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AB14083

Propidium Iodide

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(65 Publications)

Propidium Iodide (PI) ab14083 is provided in a convenient solution for staining double-stranded DNA.

Propidium Iodide (PI) ab14083 is a fluorescent DNA stain that specifically binds to double-stranded DNA where the plasma membrane has been compromised/ permeabilized. It does not penetrate live cells.
- Use in fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry
- Cited in over 50 publications.
2 Images
Immunofluorescence - Propidium Iodide (AB14083)
  • IF

PubMed

Immunofluorescence - Propidium Iodide (AB14083)

Vero-DogSLAM (VDS) cells and Vero (African Green Monkey kidney) cells were infected with wtCDV. Cells were fixed, permeabilised and stained with SSPE serum and rabbit anti-human FITC; nuclei were stained using ab14083 propidium iodide. Images were taken using a Nikon Eclipse TE2000-U UV microscope (x400).

Image from Melia MM et al ., Plos One.,29 (8). Fig 1b DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106281. Reproduced under the Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Flow Cytometry - Propidium Iodide (AB14083)
  • Flow Cyt

PubMed

Flow Cytometry - Propidium Iodide (AB14083)

Wang et al. used ab14083 to investigate an optimized platform for maintaining proliferation of giant panda mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). MSCs were fixed in 70% alcohol and 30% PBS at 4°C for 1 hour. Cells are then incubated in the dark with PBS, 20μg/ml propidium iodide (ab14083) and 1% RNaseA for 30 minutes at 37°C. Cell samples are resuspended in PBS and analyzed using FACS Calibur flow cytometry.

Flow cytometry analysis shows the cells are at different cell cycle stages in different concentrations (0ng/ml and 5ng/ml respectively) of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF).

Image from Wang et al., PLoS One., 10(9). Fig 3a & c. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137712 Reproduced under the Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Key facts

Applications

Fluorescence Microscopy, Flow Cyt

applications

Form

Liquid

form

Storage buffer

pH: 7.4 Constituents: 99.9% PBS, 0.1% Propidium Iodide

storage-buffer

Reactivity data

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Product details

Propidium Iodide (PI) binds to double-stranded DNA. PI cannot cross intact plasma membrane and therefore will only be present in DNA of cells where the plasma membrane has been compromised/ permeabilized.

For Microscopy analysis: PI can be viewed using rhodamine(red) filter (λ= 536/617). Cells will only be stained if the membrane has been permeated, either naturally (non-viable cells) or with detergents (for fluorescent staining).

For Flow Cytometry analysis: PI staining can be monitored in FL2 channel.

If used together as control for Annexin V assays ab14082, ab14083 or ab14152, PI should be diluted to 250 μg/ml solution (in PBS) prior use and added as 1 μl/ Annexin V Assay (0.25μg/assay).

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This product is manufactured by BioVision, an Abcam company and was previously called 1056 Propidium Iodide. 1056-1 is the same size as the 1 ml size of ab14083.

Properties and storage information

Shipped at conditions
Blue Ice
Appropriate short-term storage conditions
+4°C
Appropriate long-term storage conditions
+4°C

Product protocols

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Publications (65)

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Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology 18:459-473 PubMed40046939

2025

Influence of Injectable Hyaluronic Gel System on Skin Microbiota, Skin Defense Mechanisms and Integrity (Ex vivo Study).

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Aleksei Y Prokopov,Zarema I Gazitaeva,Anna N Sidorina,Laurent Peno-Mazzarino,Nikita Radionov,Anna O Drobintseva,Igor M Kvetnoy

Viruses 17: PubMed40007014

2025

The Deubiquitinase OTUD1 Influences HIV-1 Release by Regulating the Host Restriction Factor BST-2.

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Man-Di Zhang,Fan Chen,Wen-Qiang He,Ying Lu,Feng-Liang Liu,Hong-Guang Zhang,Liu-Meng Yang,Chun-Sheng Dong,Si-Dong Xiong,Yong-Tang Zheng

Scientific reports 15:1824 PubMed39805861

2025

Therapeutic potential of brentuximab vedotin in breast cancer and lymphoma via targeted apoptosis and gene regulation.

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Abeer Ezzat,Mohga Shafiek,Shimaa Shawki,Shaimaa Abdel-Ghany,Mahmoud Nazih,Hussein Sabit

Oncology letters 29:70 PubMed39628827

2024

Polyphyllin VII enhances the sensitivity of endometrial carcinoma cells to medroxyprogesterone acetate through upregulating miR‑33a‑5p expression.

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Haoen Liu,Yan Peng,Xiaodan Zhuang

Journal of virology 98:e0135624 PubMed39475279

2024

IFI27 inhibits HIV-1 replication by degrading Gag protein through the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.

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Wen-Qiang He,Wei Pang,Na Li,An-Qi Li,Yi-Hui Li,Ying Lu,Fan Shen,Rong Xin,Tian-Zhang Song,Ren-Rong Tian,Liu-Meng Yang,Yong-Tang Zheng

Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) 19:20240973 PubMed38919547

2024

Lycopene inhibits pyroptosis of endothelial progenitor cells induced by ox-LDL through the AMPK/mTOR/NLRP3 pathway.

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Chujun Tan,Junqiu Chen,Tengcan Tu,Lifang Chen,Jun Zou

Journal of cellular and molecular medicine 28:e18413 PubMed38894694

2024

miR-31-5p suppresses myocardial hypertrophy by targeting Nfatc2ip.

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Lamei Zhao,Xiaotao Qian,Zhenxing Ren,Ailing Wang

ACS nano 18:11025-11041 PubMed38626916

2024

Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Reprogram the Tumor Microenvironment and Reduce Lung Cancer Regrowth after Crizotinib Treatment.

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Natalie K Horvat,Sara Chocarro,Oriana Marques,Tobias A Bauer,Ruiyue Qiu,Alberto Diaz-Jimenez,Barbara Helm,Yuanyuan Chen,Stefan Sawall,Richard Sparla,Lu Su,Ursula Klingmüller,Matthias Barz,Matthias W Hentze,Rocío Sotillo,Martina U Muckenthaler

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121:e2309579121 PubMed38175865

2024

Mechanistic basis for potassium efflux-driven activation of the human NLRP1 inflammasome.

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Pritisha Rozario,Miriam Pinilla,Leana Gorse,Anna Constance Vind,Kim S Robinson,Gee Ann Toh,Muhammad Jasrie Firdaus,José Francisco Martínez,Swat Kim Kerk,Zhewang Lin,John C Chambers,Simon Bekker-Jensen,Etienne Meunier,Franklin Zhong

Cell death discovery 9:451 PubMed38086808

2023

Carmofur prevents cell cycle progression by reducing E2F8 transcription in temozolomide-resistant glioblastoma cells.

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Cyntanna C Hawkins,Amber B Jones,Emily R Gordon,Yuvika Harsh,Julia K Ziebro,Christopher D Willey,Corinne Griguer,David K Crossman,Sara J Cooper,Sasanka Ramanadham,Ninh Doan,Anita B Hjelmeland
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