Abstract：
:Determining the mechanism by which fluorescent retrograde neuronal tracers are taken up requires knowledge of their composition. It has been claimed that Fluoro-Gold, a retrogradely transported fluorescent neuronal tracer, is 2-hydroxy-4,4'-diamidinostilbene (hydroxystilbamidine), an amidine antibiotic. However, this appears questionable, since the fluorescence spectrograms reported for Fluoro-Gold differ markedly from the spectrograms previously reported for purified hydroxystilbamidine. To help clarify the mechanism by which Fluoro-Gold might be taken up, it was decided to examine its composition and determine whether hydroxystilbamidine was its active agent. Fluoro-Gold was found by mass spectrometry to contain a component with a molecular weight of 280 Da (identical to that of hydroxystilbamidine), and fluorescence spectroscopy demonstrated the existence of a substance with a fluorescence spectrum similar to that of purified hydroxystilbamidine. Although a major fluorescent impurity was also observed, chromatographic separation of different fluorescent components of Fluoro-Gold suggested that the fraction resembling hydroxystilbamidine was responsible for its retrograde labeling of cells. It is concluded that hydroxystilbamidine is the active constituent of Fluoro-Gold. Chemically, hydroxystilbamidine is a weak base. In this respect it resembles True blue, DAPI, Granular blue, bis-benzimide, Nuclear yellow, and several other retrogradely transported molecules. It is suggested that these agents cross cell membranes in their uncharged form and are trapped in lysosomes and endosomes by a favorable pH gradient. Thus, the uptake of this type of retrograde tracer may be an example of a well-understood process occurring widely throughout biological systems: the trapping of weak bases in acidic cellular compartments.
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Wessendorf MWdoi
10.1016/0006-8993(91)90241-msubject
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1991-07-05 00:00:00pages
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