Analyze the antibody panel, confirm that the cytometer has a minimum of four lasers, including red, yellow, blue, and violet. Establish the compensation matrix with either compensation beads or single stain cell controls. To calibrate and standardize, run rainbow fluorescent beads at the beginning of each experiment by adjusting the photomultiplier tube voltage until the bead peaks align with the target values from the previous experiments.
Set the photomultiplier tube voltage and gain for the experiment. Then use antibody captured compensation beads to establish a compensation matrix. Next, plot the side scatter area on log versus the forward scatter height on linear in a dot plot, gate out debris and select for cell size using the S1 gate, choose singlet cells in a dot plot a forward scatter width versus forward scatter height with S2 gate.
For establishing floor four gates, use the relevant FMO for each floor four channel. With single parameter histograms determine the positive signal in each channel and establish the gates accordingly. Carefully record the samples using the established gating strategy.
Identify microglia using P2 RY 12 plus signal and determine protein expression in the respective channel for microglia only. Establish analysis gates on the cytometer analysis software user interface by replicating the same gating strategy used during recording. Use the add statistics function to select the median for the population of interest on the compensated channel height.
Export the MFI values for the respective channels to a spreadsheet using the table editor for further statistical analysis. Lipopolysaccharide treatment induced an increase in histone three lysine 27 acetylation. When the MFI is normalized within sex, histogram analysis of the stained cells showed normally distributed populations with cell shifts to increased fluorescence.
A similar increase in histone three lysine 27 acetylation was seen in the stained cells.
