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Fluorescent indicator dyes for calcium working at long wavelengths
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, (2008/06/13)
The present invention discloses a new class of calcium specific fluorescent indicator dyes having visible excitation and emission wavelengths. The new fluorescent indicator dyes combine at least one tricyclic chromophore with a tetracarboxylate parent CA2+ chelating compound having the octacoordinate pattern of liganding groups characteristic of BAPTA to give a rhodamine-like or fluorescein-like fluorophore. Binding of calcium2+ increases the fluorescence of the new compounds by up to 40-fold. The calcium2+ dissociation constants are in the range 0.37-2.3 microM, so that the new indicators give better resolution of high [CA2+ ] levels than were previously obtainable with predecessor compounds such as quin-2 or fluo-2. The visible excitation wavelengths of the new compounds are more convenient for fluorescent microscopy and flow cytometry than the UV required by previous indicators.
Biologically Useful Chelators That Release Ca2+ upon Illumination
Adams, S. R.,Kao, J. P. Y.,Grynkiewicz, G.,Minta, A.,Tsien, R. Y.
, p. 3212 - 3220 (2007/10/02)
A series of Ca2+-selective chelators incorporating a photosensitive o-nitrobenzhydryl ether, alcohol, or ester (λmax 350-360 nm, ε ca. 5500 M-1 cm-1) were synthesized.The key step of the syntheses required the n
