In vivo spectroscopic properties of the fluorescent pH indicator biscarboxyethyl carboxyfluorescein.
In vivo spectroscopic properties of the fluorescent pH indicator biscarboxyethyl carboxyfluorescein.
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荧光 pH 指示剂双羧乙基羧基荧光素的体内光谱特性。
DOI:
10.1016/1011-1344(95)90243-0
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1995
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Valenzeno,DP
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作者:
Russell,DA;Pottier,RH;Valenzeno,DP
Transcutaneous detection of fluorescence from an injection of the pH-sensitive probe biscarboxyethyl carboxyfluorescein (BCECF) has been used to monitor plasma pH in conscious animals. The fluorescence signal must be calibrated with reference to a standard curve. This standardm calibration curve has been achieved using in vitro methods. Here it is shown that temperature influences the calibration curve determination in vitro and hence influences the pH determined from transcutaneous measurements. Two calibration curves have been obtained, one at room temperature (approximately 25°C) and the other at 37°C. At pH 7.01 the calibration curves intersect, so that, at more alkaline pH values, use of room temperature calibration data will lead to an overestimate of plasma pH. Below pH 7.01, plasma pH will be underestimated. Transcutaneous fluorescence spectra recorded from a mouse injected with BCECF are shown, indicating that baseline plasma pH was estimated about 0.3 pH units too high using room temperature calibration, and that the extent of acidification when the animal was allowed to breathe an atmosphere containing 15% CO2was overestimated by 0.7 pH units. Additionally, it is shown that in vitro bovine serum albumin at concentrations comparable with albumin concentrations in vivo shifts the absorption, fluorescence excitation and emission spectra of BCECF. However, fluorescence spectra recorded in vivo show no such shift. The results indicate that in vitro calibration for transcutaneous fluoresence measurements in vivo can be misleading, and that in the case of pH measurement inattention to temperature can lead to spurious results.