title: An amphiphilic fluorescent probe for the visualization of histamine in living cells.
abstract: A novel fluorescent probe composed of two moieties, Nile Red and an iminodiacetic acid-Ni(2+) complex, for the detection of histamine in living cells is described. The probe was successfully applied to visualizing histamine in RAW264 cells, representing the first demonstration of the imaging of histamine itself in living cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744, Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seto
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Soh
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imato
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006632:Histamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006632:Histamine