iFluor® 860 maleimide

In vivo fluorescence imaging uses a sensitive camera to detect the fluorescence emission from fluorophores in whole-body living small animals. To overcome the photon attenuation in living tissue, fluorophores with long emission at the infrared (IR) region are generally preferred. Recent advances in imaging strategies and reporter techniques for in vivo fluorescence imaging include novel approaches to improve the specificity and affinity of the probes and to modulate and amplify the signal at target sites for enhanced sensitivity. Further emerging developments aim to achieve high-resolution, multimodality, and lifetime-based in vivo fluorescence imaging. Our iFluor® 860 is designed to label proteins and other biomolecules with infrared fluorescence. Conjugates prepared with iFluor® 860 have excitation and emission in the IR range. iFluor® 860 dye emission is well separated from commonly used far-red fluorophores such as Cy5, Cy7, or allophycocyanin (APC), facilitating multicolor analysis. This fluorophore is also useful for small animal in-vivo imaging applications or other imaging applications requiring IR detection. iFluor® 860 maleimide is thiol-reactive and can be readily used to conjugate thiol-containing biomolecules.

Example protocol

PREPARATION OF STOCK SOLUTIONS

Unless otherwise noted, all unused stock solutions should be divided into single-use aliquots and stored at -20 °C after preparation. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

1. iFluor™ 860 maleimide stock solution (Solution B)

Add anhydrous DMSO into the vial of iFluor™ 860 maleimide to make a 10 mM stock solution. Mix well by pipetting or vortex.
Note Prepare the dye stock solution (Solution B) before starting the conjugation. Use promptly. Extended storage of the dye stock solution may reduce the dye activity. Solution B can be stored in freezer for upto 4 weeks when kept from light and moisture. Avoid freeze-thaw cycles.

2. Protein stock solution (Solution A)

Mix 100 µL of a reaction buffer (e.g., 100 mM MES buffer with pH ~6.0) with 900 µL of the target protein solution (e.g. antibody, protein concentration >2 mg/mL if possible) to give 1 mL protein labeling stock solution.
Note     The pH of the protein solution (Solution A) should be 6.5 ± 0.5.
Note     Impure antibodies or antibodies stabilized with bovine serum albumin (BSA) or other proteins will not be labeled well.
Note     The conjugation efficiency is significantly reduced if the protein concentration is less than 2 mg/mL. For optimal labeling efficiency the final protein concentration range of 2-10 mg/mL is recommended.
Optional: if your protein does not contain a free cysteine, you must treat your protein with DTT or TCEP to generate a thiol group. DTT or TCEP are used for converting a disulfide bond to two free thiol groups. If DTT is used you must remove free DTT by dialysis or gel filtration before conjugating a dye maleimide to your protein. Following is a sample protocol for generating a free thiol group:

Prepare a fresh solution of 1 M DTT (15.4 mg/100 µL) in distilled water.
Make IgG solution in 20 mM DTT: add 20 µL of DTT stock per ml of IgG solution while mixing. Let stand at room temp for 30 minutes without additional mixing (to minimize reoxidation of cysteines to cystines).
Pass the reduced IgG over a filtration column pre-equilibrated with "Exchange Buffer". Collect 0.25 mL fractions off the column.
Determine the protein concentrations and pool the fractions with the majority of the IgG. This can be done either spectrophotometrically or colorimetrically.
Carry out the conjugation as soon as possible after this step (see Sample Experiment Protocol).
Note     IgG solutions should be >4 mg/mL for the best results. The antibody should be concentrated if less than 2 mg/mL. Include an extra 10% for losses on the buffer exchange column.
Note     The reduction can be carried out in almost any buffers from pH 7-7.5, e.g., MES, phosphate or TRIS buffers.
Note     Steps 3 and 4 can be replaced by dialysis.

SAMPLE EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL

This labeling protocol was developed for the conjugate of Goat anti-mouse IgG with iFluor™ 860 maleimide. You might need further optimization for your particular proteins.
Note Each protein requires distinct dye/protein ratio, which also depends on the properties of dyes. Over labeling of a protein could detrimentally affects its binding affinity while the protein conjugates of low dye/protein ratio gives reduced sensitivity.

Run conjugation reaction

Use 10:1 molar ratio of Solution B (dye)/Solution A (protein) as the starting point: Add 5 µL of the dye stock solution (Solution B, assuming the dye stock solution is 10 mM) into the vial of the protein solution (95 µL of Solution A) with effective shaking. The concentration of the protein is ~0.05 mM assuming the protein concentration is 10 mg/mL and the molecular weight of the protein is ~200KD.
Note We recommend to use 10:1 molar ratio of Solution B (dye)/Solution A (protein). If it is too less or too high, determine the optimal dye/protein ratio at 5:1, 15:1 and 20:1 respectively.
Continue to rotate or shake the reaction mixture at room temperature for 30-60 minutes.

