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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