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The two new novel probes, Aminophenyl fluorescein (APF) and
Hydroxyphenyl fluorescein (HPF) developed by Tetsuo Nagano et. al.
(1), are selective for the detection of highly reactive oxygen
species (hROS). Both probes have little reactivity towards other ROS
such as: singlet oxygen (021),
superoxide (O2-•),
hydrogen peroxide (H202), nitric oxide (NO•),
and alkyl peroxide (RO2•)
(see table below)1.
HPF/APF are cell permeable and can be used in combination to detect
hypochlorite (-OCl)
production in cells (see fig 1). Hypochlorite can be detected by
loading two samples, one with APF and the other with HPF.
Hypochlorite production is visualized by increase in fluorescence of
APF loaded cells and no increase in fluorescence in HPF loaded
cells.
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