Minimizing photobleaching of Blue Fluorescent Protein (BFP) using the Agilent Cary Eclipse fluorescence spectrophotometer

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Introduction The term photobleaching refers to loss of fluorescence emission from samples due to prolonged exposure to exciting radiation. While many fluorophores retain stable fluorescence after extended periods of illumination, some photobleach after short periods of time. In order to maintain optimal fluorescence emission, it is important to minimize photobleaching. Strategies to achieve this usually involve limiting one or both of the following: (1) the time of exposure to, or (2) the intensity of, the exciting light. However, either of these strategies may compromise the quality of the results or limit the types of analyses that can be performed because the signal to noise ratio (S/N) is unavoidably decreased. Furthermore, kinetics-based assays performed over an extended period of time may not be possible due to increased exposure of the fluorophore to the excitation light which results in photobleaching.

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Blue Fluorescent Protein (BFP) provides an example of a fluorophore that is susceptible to photobleaching: “…even with folding improvements, BFP still suffers from a relatively low fluorescence quantum yield [compared to green fluorescent protein] and relatively easy bleaching.” (Tsien, 1998)1. Despite the useful spectral properties of BFP for use in multi-labelling studies and techniques such as FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer),2 it is likely that its low quantum yield and susceptibility to photobleaching could limit ongoing detection in instruments that irradiate the sample continuously, or too intensely, or both. Accordingly, the present study aimed to determine whether using the Agilent Cary Eclipse fluorescence

spectrophotometer, which utilizes a special xenon flash lamp, photobleaching of BFP could be eliminated, or at least reduced, compared to other commercially available instruments having continuous or pulsed light sources.


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