Name: Cal-500™, potassium salt
Brand: AAT Bioquest
SKU: 20410
Price: 232 USD
Availability: InStock

Cal-500™, potassium salt

Calcium measurement is critical for numerous biological investigations. Fluorescent probes that show spectral responses upon binding calcium have enabled researchers to investigate changes in intracellular free calcium concentrations by using fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, fluorescence spectroscopy and fluorescence microplate readers. Cal-500™ is an UV-excitable calcium indicator with maximum emission at ~500 nm. It has a Stokes Shift larger than 100 nm. It can also be well excited with the 405 nm violet laser with a moderate calcium affinity of Kd ~303 nM. In CHO and HEK cells Cal-500™ AM has great cellular calcium response. The excitation spectra of Cal-500 is well separated from those of FITC, Alexa Fluor® 488 and GFP, making it an ideal calcium probe for multiplexing intracellular assays with GFP cell lines, FITC/Alexa Fluor® 488 labeled antibodies or other red fluorescent probes.

Cal-500 was incubated with buffer that contains different concentration of free Ca2+. The fluorescence was monitored on fluorimeter GeminiXS (Molecular Device) at 400 nm/500 nm.

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Catalog	Size	Price	Quantity
20410	10x50 ug	Price

Calculators

Common stock solution preparation

Table 1. Volume of Water needed to reconstitute specific mass of Cal-500™, potassium salt to given concentration. Note that volume is only for preparing stock solution. Refer to sample experimental protocol for appropriate experimental/physiological buffers.

	0.1 mg	0.5 mg	1 mg	5 mg	10 mg
1 mM	117.64 µL	588.201 µL	1.176 mL	5.882 mL	11.764 mL
5 mM	23.528 µL	117.64 µL	235.28 µL	1.176 mL	2.353 mL
10 mM	11.764 µL	58.82 µL	117.64 µL	588.201 µL	1.176 mL

Molarity calculator

Enter any two values (mass, volume, concentration) to calculate the third.

Mass (Calculate)		Molecular weight		Volume (Calculate)		Concentration (Calculate)		Moles
mg	÷	850.05 g/mol	=	mL	x	mM	=	mmol

Citations

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Calreticulin regulates TGF-β1-induced epithelial mesenchymal transition through modulating Smad signaling and calcium signaling

Authors:

Wu, Yanjiao and Xu, Xiaoli and Ma, Lunkun and Yi, Qian and Sun, Weichao and Tang, Liling

Journal:

The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology (2017)

Monosialoganglioside 1 may alleviate neurotoxicity induced by propofol combined with remifentanil in neural stem cells

Authors:

Lu, Jiang and Yao, Xue-qin and Luo, Xin and Wang, Yu and Chung, Sookja Kim and Tang, He-xin and Cheung, Chi Wai and Wang, Xian-yu and Meng, Chen and Li, Qing and others, undefined

Journal:

Neural Regeneration Research (2017): 945

Obtaining spontaneously beating cardiomyocyte-like cells from adipose-derived stromal vascular fractions cultured on enzyme-crosslinked gelatin hydrogels

Authors:

Yang, Gang and Xiao, Zhenghua and Ren, Xiaomei and Long, Haiyan and Ma, Kunlong and Qian, Hong and Guo, Yingqiang

Journal:

Scientific Reports (2017): 41781

Dexmedetomidine reduces hypoxia/reoxygenation injury by regulating mitochondrial fission in rat hippocampal neurons

Authors:

Liu, Jia and Du, Qing and Zhu, He and Li, Yu and Liu, Maodong and Yu, Shoushui and Wang, Shilei

Journal:

Int J Clin Exp Med (2017): 6861--6868

Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate-induced apoptosis in rat INS-1 cells is dependent on activation of endoplasmic reticulum stress and suppression of antioxidant protection

Authors:

Sun, Xia and Lin, Yi and Huang, Qiansheng and Shi, Junpeng and Qiu, Ling and Kang, Mei and Chen, Yajie and Fang, Chao and Ye, Ting and Dong, Sijun

Journal:

Journal of cellular and molecular medicine (2015): 581--594

References

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A flow cytometric comparison of Indo-1 to fluo-3 and Fura Red excited with low power lasers for detecting Ca(2+) flux

Authors:

Bailey S, Macardle PJ.

Journal:

J Immunol Methods (2006): 220

Functional fluo-3/AM assay on P-glycoprotein transport activity in L1210/VCR cells by confocal microscopy

Authors:

Orlicky J, Sulova Z, Dovinova I, Fiala R, Zahradnikova A, Jr., Breier A.

Journal:

Gen Physiol Biophys (2004): 357

Comparison of human recombinant adenosine A2B receptor function assessed by Fluo-3-AM fluorometry and microphysiometry

Authors:

Patel H, Porter RH, Palmer AM, Croucher MJ.

Journal:

Br J Pharmacol (2003): 671

Measurement of the dissociation constant of Fluo-3 for Ca2+ in isolated rabbit cardiomyocytes using Ca2+ wave characteristics

Authors:

Loughrey CM, MacEachern KE, Cooper J, Smith GL.

Journal:

Cell Calcium (2003): 1

Kinetics of onset of mouse sperm acrosome reaction induced by solubilized zona pellucida: fluorimetric determination of loss of pH gradient between acrosomal lumen and medium monitored by dapoxyl (2-aminoethyl) sulfonamide and of intracellular Ca(2+) chang

Authors:

Rockwell PL, Storey BT.

Journal:

Mol Reprod Dev (2000): 335

Physical properties

Dissociation constant (K_d, nM)	303
Molecular weight	850.05
Solvent	Water

Spectral properties

Excitation (nm)	388
Emission (nm)	482
Quantum yield	0.48 ¹

Storage, safety and handling

H-phrase	H303, H313, H333
Hazard symbol	XN
Intended use	Research Use Only (RUO)
R-phrase	R20, R21, R22
Storage	Freeze (< -15 °C); Minimize light exposure
UNSPSC	12352200

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