Evaluation of 2-[N-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)amino]-2-deoxy-d-glucose, a new fluorescent derivative of glucose, for viability assessment of yeast Candida albicans |
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Authors: | K Yoshioka K B Oh M Saito Y Nemoto H Matsuoka |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakamachi, Koganei, 184 Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | A new fluorescent derivative of d-glucose, 2-N-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)amino]-2-deoxy-d-glucose (2-NBDG), which had been previously developed for the analysis of glucose uptake activity by living cells, was investigated to evaluate its applicability for assaying the viability of yeast Candida albicans. Lineweaver-Burk plots showed the uptake of 2-NBDG to be competitively inhibited by d-glucose and not by l-glucose, which suggested the involvement of the glucose transporting system of C. albicans in the uptake of 2-NBDG. A good correlation was obtained between the yeast viability, determined by the plate-count method, and the 2-NBDG uptake activity of yeast cells (correlation constant: r=0.97). This is expected to lead to the development of a new fluorescent probe for the determination of yeast cell viability. |
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