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Fluo-3, pentaammonium salt
Calcium measurement is critical for numerous biological investigations. Fluorescent probes that show spectral responses upon binding Ca2+ have enabled researchers to investigate changes in intracellular free Ca2+ concentrations by using fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, fluorescence spectroscopy and fluorescence microplate readers. Fluo-3 and Rhod-2 are most commonly used among the visible light-excitable calcium indicators. Fluo-3 is essentially nonfluorescent unless bound to Ca2+ and exhibits a quantum yield at saturating Ca2+ of ~0.14 and a Kd for Ca2+ of 390 nM.
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Common stock solution preparation
Table 1. Volume of Water needed to reconstitute specific mass of Fluo-3, pentaammonium 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 | 117.001 µL | 585.007 µL | 1.17 mL | 5.85 mL | 11.7 mL |
| 5 mM | 23.4 µL | 117.001 µL | 234.003 µL | 1.17 mL | 2.34 mL |
| 10 mM | 11.7 µL | 58.501 µL | 117.001 µL | 585.007 µL | 1.17 mL |
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Spectrum
Product family
| Name | Excitation (nm) | Emission (nm) | Extinction coefficient (cm -1 M -1) | Quantum yield |
| Fluo-3, pentapotassium salt | 506 | 515 | 86,0001 | 0.151 |
| Fluo-3, pentasodium salt | 506 | 515 | 86,0001 | 0.151 |
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Authors: Rockwell PL, Storey BT.
Journal: Mol Reprod Dev (2000): 335
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