A fluorescence method to visualize the nuclear boundary by the lipophilic dye DiI.

Here, we describe a procedure to fluorescently contrast the nuclear boundary using the lipophilic carbocyanine dye DiI in cultured human cells. Our procedure is simple and is applicable to detect nuclear boundary defects, which may be relevant to studies on nuclear envelope dynamics, micronuclei formation and cancer biology. DiI: 1,1'-dioctadecyl-3,3,3',3'-tetramethylindocarbocyanine perchlorate; DiO: 3,3'-dioctadecyloxacarbocyanine perchlorate; NE: nuclear envelope; RanBP2: Ran-binding protein 2/Nucleoporin 358.

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Kohei Miyazaki, Ken-Ichi Yano, Hisato Saitoh. A fluorescence method to visualize the nuclear boundary by the lipophilic dye DiI. Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry. 2020 Aug;84(8):1685-1688

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