Invitrogen™ Fluo-3, Pentapotassium Salt, cell impermeant

Invitrogen™ Fluo-3, Pentapotassium Salt, cell impermeant

Labeled calcium indicators are molecules that exhibit an increase in fluorescence upon binding Ca²⁺. Fluo-3 has been used to image the spatial dynamics of Ca²⁺ signaling, in flow cytometry experiments involving photoactivation of caged chelators, second messengers, and neurotransmitters, and for cell-based pharmacological screening. Fluo-4 is an analog of fluo-3 with the two chlorine substituents replaced by fluorines, which results in increased fluorescence excitation at 488 nm and consequently higher fluorescence signal levels. Cells may be physically loaded with the cell-impermeant salt forms of these indicators using patch pipette, microinjection, or our Influx™ pinocytotic cell-loading reagent. These indicators are useful for fluorescence and confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, and microplate screening applications.