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Halistaurin, phialidin and modified forms of aequorin as Ca2+ indicator in biological systems

1985; Portland Press; Volume: 228; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1042/bj2280745

1470-8728

Osamu Shimomura, Akemi Shimomura,

Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies

Two kinds of aequorin-type photoproteins, i.e., halistaurin and phialidin, and four kinds of modified forms of aequorin, i.e., products of acetylation, ethoxycarbonylation, fluorescamine-modification and fluorescein labelling, were prepared. The modified forms of aequorin were more sensitive to Ca2+ than was aequorin in their Ca2+-triggered luminescence reactions, whereas halistaurin and phialidin were less sensitive. The emission maxima of luminescence were all within a wavelength range 450-464 nm, except for fluorescein-labelled aequorin, which emitted yellowish light (lambda max. 520 nm). A new technique of measuring Ca2+ concentration is suggested.