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PROTON, Mg 2+ AND PROTEIN AS COMPETING LIGANDS FOR THE FLUORESCENT PROBE, MAG‐INDO‐1: A FIRST STEP TO THE QUANTIFICATION OF INTRACELLULAR Mg 2+ CONCENTRATION
Author(s) -
Morelle Bruno,
Salmon JeanMarie,
Vigo Jean,
Viallet Pierre
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1993.tb04972.x
Subject(s) - fluorescence , chemistry , proton , intracellular , physics , biochemistry , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics
Increasing evidence of the role of magnesium in various cellular mechanisms has led to the need to develop an accurate method for the evaluation of magnesium concentration in cells. 1H‐indole‐6‐carboxylic acid, 2–(4‐ bis‐ [carboxymethyl]amino‐3–[carboxy]ethoxy) (mag‐indo‐1) is used as a fluorescent indicator for ionized magnesium concentration. A physicochemical study of this probe has pointed out (1) that at concentrations higher than 10 μ M , the presence of dimers can alter the different equilibria and (2) at concentrations, avoiding the dimer (≤ 10 μ M ), three fluorescent forms are in equilibrium with the deprotonated form of mag‐indo‐1 (L), which are the protonated form LH, the magnesium‐bound form LM and the protein‐bound form LP. A model is proposed that takes into account the equilibria between the four species. In a solution containing magnesium and protein, a complex fluorescence spectrum can be resolved by a combination of the three fluorescence spectra (L, LM, LP). However, under these conditions, the LH fluorescence spectrum is not taken into account for the spectral resolution. Finally, from the contribution of characteristic fluorescence spectra in the experimental fluorescence spectrum, the magnesium concentration can be estimated with accuracy. Such a method should be further applied to magnesium determination in different cell lines.