The present invention presents a novel fluorescent solvatochromic dye that (1) has an ionic terminal that makes it easier to use n a hydrophilic surface or in polar solvents, (2) can be efficiently excited by commonly used Argon lasers (488 nm), (3) shifts the wavelength of emitted light according to the change of polarity, and (4) can effectively stain living tissues such as cells and the like.
A pyridinium group was introduced to the electron attracting group of the neutral fluorescent solvatochromic dye (Japanese Patent Application Public Disclosure No. 20008-291210 A) displaying an excellent emission wavelength response and synthesized a fluorescent solvatochromic dye. Then it was found that the fluorescence wavelength of the fluorescent solvatochromic dye changed extensively when the polarity changed on a hydrophilic surface and that the fluorescent solvatochromic dye, when altered to a cationic form, stained cell membranes and could be used to observe the behavior thereof.
本发明提出了一种新型荧光增溶变色
染料,该
染料 (1) 具有离子端,更易于在亲
水性表面或极性溶剂中使用,(2) 可被常用的
氩激光器(488 nm)有效激发,(3) 可根据极性变化改变发射光的波长,(4) 可有效染色细胞等活体组织。
在中性荧光溶色
染料(日本专利申请公开号 20008-291210 A)的引电子基团上引入
吡啶鎓基团,显示出优异的发射波长响应,合成了一种荧光溶色
染料。然后发现,当亲
水表面的极性发生变化时,荧光溶色
染料的荧光波长会发生很大变化,当荧光溶色
染料转变为阳离子形式时,可以对细胞膜进行染色,并可用于观察其行为。