Diaminofluorescein –2 Diacetate (DAF-2DA) is a non-fluorescent cell
permeable reagent that can measure free Nitric Oxide (NO) and nitric
oxide synthase (NOS) activity in living cells under physiological
conditions. Once inside the cell the diacetate groups on the DFA-2DA
reagent arehydrolyzed by cytosolic esterases thus releasing FAD-2
and sequestering the reagent inside the cell. Production of nitric
oxide converts the non-fluorescent dye, DAF-2, to its fluorescent
triaole derivative, DAF-2T .
DAF-2T can be observed by: excitation 488nm and measuring
emission at 515nm.
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