PBFI

Product description: Chemical. CAS: 124549-11-7. Formula: C46H46N2O16. Molecular Weight: 882.86. PBFI is a cell-impermeant fluorescent indicator for potassium ions, suitable for detection of physiological concentrations of K+ in the presence of other monovalent cations. PBFI is used to measure intracellular potassium (K+) fluxes in animal cells and in plant cells and vacuoles. The observation that intracellular K+ levels are a controlling factor in apoptotic cell death pathways, increased the interest for PBFI. PBFI has been used for detecting adrenoceptor-stimulated decreases of intracellular K+ concentration in astrocytes and neurons, evaluating the mediating effects of K+ depletion on monocytic cell necrosis, measuring intracellular K+ fluxes associated with apoptotic cell shrinkage, monitoring mitochondrial KATP channel activation, or detecting elevated intracellular K+ levels associated with HIV-induced cytopathology. Flow cytometric measurements using UV argon-ion laser excitation (351nm and 364nm) of PBFI indicate that K+ efflux induces shrinkage of apoptotic cells and is a trigger for caspase activation. Spectral data: lambdaex 336nm;, lambdaem 557nm.

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