Photolysis of Caged Calcium in Femtoliter Volumes Using Two-photon Excitation

Overview

Journal Biophys J

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Biophysics

Date 1999 Jan 6

PMID 9876162

Citations 40

Authors

E B Brown

J B Shear

S R Adams

R Y Tsien

W W Webb

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Abstract

A new technique for the determination of the two-photon uncaging action cross section (deltau) of photolyzable calcium cages is described. This technique is potentially applicable to other caged species that can be chelated by a fluorescent indicator dye, as well as caged fluorescent compounds. The two-photon action cross sections of three calcium cages, DM-nitrophen, NP-EGTA, and azid-1, are studied in the range of excitation wavelengths between 700 and 800 nm. Azid-1 has a maximum deltau of approximately 1.4 GM at 700 nm, DM-nitrophen has a maximum deltau of approximately 0.013 GM at 730 nm, and NP-EGTA has no measurable uncaging yield. The equations necessary to predict the amount of cage photolyzed and the temporal behavior of the liberated calcium distribution under a variety of conditions are derived. These equations predict that by using 700-nm light from a Ti:sapphire laser focused with a 1.3-NA objective, essentially all of the azid-1 within the two-photon focal volume would be photolyzed with a 10-micros pulse train of approximately 7 mW average power. The initially localized distributions of free calcium will dissipate rapidly because of diffusion of free calcium and uptake by buffers. In buffer-free cytoplasm, the elevation of the calcium concentration at the center of the focal volume is expected to last for approximately 165 micros.

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