Flow Cytometry Assay to Quantify Oxidative Stress: An Assay to Quantify Reactive Oxygen Species in Intestinal Organoids Using Fluorogenic Probes

Abstract

Source: Stedman, A., et al., Analyzing Oxidative Stress in Murine Intestinal Organoids using Reactive Oxygen Species-Sensitive Fluorogenic Probe. J. Vis. Exp. (2021).

This video demonstrates a flow cytometry assay to quantify the ROS levels in 3D intestinal organoids obtained from GFP-expressing transgenic mice. This method provides an in vitro experimental model to investigate the efficacy of test compounds on ROS production.

Protocol

All procedures involving animal models have been reviewed by the local institutional animal care committee and the JoVE veterinary review board. 1. Preparation of reagents and materials for culturing intestinal organoids To prepare growth culture medium, mix advanced DMEM/F-12 supplemented with 1x glutamine, 1x penicillin/streptomycin (P/S) solution, 10 mM of HEPES, 50 ng/mL of murine EGF, 20 µg/mL of murine Noggin 500 ng/mL of mouse R-Spondin1 (see Table of Mater…

Representative Results

Figure 1: Representative images of crypts and organoids. (A) Example of fraction F1 obtained after the first incubation with EDTA, enriched in villi (square), with some debris (star) and crypts (circle). (B) Example of fraction F4 enriched in crypts. (C) Suspension presenting only isolated crypts obtained after the filtration …

Materials

Mice
Lgr5-EGFP-IRES-creERT2 (Lgr5-GFP)	The Jackson Laboratory
Growth culture medium
Advanced DMEM F12 (DMEM/F12)	ThermoFisher	12634010
B-27 Supplement, minus vitamin A	ThermoFisher	12587010	Stock Concentration: 50x
GlutaMAX (glutamine)	ThermoFisher	35050038	Stock Concentration: 100x
Hepes	ThermoFisher	15630056	Stock Concentration: 1 M
Murine EGF	R&D	2028-EG-200	Stock Concentration: 500 µg/mL in PBS
murine Noggin	R&D	1967-NG/CF	Stock Concentration: 100 µg/mL in PBS
Murine R-spondin1	R&D	3474-RS-050	Stock Concentration: 50 µg/mL in PBS
N-2 Supplement	ThermoFisher	17502048	Stock Concentration: 100x
Penicillin-Streptomycin (P/S)	ThermoFisher	15140122	Stock Concentration: 100x (10,000 units/mL of penicillin and 10,000 µg/mL of streptomycin)
Material
70 µm cell strainer	Corning	352350
96-well round bottom	Corning	3799
ball tip scissor	Fine Science Tools GMBH	14086-09
CellROX® Deep Red Reagent	ThermoFisher	C10422
DAPI (4’,6-diamidino-2-phénylindole, dichlorhydrate) (fluorgenic probe)	ThermoFisher	D1306	stock at 10 mg/mL
DPBS 1x no calcium no magnesium (DPBS)	ThermoFisher	14190144
Matrigel Growth Factor Reduced, Phenol Red Free (Basement Membrane Matrix)	Corning	356231	once received thaw o/n in the fridge, keep for 1h on ice and, make 500 mL aliquots and store at -20 °C
N-acetylcysteine (NAC)	Sigma	A9165
tert-Butyl hydroperoxide (tBCHP)solution (70%wt. In H2O2)	Sigma	458139
TrypLE Express Enzyme (1X), no phenol red (trypsin)	ThermoFisher	12604013
UltraPure 0.5 M EDTA, pH8.0	ThermoFisher	15575020
Y-27632	Sigma	Y0503	Rock-inhibitor to be used to minimize cell death upon tissue dissociation
Programs and Equipment
Attune NxT (Flow Cytometer)	ThermoFischer		Flow cytometer analyzer
FlowJo	BD Bioscience		FACS analysis
Prism	GraphPad Software		statistical analysis