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IUPAC name
aphenoxazin-5-ylideneazanium sulfate
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Other names
Nile blue A, Nile blue sulfate
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.020.757 |
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C20H20ClN3O | |
Molar mass | 353.845 g/mol |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C 77 °F, 100 kPa).
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Nile blue (or Nile blue A) is a stain used in biology and histology. It may be used with live or fixed cells, and imparts a blue colour to cell nuclei.
It may also be used in conjunction with fluorescence microscopy to stain for the presence of polyhydroxybutyrate granules in prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells. Boiling a solution of Nile blue with sulfuric acid produces Nile red (Nile blue oxazone).
Chemical and physical propertiesedit
Nile blue is a fluorescent dye. The fluorescence shows especially in nonpolar solvents with a high quantum yield.[1]
The absorption and emission maxima of Nile blue are strongly dependent on pH and the solvents used:[1]
Solvent | Absorption λ max (nm) | Emission λ max (nm) |
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Toluene | 493 | 574 |
Acetone | 499 | 596 |
Dimethylformamide | 504 | 598 |
Chloroform | 624 | 647 |
1-Butanol | 627 | 664 |
2-propanol | 627 | 665 |
Ethanol | 628 | 667 |
Methanol | 626 | 668 |
Water | 635 | 674 |
1.0 M hydrochloric acid (pH = 1.0) | 457 | 556 |
0.1 M sodium hydroxide solution (pH = 11.0) | 522 | 668 |
Ammonia water (pH = 13.0) | 524 | 668 |
The duration of Nile blue fluorescence in ethanol was measured as 1.42 ns. This is shorter than the corresponding value of Nile red with 3.65 ns. The fluorescence duration is independent on dilution in the range 10−3 to 10−8 mol/L.[1]
Nile blue stainingedit
Nile blue is used for histological staining of biological preparations. It highlights the distinction between neutral lipids (triglycerides, cholesteryl esters, steroids) which are stained pink and acids (fatty acids, chromolipids, phospholipids) which are stained blue.[2]
The Nile blue staining, according to Kleeberg, uses the following chemicals:
- Nile Blue A
- 1% acetic acid
- Glycerol or glycerol gelatin
Workflowedit
The sample or frozen sections is/are fixated in formaldehyde, then immersed for 20 minutes in the Nile blue solution or 30 sec in nile blue A (1% w/v in distilled water) and rinsed with water. For better differentiation, it is dipped in 1% acetic acid for 10–20 minutes or 30 sec until the colors are pure. This might take only 1–2 minutes. Then the sample is thoroughly rinsed in water (for one to two hours). Afterwards, the stained specimen is taken on a microscope slide and excess water is removed. The sample can be embedded in glycerol or glycerol gelatin.
Resultsedit
Unsaturated glycerides are pink, nuclei and elastins are dark, fatty acids and various fatty substances and fat mixtures are purple blue.[3]
Example: Detection of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate granules (PHB)edit
The PHB granules in the cells of Pseudomonas solanacearum can be visualized by Nile blue A staining. The PHB granules in the stained smears are observed with an epifluorescence microscope under oil immersion, at a 1000 times magnification; under 450 nm excitation wavelength they show a strong orange fluorescence.[4]
Nile blue in DNA Electrophoresisedit
Nile blue is also used in a variety of commercial DNA staining formulations used for DNA electrophoresis.[5] As it does not require UV trans-illumination in order to be visualised in an agarose gel as with ethidium bromide, it can be used to observe DNA as it is separated and also as a dye to aid in gel-extraction of DNA fragments without incurring damage by UV-irradiation.
Nile blue in oncologyedit
Derivatives of Nile blue are potential photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy of malignant tumors. These dyes aggregate in the tumor cells, especially in the lipid membranes, and/or are sequestered and concentrated in subcellular organelles.[6]
With the Nile blue derivative N-ethyl-Nile blue (EtNBA), normal and premalignant tissues in animal experiments can be distinguished by fluorescence spectroscopy in fluorescence imaging. EtNBA shows no phototoxic effects.[7]
Synthesisedit
Nile Blue and related naphthoxazinium dyes can be prepared by acid-catalyzed condensation of either 5-(dialkylamino)-2-nitrosophenols with 1-naphthylamine, 3-(dialkylamino)phenols with N-alkylated 4-nitroso-1-naphtylamines, or N,N-dialkyl-1,4-phenylenediamines with 4-(dialkylamino)-1,2-naphthoquinones. Alternatively, the product of an acid-catalyzed condensation of 4-nitroso-N,N-dialkylaniline with 2-naphthol (a salt of 9-(dialkylamino)benzoaphenoxazin-7-ium) can be oxidized in the presence of an amine, installing a second amino substituent in 5-position of the benzoaphenoxazinium system.[8] The following scheme illustrates the first of these four approaches, leading to Nile Blue perchlorate:
Referencesedit
- ^ a b c Jose, Jiney; Burgess, Kevin (2006). "Benzophenoxazine-based fluorescent dyes for labeling biomolecules" (PDF). Tetrahedron. 62 (48): 11021. doi:10.1016/j.tet.2006.08.056.
- ^ Roche Lexikon, accessed 25 June 2007.
- ^ Benno Romeis, Mikroskopische Technik, 15. Aufl., R. Oldenbourg Verlag, München, 1948
- ^ 97/647/EG: Entscheidung der EU-Kommission vom 9. September 1997 über ein vorläufiges Versuchsprogramm für Diagnose, Nachweis und Identifizierung von Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith in Kartoffeln, accessed 27 June 2007.
- ^ PDF DNA staining protocol for schools, University of Reading Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lin, CW; Shulok, JR; Kirley, SD; Cincotta, L; Foley, JW (1991). "Lysosomal localization and mechanism of uptake of Nile blue photosensitizers in tumor cells". Cancer Research. 51 (10): 2710–9. PMID 2021950.
- ^ Van Staveren, HJ; Speelman, OC; Witjes, MJ; Cincotta, L; Star, WM (2001). "Fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy of ethyl nile blue a in animal models of (pre)malignancies". Photochemistry and Photobiology. 73 (1): 32–8. doi:10.1562/0031-8655(2001)073<0032:FIASOE>2.0.CO;2. PMID 11202363. S2CID 198157623.
- ^ Kanitz, Andreas; Hartmann, Horst (1999). "Preparation and Characterization of Bridged Naphthoxazinium Salts". European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 1999 (4): 923–930. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199904)1999:4<923::AID-EJOC923>3.0.CO;2-N.
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