Rhodamine emission

This probe utilizes dual excitation wavelengths and is observed at a single emission wavelength. The intracellular calcium probes Fluo3 and Rhod2, which have recently been introduced, have fluorescein-like and rhodamine-like spectral properties, respectively (Minta, A. Harootunian, A.T. Kao, J.P.Y Tsien, R.J. J. Cell Biol 1987, 105,... 

Figure 1. Catalog page of meta-autunite, including 3-D perspective excitation-emission plot, maximum excitation and emission spectra, and rhodamine dye equivalencies.

Dyes which are half fluorescein, half rhodamine are called rhodols. Their spectral properties are intermediate with respect to excitation and emission wavelength. Generally, rhodol fluorophores are more... 

A different strategy for measuring protease activity is based on the property of xanthene dyes to form H-type dimers (see Sect. 6.2.3) when they are in close proximity. These dimers are accompanied with a characteristic quenching of their fluorescence and, particularly for rhodamines, with a blue shift in the absorption spectrum [121, 122]. The probe D-NorFES-D designed to measure activity of elastase in HL-60 cells consists of an undecapeptide derivatized with one tetramethylrhodamine dye on each side. The sequence contains proline residues to create a bent structure and bring the two fluoro-phores in close proximity. Intact D-NorFES-D shows 90% of its fluorescence quenched plus a blue shift of the absorption spectrum. After addition of the serine protease elastase, an increase in the fluorescence and a bathochromic shift of the absorption spectrum is observed, resulting in an increase in the emission ratio [80],... 

Fig. 6.21. Principle of detection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) with the CD14-derived probe. It relies on the formation of a ground state complex between fluorescein and rhodamine in aqueous solution with quenching of donor and acceptor fluorescence. Spectrum A shows hypothetical fluorescence emission spectra of this complex. After LPS binding, the peptide sequence gets straightened prohibiting the close contact between the two fluorophores and leading to the recovery of red fluorescence (Spectra B).

The fluorescent properties of NHS-rhodamine are similar to TRITC. The wavelength of maximal absorbance or excitation for the reagent is 544 nm and its emission maximum is 576 nm, exhibiting a visual color of orange-red. Its molar extinction coefficient at 546 nm in a methanol environment is 63,000M 1cm 1. Other components in solution as well as the pH (in aqueous buffers) can change this value. 

Lissamine rhodamine B sulfonyl chloride is relatively insoluble in water, but may be dissolved in DMF prior to the addition of a small aliquot to an aqueous reaction. Do not dissolve in DMSO, as sulfonyl chlorides will readily react with this solvent (Boyle, 1966). The compound has a maximal absorptivity at 556 nm with an extremely high extinction coefficient of up to 93,000M em-1 (in methanol) in highly purified form. Its emission maximum occurs at 576 nm, emitting red luminescence. 

The intense Texas Red fluorophore has a QY that is inherently higher than the tetrameth-ylrhodamine or Lissamine rhodamine B derivatives. Texas Red s luminescence is shifted maximally into the red region of the spectrum, and its emission peak only minimally overlaps with that of fluorescein. This makes Texas Red derivatives among the best choices of labels for use in double-staining techniques. 

The spectral properties of these derivatives are similar to native rhodamine. The excitation maximum occurs at about 543 nm and its emission peak at 567nm, producing light in the orange-red region of the spectrum. The extinction coefficient of tetramethylrhodamine-5-(and-6)-iodoacetamide in methanol at its wavelength of maximum absorptivity, 542 nm, is 81,000M-1cm-1. 

The second label also may be a fluorescent compound, but doesn t necessarily have to be. As long as the second label can absorb the emission of the first label and modulate its signal, binding events can be observed. Thus, the two labeled DNA probes interact with each other to produce fluorescence modulation only after both have bound target DNA and are in enough proximity to initiate energy transfer. Common labels utilized in such assay techniques include the chemiluminescent probe, N-(4-aminobutyl)-N-ethylisoluminol, and reactive fluorescent derivatives of fluorescein, rhodamine, and the cyanine dyes (Chapter 9). For a review of these techniques, see Morrison (1992). 

Signals for methyl paraben were monitored with UV detection at 254 nm. The signal for rhodamine 110 chloride was monitored via fluorescence detection with an excitation filter of 482 nm (35 nm bandwidth) and emission filter of 535 nm (40 nm bandwidth). A gradient method (same as the one in Figure 6.16) was used. The compositions of mobile phases A and B were 5 95 H20 CH3CN with 0.1 HCOOH and CH3CN with 0.085% HCOOH, respectively, with a total flow rate of 300 fiL/ min (corresponding to 12.5 /rL/min for each column). 

The optical properties of organic dyes (Fig. ld-f, Table 1) are controlled by the nature of the electronic transition(s) involved [4], The emission occurs either from an electronic state delocalized over the whole chromophore (the corresponding fluorophores are termed here as resonant or mesomeric dyes) or from a charge transfer (CT) state formed via intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) from the initially excited electronic state (the corresponding fluorophores are referred to as CT dyes) [4], Bioanalytically relevant fluorophores like fluoresceins, rhodamines, most 4,4 -difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacenes (BODIPY dyes), and cyanines (symmetric... 

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