MYOPLASMIC BINDING OF FURA-2 INVESTIGATED BY STEADY-STATE FLUORESCENCE AND ABSORBANCE MEASUREMENTS
MYOPLASMIC BINDING OF FURA-2 INVESTIGATED BY STEADY-STATE FLUORESCENCE AND ABSORBANCE MEASUREMENTS
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DOI:
10.1016/s0006-3495(88)83045-5
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发表时间:
1988-12-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
BAYLOR, SM
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作者:
KONISHI, M;OLSON, A;BAYLOR, SM
Binding of the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator dye fura-2 by intracellular constituents has been investigated by steady-state optical measurements. Fura-2''s (a) fluorescence intensity, (b) fluorescence emission anisotropy, (c) fluorescence emission spectrum, and (d) absorbance spectra were measured in glass capillary tubes containing solutions of purified myoplasmic proteins; properties b and c were also measured in frog skeletal muscle fibers microinjected with fura-2. The results indicate that more than half, and possibly as much as 85%, of fura-2 molecules in myoplasm are in a protein-bound form, and that the binding changes many properties of the dye. For example, in vitro characterization of the Ca2+-dye reaction indicates that when fura-2 is bound to aldolase (a large and abundant myoplasmic protein), the dissociation constant of the dye for Ca2+ is three- to fourfold larger than that measured in the absence of protein. The problems raised by intracellular binding of fura-2 to cytoplasmic proteins may well apply to cells other than skeletal muscle fibers.