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Phalloidin Conjugates

This deep red fluorescent phalloidin conjugate (equivalent to Alexa Fluor® 647-labeled phalloidin) selectively binds to F-actins. Used at nanomolar concentrations, phalloidin derivatives are convenient probes for labeling, identifying and quantitating F-actins in formaldehyde-fixed and permeabilized tissue sections, cell cultures or cell-free experiments. Phalloidin binds to actin filaments much more tightly than to actin monomers, leading to a decrease in the rate constant for the dissociation of actin subunits from filament ends, essentially stabilizing actin filaments through the prevention of filament depolymerization. Moreover, phalloidin is found to inhibit the ATP hydrolysis activity of F-actin. Phalloidin functions differently at various concentrations in cells. When introduced into the cytoplasm at low concentrations, phalloidin recruits the less polymerized forms of cytoplasmic actin as well as filamin into stable "islands" of aggregated actin polymers, yet it does not interfere with stress fibers, i.e. thick bundles of microfilaments. The property of phalloidin is a useful tool for investigating the distribution of F-actin in cells by labeling phalloidin with fluorescent analogs and using them to stain actin filaments for light microscopy. Fluorescent derivatives of phalloidin have turned out to be enormously useful in localizing actin filaments in living or fixed cells as well as for visualizing individual actin filaments in vitro. Fluorescent phalloidin derivatives have been used as an important tool in the study of actin networks at high resolution. AAT Bioquest offers a variety of fluorescent phalloidin derivatives with different colors for multicolor imaging applications.

Example protocol

AT A GLANCE

Protocol Summary
  1. Prepare samples in microplate wells
  2. Remove liquid from samples in the plate
  3. Add Phalloidin-iFluor™ 647 Conjugate solution (100 μL/well)
  4. Stain the cells at room temperature for 20 to 90 minutes
  5. Wash the cells
  6. Examine the specimen under microscope with Cy5 filter 
Important      Warm the vial to room temperature and centrifuge briefly before opening.

Storage and Handling Conditions
The solution should be stable for at least 6 months if store at -20 °C. Protect the fluorescent conjugates from light, and avoid freeze/thaw cycles.
Note     Phalloidin is toxic, although the amount of toxin present in a vial could be lethal only to a mosquito (LD50 of phalloidin = 2 mg/kg), it should be handled with care.

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.

Phalloidin-iFluor™ 647 Conjugate stock solution
Add 30 µL of DMSO into the powder and mix well.

PREPARATION OF WORKING SOLUTION

Phalloidin-iFluor™ 647 Conjugate working solution
Add 1 µL of Phalloidin-iFluor™ 647 Conjugate solution to 1 mL of PBS with 1% BSA.
Note     The stock solution of phalloidin conjugate should be aliquoted and stored at -20 °C. protected from light.
Note     Different cell types might be stained differently. The concentration of phalloidin conjugate working solution should be prepared accordingly.

SAMPLE EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL

Stain the cells
  1. Perform formaldehyde fixation. Incubate cells with 3.0–4.0 % formaldehyde in PBS at room temperature for 10–30 minutes.
    Note     Avoid any methanol containing fixatives since methanol can disrupt actin during the fixation process. The preferred fixative is methanol-free formaldehyde.
  2. Rinse the fixed cells 2–3 times in PBS.
  3. Optional: Add 0.1% Triton X-100 in PBS into fixed cells for 3 to 5 minutes to increase permeability. Rinse the cells 2–3 times in PBS.
  4. Add 100 μL/well (96-well plate) of Phalloidin-iFluor™ 647 Conjugate working solution into the fixed cells, and stain the cells at room temperature for 20 to 90 minutes.
  5. Rinse cells gently with PBS 2 to 3 times to remove excess phalloidin conjugate before plating, sealing and imaging under microscope with Cy5 filter set. 

Calculators

Common stock solution preparation

Table 1. Volume of DMSO needed to reconstitute specific mass of Phalloidin-iFluor® 647 Conjugate to given concentration. Note that volume is only for preparing stock solution. Refer to sample experimental protocol for appropriate experimental/physiological buffers.

