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Cell Navigator® Lysosome Staining Kit
Red Fluorescence
Lysosomes are cellular organelles which contain acid hydrolase enzymes to break up waste materials and cellular debris. Lysosomes digest excess or worn-out organelles, food particles, and engulfed viruses or bacteria. The membrane around a lysosome allows the digestive enzymes to work at pH 4.5. The interior of the lysosomes is acidic (pH 4.5-4.8) compared to the slightly alkaline cytosol (pH 7.2). The lysosome maintains this pH differential by pumping protons from the cytosol across the membrane via proton pumps and chloride ion channels. Our Cell Navigator® fluorescence imaging kits are a set of fluorescence imaging tools for labeling sub-cellular organelles such as membranes, lysosomes, mitochondria, nuclei, etc. The selective labeling of live cell compartments provides a powerful method for studying cellular events in a spatial and temporal context. This particular kit is designed to label lysosomes of live cells in orange fluorescence. LysoBrite™ Red, the proprietary lysotropic dye used in the kit, selectively accumulates in lysosomes probably via the lysosome pH gradient. The lysotropic indicator is a hydrophobic compound that easily permeates intact live cells, and trapped in lysosomes after it gets into cells. Its fluorescence is significantly enhanced upon entering lysosomes. This key feature significantly reduces its staining background and makes it useful for a variety of studies, including cell adhesion, chemotaxis, multidrug resistance, cell viability, apoptosis and cytotoxicity. It is suitable for proliferating and non-proliferating cells, and can be used for both suspension and adherent cells. LysoBrite™ dyes significantly outperform the equivalent LysoTracker ™dyes (from Invitrogen). LysoBrite™ dyes can stay in live cells for more than a week with very minimal cell toxicity while the LysoTracker dyes can only be used for a few hours. LysoBrite™ dyes can survive a few generations of cell division. In addition, LysoBrite™ dyes are much more photostable than the LysoTracker dyes.
Images of HeLa cells stained with A: Cell Navigator® Lysosome Staining Kit (Cat# 22658), B: LysoTracker® Red DND-99 (from Invitrogen) in a Costar black wall/clear bottom 96-well plate. The signals were compared at 0 and 120 seconds exposure time by using an Olympus fluorescence microscope.
Images of HeLa cells stained with A: Cell Navigator® Lysosome Staining Kit (Cat# 22658), B: LysoTracker® Red DND-99 (from Invitrogen) in a Costar black wall/clear bottom 96-well plate. The signals were compared at 0 and 120 seconds exposure time by using an Olympus fluorescence microscope.
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Spectral properties
Excitation (nm)576
Emission (nm)596
Storage, safety and handling
H-phraseH303, H313, H333
Hazard symbolXN
Intended useResearch Use Only (RUO)
R-phraseR20, R21, R22
UNSPSC12352200
Instrument settings
Fluorescence microscope
ExcitationTRITC filter
EmissionTRITC filter
Recommended plateBlack wall/clear bottom
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