Table 1.

Fluorophore diffusion in BL6 murine myocytes

Fluorophore (MW, kD)T (°C)HR (nm)Fmyo/pipFboundDX (cm2/s)DX-free (cm2/s)DX-H2O (cm2/s)Fold reduction
Bodipy-FL-ATP (0.88) 24 0.85 0.67 0.50 0.4 × 10−7 0.57 × 10−7 4.5 × 10−6a >70 
Carboxyfluorescein (0.38) 24 0.65 0.48 0.31 1.2 × 10−7 1.7 × 10−7 4.8 × 10−6b 28 
Carboxyfluorescein (0.38) 34 0.65 0.52 0.36 3.2 × 10−7 5.0 × 10−7 4.8 × 10−6b 10 
Sulforhodamine (0.56) 24 0.74 5.0 0.93 0.3 × 10−7 4.3 × 10−7 4.0–4.4 × 10−6c 10 
TRITC-dextran (4.4) 24 1.44 0.74 0.55 0.4 × 10−7 0.78 × 10−7 1.5 × 10−6d 19 
0.5 kD PEG (0.83) 24 0.84 0.38 0.12 1.1 × 10−7 1.2 × 10−7 3 × 10−6e 25 
2 kD PEG (2.3) 24 1.16 0.42 0.21 0.5 × 10−7 1.3 × 10−7 6 × 10−7e 46 
2 kD PEG-NH3 (2.3) 24 1.16 0.48 0.31 0.33 × 10−7 0.48 × 10−7 --- ---- 
10 kD PEG (10.3) 24 1.90 0.69 0.52 0.9 × 10−7 3.1 × 10−7 2.5 × 10−7e 
Fluorophore (MW, kD)T (°C)HR (nm)Fmyo/pipFboundDX (cm2/s)DX-free (cm2/s)DX-H2O (cm2/s)Fold reduction
Bodipy-FL-ATP (0.88) 24 0.85 0.67 0.50 0.4 × 10−7 0.57 × 10−7 4.5 × 10−6a >70 
Carboxyfluorescein (0.38) 24 0.65 0.48 0.31 1.2 × 10−7 1.7 × 10−7 4.8 × 10−6b 28 
Carboxyfluorescein (0.38) 34 0.65 0.52 0.36 3.2 × 10−7 5.0 × 10−7 4.8 × 10−6b 10 
Sulforhodamine (0.56) 24 0.74 5.0 0.93 0.3 × 10−7 4.3 × 10−7 4.0–4.4 × 10−6c 10 
TRITC-dextran (4.4) 24 1.44 0.74 0.55 0.4 × 10−7 0.78 × 10−7 1.5 × 10−6d 19 
0.5 kD PEG (0.83) 24 0.84 0.38 0.12 1.1 × 10−7 1.2 × 10−7 3 × 10−6e 25 
2 kD PEG (2.3) 24 1.16 0.42 0.21 0.5 × 10−7 1.3 × 10−7 6 × 10−7e 46 
2 kD PEG-NH3 (2.3) 24 1.16 0.48 0.31 0.33 × 10−7 0.48 × 10−7 --- ---- 
10 kD PEG (10.3) 24 1.90 0.69 0.52 0.9 × 10−7 3.1 × 10−7 2.5 × 10−7e 

All values are a mean of four or more measurements. From left to right: Column 1: Fluorophore analyzed. Column 2: Temperature of observations. Column 3: Hydrodynamic radius. Column 4: Ratio of fluorescence of pipette solution to myoplasm in close proximity after >20 min (Fmyo/pip). Values for BSA and GFP were 0.07 and 0.15, respectively, indicating exclusion from myoplasm. Column 5: Estimated fractions of fluorophores bound by cytoplasm, assuming the free cytoplasmic space to be one-third of total myocyte volume (Lu et al., 2016). Fbound=Fmyo/pip × 31/Fmyo/pip × 3. Column 6: Estimated diffusion coefficients for total fluorophores. λmyo2/(2τ) with λmyo = 0.012 cm. Column 7: Diffusion coefficients for unbound fluorophore, estimated as Dx/(1Fbound). Column 8: Estimated diffusion coefficients for given compounds in free water. Column 9: Estimated fold reduction of diffusion coefficients of unbound compounds in murine myocyte cytoplasm versus water (Dx-H2O/Dx-free).

a

Fig.5.

b

Kramer et al., 2007.

c

Gendron et al., 2008 describes diffusion coefficients for multiple rhodamine derivatives.

d

Gribbon and Hardingham, 1998.

e

Waggoner et al., 1995.

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