C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 07 – D
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
07
D
260/289, 260/304
C07D 413/04 (2006.01) C07D 209/08 (2006.01) C07D 215/40 (2006.01) C07D 307/79 (2006.01) C07D 307/81 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1254896
FLUORESCENT INDICATOR DYES FOR CALCIUM IONS ABSTRACT The present invention discloses a new class of highly fluorescent indicator dyes that are specific for calcium ions. The new fluorescent indicator dyes combine a stilbene-type fluorophore with a tetracarboxylate parent Ca2+ chelating compound having the octacoordinate pattern of liganding groups characteristic of EGTA and BAPTA. Preferred forms contain extra heterocyclic bridges to reinforce the ethylenic bond of the stilbene and to reduce hydrophobicity. Compared to their widely used predecessor, "quin2", the new dyes offer up to thirty-fold brighter fluorescence, major changes in wavelength (not just intensity) upon Ca2+ binding, slightly lower affinities for Ca2+, slightly longer wavelengths of excitation, and considerably improved selectivity for Ca2+ over other divalent cations. These properties, particularly the wavelength sensitivity to Ca2+, make the dyes useful indicators for many intracellular applications, especially in single cells, adherent cell layers, or bulk tissues. The present invention also discloses an improved method for synthesizing alpha-acyloxyalkyl bromides wherein the bromides so synthesized are free of contaminating bis(1-bromoalkyl)ether. The improved method is exemplified herein in the synthesis of acetoxymethyl bromide, a compound useful in preparing the acetoxymethyl esters disclosed herein as novel Ca2+ specific fluorescent indicators.
489749
Grynkiewicz Grzegorz
Tsien Roger Y.
Macrae & Co.
The Regents Of The University Of California
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