Fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy of a pH-sensitive dye encapsulated in hydrogel beads.

Autor: Kuwana E; The Photon Migration Laboratories, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3573, USA., Liang F, Sevick-Muraca EM
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Biotechnology progress [Biotechnol Prog] 2004 Sep-Oct; Vol. 20 (5), pp. 1561-6.
DOI: 10.1021/bp034328i
Abstrakt: A pH-sensing dye, carboxy seminaphthofluorescein-1 (C-SNAFL-1), was immobilized in poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) microparticles via ester-amine reaction. Following photopolymerization, the hydrogel particles were then immersed in buffered pH solutions of varying pH with added polystyrene. Measurements of phase shift and amplitude attenuation of the generated and multiply scattered fluorescent light were attained as a function of modulation frequency of the incident excitation light. Upon regressing the measured data to the coupled optical diffusion equations, the average lifetimes of protonated and deprotonated forms of C-SNAFL-1 were obtained and compared to the values acquired from conventional fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy in nonscattering media. The results demonstrate the ability to perform analyte sensing with fluorescence lifetime without the confounding effect of fluorophore loading or the use of a "reference" measurement within multiply scattering systems. When extended to the immobilized fluorophore-enzymatic systems, fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy with multiply scattered light may provide a new ultrasensitive approach for analyte or toxin screening.
Databáze: MEDLINE