Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Nitrogen attached directly or indirectly to the purine ring...
Patent
1994-10-12
1996-11-19
Bernhardt, Emily
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Nitrogen attached directly or indirectly to the purine ring...
544373, 548236, 548511, C07D41314, C07D41312, C07D40312, C07D20920
Patent
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055764339
ABSTRACT:
The present invention discloses several new calcium indicator dyes which are retained in the cytosol or which bind to cellular membranes and report calcium levels near the membrane. These indicators are analogs of a previously described tetracarboxylate calcium indicator fura-2 and indo-1 where the 5' methyl of the BAPTA moiety is replaced with a derivative of propionic acid in the form of --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CON--(CH2).sub.n --N(X.sub.1)X.sub.2, where n is 4. The propionic acid derivative provides a flexible means for introducing additional functionality to the calcium indicator without greatly impacting the fluorescence and ion chelating properties of the parental indicator. When X.sub.1 is CH.sub.2 COOH and X.sub.2 is part of a ring system like piperazine, a fluorescent calcium indicator, Fura-PE3, is obtained which resists compartmentalization and leakage out of the cytosol. The tertiary amino group survives subsequent acetoxymethyl esterification of the hexacarboxylate form of the indicator without quaternization. In addition, the tertiary amino group can ionize once the indicator is inside the cell giving a zwitterion. All the zwitterionic calcium indicators reported herein resist leakage and compartmentalization. When X.sub.1 is a sufficiently hydrophobic alkyl chain, as in C.sub.12 H.sub.25, and X.sub.2 is part of a ring system like piperazine, FFP-18, the resulting indicator binds to membranes and reports calcium levels near the membranes.
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Minta Akwasi
Poenie Martin F.
Bernhardt Emily
Long Joseph F.
Texas Fluorescence Laboratories, Inc.
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