METHODS article
Front. Cell Dev. Biol.
Sec. Molecular and Cellular Pathology
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcell.2025.1636498
Optimizing chromosome dispersion quality: the key role of cell density
Provisionally accepted
- Shenzhen Prevention and Treatment Center for occupational Diseases, 深圳市, China
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Objective: This study aims to optimize metaphase dispersion in automated detection by quantitatively determining the optimal cell suspension density to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of chromosomal aberrations analysis.Methods: Lymphocyte metaphase suspensions were prepared using an automated harvesting system and subjected to a concentration gradient of 10⁴-10⁷ cells/mL. Metaphase images were captured using an automated chromosome scanning and analysis system, and cell density, suspension turbidity, metaphase counts, and dispersion area were measured to quantitatively assess the impact of cell density on metaphase dispersion quality. The practical application of turbidity-based density adjustment was further validated.: The study found that a cell density of 1.04×10⁶ cells/mL and suspension turbidity of 0.21 McFarland (McF) yielded the preferred metaphase dispersion, sufficient metaphase counts, and maximum dispersion area, significantly reducing chromosome crossover and overlap. Turbidity adjustment enabled consistent dispersion effects across different initial densities, markedly improving the uniformity of metaphase dispersion. Conclusion: This study innovatively established a turbidity-based cell density adjustment method, clarifying the impact of cell density on metaphase dispersion through quantitative means and providing standardized technical support for automated detection. This method effectively addresses the inconsistency in metaphase dispersion due to varying cell densities in automated detection, offering a significant basis for homogenizing detection results across laboratories and advancing the standardization and homogenization of chromosomal aberrations analysis techniques.
Keywords: automated detection, cell density, Chromosome dispersion, chromosomal aberrations, Radiation detection, Homogenization of detection
Received: 12 Jun 2025; Accepted: 11 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Gao, Li, Chen, Guo, Li, Yang and Hui. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Chang-ye Hui, Shenzhen Prevention and Treatment Center for occupational Diseases, 深圳市, China
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