Isothiocyanate TRITC

Fig. 20.1. Confocal images of whole mounts of the ovijector region of A suum stained with phalloidin-tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate (TRITC) to show muscle and with an anti-RFamide antiserum coupled to fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) to show FaRPergic nerves. (A) Main ventral nerve cord encircles opening of ovijector where it meets the body wall and is immunopositive for FaRPs. (B) Flat-fixed preparation of the ovijector showing circular muscles and tracts of parallel FaRPergic nerves (arrows). (C) Detail of the circular muscle of ovijector and associated nerves (arrows). (D) A FaRPergic cell body is localized in the ventral nerve cord at junction with ovijector and provides innervation to ovijector muscle.

Tetramethylrhodamine-5-(and 6)-isothiocyanate (TRITC) is one of the most popular fluorescent probes available. The isothiocyanate derivative of tetramethylrhodamine is synthesized by... 

In the preparation of 15 nm core-shell fluorescent silica particles, Ow et al. (2004) reported that the naked core (2.2 nm) alone produced a fluorescence intensity of less than the free dye in solution, presumably due to dye quenching. However, upon addition of the outer silica shell around the core, the brightness of the particles increased to 30 times that of the free dye (using tetramethylrhodamine-5-(and 6)-isothiocyanate (TRITC)). They speculate that shell may protect the core from solvent effects, as evidenced by a lack of spectral shift upon changing the solvent in which the particles are suspended. 

Figure 14.2. Chemical structures of some commonly used organic fluorescent probes 1, fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate (FITC) 2, tetramethylrhodamine-5-isothiocyanate (TRITC) 3, 5-carboxyrhodamine B 4, rhodamine X isothiocyanate (XRITC) 5, malachite green isothiocyanate 6, eosin-5-isothiocyanate 7, 1-pyreneisothiocyanate 8, 7-dimethylaminocoumarin-4-acetic acid 9, CY5.180Su.

The red-emitting rhodamine derivatives are constructed around the same basic xanthene framework as is fluorescein (2). Tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate (TRITC) has been widely employed for immunofluorescence. Additional derivatives of rhodamine available for conjugation to antibodies include lissamine rhodamine sulfonyl chloride (RB-200-SC), rhodamine B isothiocyanate (RBITC), rhodamine X isothiocyanate (XRITC), and Texas... 

The second strategy uses combinations of different antibodies coupled to fluorochromes with distinct emission maxima (5,9). The most relevant fluoro-chromes for combined antigen detection are fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC abs. max. 494 nm, emiss. max. 517 nm), rhodamine isothiocyanate (TRITC ... 

Add 33 pi of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC tetramefliylrho-damine isothiocyanate, TRITC, or another fluorescent dye isothiocyanate derivative is used the same way), 50 mg/ml in DMF, to 1 ml of 5 mg/ml IgG in Soln. A. Shake at RT protected from light for 1 h. Remove surplus FITC and its hydrolysis products on a Sephadex G-25 column, equilibrated with PBS. The conjugate appears in the void volume and should be concentrated by ultrafiltration. Add sodium azide to a final concentration of 0.02% (w/v) and glycerol up to 10% (w/v) and store at 4 °C. 

Gottschlich et al. [26] described the separation of tetramethyl rhodamine isothiocyanate (TRITC)-labeled tryptic peptides of (3-casein. The field strength was 220 V/cm in the NCEC channel with lOmM sodium borate with 30% (v/v) acetonitrile as mobile phase. Throckmorton et al. [27] described the separation of papain inhibitor, proctolin, opioid peptide (a-casein fragment 90-95), Ile-angiotensin III and angiotensin III on a porous polymer monolith... 

Figure 11.3 Brightness comparison for tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate (TRITC), TRITC-doped silica nanoparticles (20 nm), and CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (28 nm diameter).27 (Reprinted with permission from H. Ow et al., Nano Lett., 2005, 5, 113-117. Copyright 2005 American Chemical Society.)...

Fluoroscein isothiocyanate (FITC) and tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate (TRITC) are commercially available from, for example, Sigma Chemical Co. (Appendix 3). 

Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) or tetramethyl-rhodamine isothiocyanate (TRITC). 

The red-emitting rhodamine derivatives are constructed around the same basic xanthene framework as is fluorescein (2). Tetramethyl-rhodamine isothiocyanate (TRITC) has been widely employed for immunofluorescence. Additional derivatives of rhodamine available for conjugation to antibodies include lissamine rhodamine sulfonyl chloride (RB-200-SC), rhodamine B isothiocyanate (RBITC), rhodamine X isothiocyanate (XRITC), and Texas Red (Molecular Probes, Inc.). The spectra of XRITC and Texas Red are shifted to longer wavelengths compared to those of other rhodamines, which makes them particularly useful for combination with fluorescein in dual-labeling procedures see Section 5, below). Of the two, Texas Red, which is more hydrophilic and less likely to precipitate proteins upon conjugation (12), is more commonly employed. 

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a technique that has been used to measure distances between pairs of proximal fluorochromes. A suitable pair consists of a donor fluorochrome, which has an emission spectrum that significantly overlaps with the absorption spectrum of an acceptor fluorochrome (2). With the availability of monoclonal antibodies to many cell-surface determinants, intramolecular distances between nearby epitopes and intermolecular distances between adjacent cell-surface macromolecules can be investigated to analyze molecular interactions influencing important cellular events. Such monoclonal antibodies can be conjugated to fluorescein-isothiocyanate (FITC) as the donor, and either tetramethyl-rhodamine-isothiocyanate (TRITC) or phycoerythrin (PE) as the acceptor. 

After reducing free aldehyde groups by treatment with sodium borohydride (1 mg/ml in PBS for 10 min), cells are stained for filamentous actin by incubating for 30 min with 0.1 (xg/ml tetrame-thylrhodamine isothiocyanate (TRITC)-phalloidin (Sigma P1951) in PBS. 

Finally, a double labelling with antibodies and a viability substrate can be performed. De Vos and Nelis (2003, 2006) combined ChemChrome V6 with tetram-ethyl rhodamin isothiocyanate (TRITC) labelled antibodies for the detection of Aspergillus fumigatus. In these approaches, the ChemChrome reagent, yielding green fluorescence, ensures the primary detection by the ChemScan, whereas the TRITC label results in red fluorescence, to be observed microscopically. 

Tetramethyl rhodamine Isothiocyanate (TRITC) [95197-95-8] 529 (492) 596 (518) Protein fluorochrome, used for immunofluorescence... 

Figure 13.5 Confocal 3D reconstructions of Tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate (TRITC)-labelled membrane scaffolds after 0, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 16 weeks incubation in lipase (a) Weight and FI loss of TRITC-labelled membranes during 16 weeks of lipase mediated degradation (b) (Adapted from Cunha-Reis, 2013).

BARS concentration by some 5-fold to 15-fold, based on the calculations that the intracellnlar concentration is around 20 //g/ml and on the assumption that 5-10% of the cell volume is injected. Prior to injection, the protein is mixed with 0.4 mg/ml fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)- or tetramethyl-rhodamine B isothiocyanate (TRITC)-labeled dextran (Molecnlar Probes) as a marker for the microinjected cells (Bonazzi et al., 2005). To give an example, in stndies of basolateral and apical transport (using the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein and p75, respectively), the proteins were microinjected 1 h after the beginning of the 20° incubation in the transport assay. After injection, the cells were allowed to recover for 1 h before proceeding with the experimental protocol (Bonazzi et al, 2005). The BARS (p50-2) and dynamin (DYN2) antibodies were injected at 4.5 mg/ ml, 3 h before farther experimental procedures. 

Labelling of antibodies with tetramethylrhodamine-S-isothiocyanate (TRITC)... 

Labelling of antibodies with tetramethylrhodammeS-isothiocyanate (TRITC) 357 Cell sm-fece labelling 359... 

A) Microtubules, fluorescent dye FITC B) Actin filament, fluorescent dye telramethylrhodamine-B-isothiocyanate (TRITC)... 

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