0.1 mg0.5 mg1 mg5 mg10 mg
1 mM70.99 µL354.95 µL709.9 µL3.549 mL7.099 mL
5 mM14.198 µL70.99 µL141.98 µL709.9 µL1.42 mL
10 mM7.099 µL35.495 µL70.99 µL354.95 µL709.9 µL

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Spectrum

Product family

NameExcitation (nm)Emission (nm)Extinction coefficient (cm -1 M -1)Quantum yieldCorrection Factor (260 nm)Correction Factor (280 nm)
Phalloidin-iFluor® 350 Conjugate3454502000010.9510.830.23
Phalloidin-iFluor® 405 Conjugate4034273700010.9110.480.77
Phalloidin-iFluor® 488 Conjugate4915167500010.910.210.11
Phalloidin-iFluor® 514 Conjugate5115277500010.8310.2650.116
Phalloidin-iFluor® 532 Conjugate5375609000010.6810.260.16
Phalloidin-iFluor® 555 Conjugate55757010000010.6410.230.14
Phalloidin-iFluor® 594 Conjugate58760320000010.5310.050.04
Phalloidin-iFluor® 633 Conjugate64065425000010.2910.0620.044
Phalloidin-iFluor® 680 Conjugate68470122000010.2310.0970.094
Phalloidin-iFluor® 700 Conjugate69071322000010.2310.090.04
Phalloidin-iFluor® 750 Conjugate75777927500010.1210.0440.039
Phalloidin-iFluor® 790 Conjugate78781225000010.1310.10.09
iFluor® 647-streptavidin conjugate65667025000010.2510.030.03
Cholyl-iFluor® 647 conjugate65667025000010.2510.030.03
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Citations

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Journal: ACS Applied Bio Materials (2024)
Tristetraprolin affects invasion-associated genes expression and cell motility in triple-negative breast cancer model
Authors: Hubiernatorova, Anastasiia and Novak, Josef and Vaskovicova, Michaela and Sekac, David and Kropyvko, Serhii and Hodny, Zdenek
Journal: Cytoskeleton (2024)
Adipocyte inflammation is the primary driver of hepatic insulin resistance in a human iPSC-based microphysiological system
Authors: Qi, Lin and Groeger, Marko and Sharma, Aditi and Goswami, Ishan and Chen, Erzhen and Zhong, Fenmiao and Ram, Apsara and Healy, Kevin and Hsiao, Edward C and Willenbring, Holger and others,
Journal: Nature Communications (2024): 7991
Combinatory electric-field-guided deposition for spatial microparticles patterning
Authors: Zheng, Zhiyuan and Zhang, Yang and Xing, Jinyu and Li, Xin and Zhu, Zhiqiang and Ye, Min and Shen, Shuwei and Xu, Ronald X
Journal: Materials Today Bio (2024): 101207
TGM1/3-mediated transamidation of Exo70 promotes tumor metastasis upon LKB1 inactivation
Authors: Hou, Jihuan and Mei, Kunrong and Wang, Daxuan and Ke, Sunkui and Chen, Xiong and Shang, Jin and Li, Guixia and Gao, Yan and Xiong, Huifang and Zhang, Haoran and others,
Journal: Cell Reports (2024): 114604

References

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Phalloidin perturbs the interaction of human non-muscle myosin isoforms 2A and 2C1 with F-actin
Authors: Diensthuber RP, Muller M, Heissler SM, Taft MH, Chizhov I, Manstein DJ.
Journal: FEBS Lett (2011): 767
Improved penile histology by phalloidin stain: circular and longitudinal cavernous smooth muscles, dual-endothelium arteries, and erectile dysfunction-associated changes
Authors: Lin G, Qiu X, F and el TM, Albersen M, Wang Z, Lue TF, Lin CS.
Journal: Urology (2011): 970 e1
Labeling cytoskeletal F-actin with rhodamine phalloidin or fluorescein phalloidin for imaging
Authors: Chazotte B., undefined
Journal: Cold Spring Harb Protoc (2010): pdb prot4947
pH-(low)-insertion-peptide (pHLIP) translocation of membrane impermeable phalloidin toxin inhibits cancer cell proliferation
Authors: An M, Wijesinghe D, Andreev OA, Reshetnyak YK, Engelman DM.
Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010): 20246
Anti-acetylated tubulin antibody staining and phalloidin staining in the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis
Authors: Genikhovich G, Technau U.
Journal: Cold Spring Harb Protoc (2009): pdb prot5283
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Physical properties

