Fluo-5F, Pentapotassium Salt, cell impermeant (Invitrogen™)

Labeled calcium indicators are molecules that exhibit an increase in fluorescence upon binding Ca2+. Fluo-5F, fluo-5N, and fluo-4ff are analogs of fluo-4 with lower Ca2+-binding affinity, making them suitable for detecting intracellular calcium levels in the 1 μM to 1 mM range that would saturate the response of fluo-3 and fluo-4. Cells may be physically loaded with the cell-impermeant salt forms of these indicators using patch pipette or microinjection or our Influx™ pinocytotic cell-loading reagent. These indicators are compatible with excitation at 488 nm by argon-ion laser sources, making them useful for confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, and microplate screening applications.

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Calcium Indicator (Cell-Impermeant Salts) Specifications:
• Label (Ex/Em of Ca2+–bound form): Fluo-5F (494/516 nm)
• Fluorescence intensity increase upon binding Ca2+: >100 fold
• Kd for Ca2+ in buffer: ∼2.3 μM
• Exhibit fluorescence increase upon binding Ca2+ with little shift in wavelength


Using TPEN to Control Heavy Metal Cations
In addition, BAPTA-based indicators such as these bind various heavy metal cations (e.g., Mn2+, Zn2+, Pb2+) with substantially higher affinity than Ca2+. Perturbations to calcium measurements caused by presence of these ions can be controlled using the heavy metal-selective chelator TPEN.

More Choices for Fluorescent Calcium Indicators
We offer a large selection of Molecular Probes™ calcium indicators for use in various experimental scenarios. For more information, review Fluorescent Ca2+ Indicators Excited with Visible Light—Section 19.3 in the Molecular Probes™ Handbook.

For UV-excitable Ca2+ indicators, protein-based Ca2+ indicators, conjugates of Ca2+ indicators, and for fluorescence-based indicators of other metal ions (i.e., Mg2+, Zn2+) review Indicators for Ca2+, Mg2+, Zn2+ and Other Metal Ions—Chapter 19 in the Molecular Probes™ Handbook.

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Order Codes

Code Description
F14221 Catalog Number: F14221
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