Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
Anal Chem. 2012 Oct 2;84(19):8110-3. doi: 10.1021/ac302210v. Epub 2012 Sep 19.
We report two-photon probes (FMg1 and FMg2) that can selectively detect intracellular free Mg(2+) (Mg(2+)) in live cells and tissues by two-photon microscopy. Combined with BCaM, a two-photon probe for near-membrane Ca(2+) (Ca(2+)), FMg2 allows dual-color imaging of Mg(2+)/Ca(2+) activities in live cells and Mg(2+) /Ca(2+) distributions in live tissues at a depth of 100-200 μm.