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  • Title: Comparison of helium-neon and dye lasers for the excitation of allophycocyanin.
    Author: Loken MR, Keij JF, Kelley KA.
    Journal: Cytometry; 1987 Jan; 8(1):96-100. PubMed ID: 3542436.
    Abstract:
    Allophycocyanin (APC) has a broad absorption spectrum permitting several different lasers to be used to excite this dye in a flow cytometer. A comparison was made between a dye laser and a helium-neon (HeNe) laser for the excitation of APC as an immunofluorescent chromophore. The ratio of fluorescence of stained to unstained lymphocytes (signal to background) was used to assess differences in sensitivity. In determining the best wavelength for operating the dye laser, it was found that there was little difference in the ability to separate the positive-labelled cells from the unstained cells using 600 nm or 633 nm light for excitation of APC. A study of the effect of laser power on the signal to background identified a nonlinear relationship. It was found that the sensitivity obtained with 47 mW of 633 nm light from a HeNe laser was near the maximum attainable. This sensitivity was comparable to that obtained using phycoerythrin as an immunofluorescence chromophore. APC had the added advantage of being applicable to the study of highly autofluorescent cells. Exciting this chromophore using red light dramatically decreased the autofluorescence observed even on alveolar macrophages.
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