Applying imaging flow cytometry and immunofluorescence in studying the dynamic Golgi structure in cultured cells

Abstract

Summary: The Golgi apparatus is subjected to fragmentation under several cellular processes such as mitosis. Here we describe two complementary approaches to analyze different Golgi morphological changes during its mitotic fragmentation, using classical immunofluorescence and imaging flow cytometry. Although fluorescent microscopy provides information on the exact Golgi architecture in distinct cells, the imaging flow cytometry combines the morphological data with the high-throughput quantification of flow cytometry. Taken together, both approaches provide robust and significant unbiased data analysis.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Wortzel et al. (2021).

Keywords

• Cell Biology
• Flow Cytometry/Mass Cytometry
• Microscopy