The two new novel
probes, Aminophenyl fluorescein (APF) and Hydroxyphenyl
fluorescein (HPF) developed by Tetsuo Nagano et. al.
(1), are selective for the detection of highly reactive
oxygen species (hROS). Both probes have little reactivity
towards other ROS such as: singlet oxygen (021),
superoxide (O2-•),
hydrogen peroxide (H202),
nitric oxide (NO•),
and alkyl peroxide (RO2•)
(see table below)1. HPF/APF are cell permeable and
can be used in combination to detect hypochlorite (-OCl)
production in cells (see fig 1). Hypochlorite can be
detected by loading two samples, one with APF and the
other with HPF. Hypochlorite production is visualized
by increase in fluorescence of APF loaded cells and
no increase in fluorescence in HPF loaded cells. |