
Unit Price (USD):
1 kit $316.00
Bulk Price/unit (when you buy 5 or more): $252.80
Description: Useful for labeling lysosomes in a live-cell format and capable of monitoring lysosomal metabolic activity.
Application: Lysosomes are acidic cytoplasmic organelles that are present in all nucleated mammalian cells. Lysosomes have been found to be involved in a variety of cellular processes including repair of the plasma membrane, defense against pathogens, cholesterol homeostasis, bone remodeling, metabolism, apoptosis, and cell signaling. Defects in lysosomal enzyme activity have been associated with a variety of diseases including Parkinson's, Tay-Sachs, Sandhoff, Krabbe, Wolman, and Gaucher syndromes. These targeted substrates are based upon fluorescent probes that have a low pKa value for optimum fluorescence at the lower physiological pH values found in the lysosomes as well as targeting groups to direct their accumulation to the lysosomes using a live-cell staining format.
References:
Carpenter AE,Jones TR, Lamprecht MR, Clarke C, Kang IH, Friman O, Guertin DA, Chang JH, Lindquist RA, Moffat J, Golland P, Sabatini DM (2006) "CellProfiler: image analysis software for identifying and quantifying cell phenotypes." Genome Biology 7:R100.
Karageorgos LE, Isaac EL, Brooks DA, Ravenscroft EM, Davey R, Hopwood JJ, Meikle PJ (1997) "Lysosomal Biogenesis in Lysosomal Storage Disorders" Experimental Cell Research 234, 85-97.
Koenig H (1963) "Vital staining of lysosomes by acridine orange." J. Cell Biol 19, 87A.
Keywords:
LysoLive, Lysosomal Sulfatase Assay, Lysosomal, Sulfatase, Assay, Parkinson's, Tay-Sachs, Sandhoff, Krabbe, Wolman, Gaucher, Marker Gene
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