Purify the conjugation

The following protocol is an example of dye-protein conjugate purification by using a Sephadex G-25 column.

Prepare Sephadex G-25 column according to the manufacture instruction.
Load the reaction mixture (From "Run conjugation reaction") to the top of the Sephadex G-25 column.
Add PBS (pH 7.2-7.4) as soon as the sample runs just below the top resin surface.
Add more PBS (pH 7.2-7.4) to the desired sample to complete the column purification. Combine the fractions that contain the desired dye-protein conjugate.
Note For immediate use, the dye-protein conjugate need be diluted with staining buffer, and aliquoted for multiple uses.
Note For longer term storage, dye-protein conjugate solution need be concentrated or freeze dried.

Calculators

Common stock solution preparation

Table 1. Volume of DMSO needed to reconstitute specific mass of iFluor® 860 maleimide to given concentration. Note that volume is only for preparing stock solution. Refer to sample experimental protocol for appropriate experimental/physiological buffers.

	0.1 mg	0.5 mg	1 mg	5 mg	10 mg
1 mM	60.692 µL	303.461 µL	606.921 µL	3.035 mL	6.069 mL
5 mM	12.138 µL	60.692 µL	121.384 µL	606.921 µL	1.214 mL
10 mM	6.069 µL	30.346 µL	60.692 µL	303.461 µL	606.921 µL

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Product family

Name	Excitation (nm)	Emission (nm)	Extinction coefficient (cm ^-1 M ^-1)	Quantum yield	Correction Factor (260 nm)	Correction Factor (280 nm)
iFluor® 350 maleimide	345	450	20000¹	0.95¹	0.83	0.23
iFluor® 488 maleimide	491	516	75000¹	0.9¹	0.21	0.11
iFluor® 555 maleimide	557	570	100000¹	0.64¹	0.23	0.14
iFluor® 647 maleimide	656	670	250000¹	0.25¹	0.03	0.03
iFluor® 680 maleimide	684	701	220000¹	0.23¹	0.097	0.094
iFluor® 700 maleimide	690	713	220000¹	0.23¹	0.09	0.04
iFluor® 750 maleimide	757	779	275000¹	0.12¹	0.044	0.039
iFluor® 790 maleimide	787	812	250000¹	0.13¹	0.1	0.09
iFluor® 800 maleimide	801	820	250000¹	0.11¹	0.03	0.08
iFluor® 810 maleimide	811	822	250000¹	0.05¹	0.09	0.15
iFluor® 820 maleimide	822	850	250000¹		0.11	0.16
iFluor® 532 maleimide	537	560	90000¹	0.68¹	0.26	0.16
iFluor® 594 maleimide	587	603	200000¹	0.53¹	0.05	0.04
iFluor® 405 maleimide	403	427	37000¹	0.91¹	0.48	0.77
iFluor® 430 maleimide	433	498	40000¹	0.78¹	0.68	0.3
iFluor® 568 maleimide	568	587	100000¹	0.57¹	0.34	0.15
iFluor® 633 maleimide	640	654	250000¹	0.29¹	0.062	0.044
iFluor® 450 maleimide	451	502	40000¹	0.82¹	0.45	0.27
iFluor® 460 maleimide	468	493	80000¹	~0.8¹	0.98	0.46
iFluor® 665 maleimide	667	692	110,000¹	0.22¹	0.12	0.09
iFluor® 546 maleimide	541	557	100000¹	0.67¹	0.25	0.15
iFluor® 840 maleimide	836	879	200000¹	-	0.2	0.09
iFluor® 770 maleimide	777	797	250000¹	0.16	0.09	0.08
iFluor® 780 maleimide	784	808	250000¹	0.16¹	0.13	0.12
iFluor® 830 maleimide	830	867	-	-	-	-
iFluor® 514 maleimide	511	527	75000¹	0.83¹	0.265	0.116
iFluor® 660 maleimide	663	678	250000¹	0.26¹	0.07	0.08
iFluor® 670 maleimide	671	682	200000¹	0.55¹	0.03	0.033
iFluor® 720 maleimide	716	740	240000¹	0.14¹	0.15	0.13
iFluor® 560 maleimide	560	571	120000¹	0.57¹	0.0482	0.069
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Physical properties

Molecular weight	1647.66
Solvent	DMSO

Spectral properties

Correction Factor (260 nm)	0.1
Correction Factor (280 nm)	0.14
Extinction coefficient (cm ^-1 M ^-1)	250000¹
Excitation (nm)	853
Emission (nm)	878

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H-phrase	H303, H313, H333
Hazard symbol	XN
Intended use	Research Use Only (RUO)
R-phrase	R20, R21, R22
Storage	Freeze (< -15 °C); Minimize light exposure
UNSPSC	12171501