A two-photon europium complex as specific endoplasmic reticulum probe

Ga-Lai Law; Ka-Leung Wong; Cornelia Wing-Yin Man; Sai-Wah Tsao; Wing-Tak Wong

doi:10.1002/jbio.200910052

A two-photon europium complex as specific endoplasmic reticulum probe

J Biophotonics. 2009 Dec;2(12):718-24. doi: 10.1002/jbio.200910052.

Authors

Ga-Lai Law¹, Ka-Leung Wong, Cornelia Wing-Yin Man, Sai-Wah Tsao, Wing-Tak Wong

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.

PMID: 19685480
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.200910052

Abstract

Highly emissive europium complexes with specific endoplasmic reticulum localization potential includes several advantages such as fast uptake, long resident lifetime, low dosage requirement, low cytotoxicity and highly emissive two-photon induced f-f emission imaging.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Biological Transport
Cell Line
Endoplasmic Reticulum / drug effects
Endoplasmic Reticulum / metabolism*
Europium / analysis*
Europium / chemistry*
Europium / metabolism
Europium / toxicity
Humans
Luminescent Agents / analysis
Luminescent Agents / chemistry
Luminescent Agents / metabolism*
Luminescent Agents / toxicity
Mice
Microscopy, Confocal
Organometallic Compounds / analysis
Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
Organometallic Compounds / metabolism
Organometallic Compounds / toxicity
Photons*
Staining and Labeling
Substrate Specificity

Substances

Luminescent Agents
Organometallic Compounds
Europium