Molecular weight

1408.65

Solvent

DMSO

Spectral properties

Correction Factor (260 nm)

0.03

Correction Factor (280 nm)

0.03

Correction Factor (656 nm)

0.0793

Extinction coefficient (cm -1 M -1)

2500001

Excitation (nm)

656

Emission (nm)

670

Quantum yield

0.251

Storage, safety and handling

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H-phraseH301, H311, H331
Hazard symbolT
Intended useResearch Use Only (RUO)
R-phraseR23, R24, R25

Storage

Freeze (< -15 °C); Minimize light exposure
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Fluorescence images of HeLa cells stained with Phalloidin-iFluor® 647 Conjugate using fluorescence microscope with a Cy5 filter set (Red). Live cells were first stained with mitochondria dye MitoLite&trade; Green. After fixation in 4% formaldehyde, cells were labeled with Phalloidin-iFluor® 647 and counterstained with Nuclear Blue&trade; DCS1 (Cat#17548, Blue).
Fluorescence images of HeLa cells stained with Phalloidin-iFluor® 647 Conjugate using fluorescence microscope with a Cy5 filter set (Red). Live cells were first stained with mitochondria dye MitoLite&trade; Green. After fixation in 4% formaldehyde, cells were labeled with Phalloidin-iFluor® 647 and counterstained with Nuclear Blue&trade; DCS1 (Cat#17548, Blue).
Fluorescence images of HeLa cells stained with Phalloidin-iFluor® 647 Conjugate using fluorescence microscope with a Cy5 filter set (Red). Live cells were first stained with mitochondria dye MitoLite&trade; Green. After fixation in 4% formaldehyde, cells were labeled with Phalloidin-iFluor® 647 and counterstained with Nuclear Blue&trade; DCS1 (Cat#17548, Blue).
VG and IF images of the ORL. The periosteal (row A), intramuscular (row B), preorbicularis (row C) and dermal (row D) regions of the ORL were observed by VG (column 1) and IF (columns 2&ndash;5). There were immunopositive reactions for elastin (column 2, blue), collagen type I (column 3, green) and actin (column 4, red). The column 5 shows a merged image of the images in columns 2&ndash;4 image. Asterisks indicate confluence of the perimysium into the ORL fibres. Source: <strong>Three-dimensional structure of the orbicularis retaining ligament: an anatomical study using micro-computed tomography</strong> by Jehoon O et al., <em>Scientific Reports</em>, Nov. 2018.
Overall structure of the orbicularis retaining ligament (ORL). (a) Three-dimensional (3D) morphology reconstructed from micro-computed tomography (mCT) image sections. (b) Modified Verhoeff Van Gieson staining (VG) image. (c) A merged immunofluorescence (IF) image (elastin, blue; collagen type I, green; actin, red). Arrowheads indicate a direct fibre from the periosteum (P) to the dermis (D). OOc, orbicularis oculi muscle. S, sagittal; M, medial; A, anterior.&nbsp;Source: <strong>Three-dimensional structure of the orbicularis retaining ligament: an anatomical study using micro-computed tomography</strong> by Jehoon O et al., <em>Scientific Reports</em>, Nov. 2018.&nbsp;
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Fluorescence images of HeLa cells stained with Phalloidin-iFluor® 647 Conjugate using fluorescence microscope with a Cy5 filter set (Red). HeLa cells were fixed with 4% formaldehyde followed by incubation with 1 ug/mL mouse tubulin antibody. Cells were stained with 10 ug/mL of GxM IgG- iFluor 488 conjugates. Cells were stained with Phalloidin-iFluor® 647 conjugate following product protocol and incubated with 2 uM DAPI for 5 min before imaging.