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Biophysical Journal 52: 625-628 (1987)
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An evaluation of paramagnetic broadening agents for spin probe studies of intact mammalian cells.

C S Lai, W Froncisz and L E Hopwood

National Biomedical ESR Center, Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.

ABSTRACT

Six transition metal ion complexes have been examined for their effects on the cell survival as well as their effectiveness in inducing the broadening of the electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra of nitroxide spin probes. These paramagnetic species are Ni(EDTA), Ni(DTPA), potassium tris(oxalato) chromate (chromium oxalate), K3Fe(CN)6, Cu(DTPA), and NiCl2. At 100 mM concentration, the typical concentration used in cell studies to broaden the extracellular nitroxide ESR signal, only Ni(EDTA) and Ni(DTPA) are found to be non-toxic to Chinese hamster ovary cells. The relative cytotoxicities of the six metal ion complexes are Cu(DTPA) greater than K3Fe(CN)6 greater than NiCl2 greater than chromium oxalate greater than Ni(DTPA) greater than Ni(EDTA). Thus, potassium ferricyanide and NiCl2, two most commonly used paramagnetic broadening agents, are relatively toxic to the cell. In contrast, among the six paramagnetic species tested here, chromium oxalate appears to be the most effective agent at non-toxic concentrations in inducing the broadening of the ESR spectra of both cationic and neutral nitroxide spin probes. By considering both their cytotoxicity and their effectiveness in causing line broadening of the nitroxide ESR spectra, chromium oxalate is a good paramagnetic broadening agent for spin probe studies of intact mammalian cells.






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