Product Specification and Analysis

 

 

 

PRODUCT NAME:

FFP18 (AM)

 

 

 

C62H82N5O25

 

M.W. 1296 g/mol

 

Apparent Kd = 400 nM (pH 7.2)

 

Store Frozen (-20°C)

 

PROTECT FROM LIGHT

 

Soluble in DMSO

 

DESCRIPTION:

 

Pale yellow gum. Cell permeable acetoxymethyl ester (AM) derivative of FFP18 with spectral properties similar to the parent compound. Selectively monitors near membrane Ca2+ and has low Ca2+ affinity, high solubility in water.

 

CATALOG NUMBER:

 

0125 and 0126

 

APPEARANCE:

 

Pale Yellow Gum

 

TLC :

 

Chloroform:methanol  95:5

Rf = 0.6

Purity:  100%

 

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM:

 

l max (low calcium):   364 nm

Extinction:  30,000   M-1cm-1

 

 

Emission Spectrum:

 

 

low calcium: 502 nm

 

 

HPLC:

Solvent System:

Column:

 

Purity: >95%

Water/MeOH gradient 40-100%

C18

 

Ref.:

Davies EV, Hallett MB Near membrane Ca2+ changes resulting from store release in neutrophils: detection by FFP-18. Cell Calcium 1996 Apr 19:4 355-62.

Etter EF, Minta A, Poenie M, Fay FS. Near-membrane [Ca2+] transients resolved using the Ca2+ indicator FFP18. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1996 May 93 5368-5373.