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Simultaneous Measurement of Mitochondrial Calcium and Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in Live Cells by Fluorescent Microscopy
Published on: January 24, 2017
A highly sensitive two-photon fluorescent probe for mitochondrial zinc ions in living tissue
Na Young Baek1, Cheol Ho Heo, Chang Su Lim
1Division of Energy Systems Research and Molecular Science & Technology Research Center, Ajou University, Suwon, 443-749, Korea.
Abstract:
We report a highly sensitive two-photon probe (SZn2-Mito) which shows a 70-fold two-photon excited fluorescence enhancement in response to Zn(2+) and can selectively detect mitochondrial Zn(2+) in a rat hippocampal slice at a depth of 100-200 μm by using two-photon microscopy.

