合到细菌的外部成分。这些染料与疑似含有细菌的样品结合,并在适当波长下照射,根据荧光反应区分样品中的活的革兰氏阴性、死的革兰氏阴性、活的革兰氏阳性和死的革兰氏阳性细菌。