title: Assessment of membrane potential changes using the carbocyanine dye, diS-C3-(5): synchronous excitation spectroscopy studies.
abstract: The fluorescence of the voltage sensitive dye, diS-C3-(5), has been analyzed by means of synchronous excitation spectroscopy. Using this rather rare fluorescence technique we have been able to distinguish between the slightly shifted spectra of diS-C3-(5) fluorescence from cells and from the supernatant. It has been found that diS-C3-(5) fluorescence in the supernatant can be selectively monitored at lambda exc = 630 nm and lambda em = 650 nm, while the cell associated fluorescence can be observed at lambda exc = 690 nm and lambda em = 710 nm. A modified theory for the diS-C3-(5) fluorescence response to the membrane potential is presented, according to which a linear relationship exists between the logarithmic increment of the dye fluorescence intensity in the supernatant, 1n I/I degrees, and the underlying change in the plasma membrane potential, delta psi p = psi p - psi p degrees. The theory has been tested on human myeloid leukemia cells (line ML-1) in which membrane potential changes were induced by valinomycin clamping in various K+ gradients. It has been demonstrated that the membrane potential change, delta psi p, can be measured on an absolute scale.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Plásek
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hrouda
mesh_terms: D052160:Benzothiazoles; D002232:Carbocyanines / Q000378:metabolism*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid; D008433:Mathematics; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014634:Valinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D052160:Benzothiazoles; D002232:Carbocyanines; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D014634:Valinomycin; C012944:3,3'-dipropyl-2,2'-thiadicarbocyanine; D011188:Potassium