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J. Biophys. and Biochem. Cytol., Vol 4, 407-414, Copyright © 1958 by Rockefeller University Press

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The Two-Wavelength Method of Microspectrophotometry : I. A Microspectrophotometer and Tests on Model Systems



Mortimer L. Mendelsohn M.D.1

1 From the Department of Radiotherapeutics, University of Cambridge, England

In spite of a number of examples of the apparently successful application of the two-wavelength method of microspectrophotometry to biological materials, a demonstration of the effective transition from the theoretical to the practical aspects of the method has never been given. The following tests were carried out on model systems in order to confirm the practical validity of the method:

(1) Spherical droplets of Sudan blue or Sudan IV (varying in volume by as much as 400 times) were measured with the surrounding blank field included and were found to have amounts of chromophore which conformed to the estimated droplet volume to within 3 to 6 per cent.

(2) Repeated determinations on the same isolated nucleus gave results which did not vary in spite of wide variations in the area of the photometric field.

(3) The results of repeated determinations on the same droplet of dye were unaffected by gross changes in the focus of the objective.

The microspectrophotometer on which these measurements were made has been briefly described; it was designed specifically for the two-wavelength method. Some of the details of instrumentation have been discussed, in particular, the effects of non-uniform illumination and the contrasting demands of the two integral parts of this type of photometry. Although it has certain limitations, the two-wavelength method conforms to its theoretical promise and is a practical method of measuring light absorption in complex objects.

 Submitted on October 29, 1957


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