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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 30.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Rev. 2008 Oct;88(4):1277–1340. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00027.2007

Table 3.

Macromolecules with fluorescent labels: Diffusion measured with IOI method

Molecule
Label
Mr
dH
D × 107
Species
Region
Prep.
°C
λ
Refs.
× 103 nm cm2s−1
Globular
AF-488 AF 0.547 1.1 44 turtle cereb. ml isolated 25 (1.44, 1.75)b 417
dex3 TMR/TR 3 2.7-3.2 19-23 rat cortex slice 34 1.74-1.81 crefs
dex3 TR 3 3.0 22 rat cortex in vivo 37 2.04, 391
dex3 TR 3 2.7 23 rat hippo. CA1 slice 34 1.54, 145
dex3 TR 3 2.1 23 turtle cereb. ml isolated 25 (1.63, 2.05)b 417
dex10 TR 10 4.5 14 rat cortex slice 34 1.84 265, 379
dex40 TR 40 15 4.2 rat cortex slice 34 2.16 265
dex70 TR 70 16 3.8 rat cortex slice 34 2.25 265
dex70 TR 70 14 4.7 rat cortex in vivo 37 2.69 391
dex70 FITC 70 16 3.8 rat striatum slice 34 2.13 348
dex75 FITC 75 12 4.2 turtle cereb. ml isolated 25 (1.84, 2.45)b 417
dex282 FITC 282 21 2.3 turtle cereb. ml isolated 25 (2.21, 2.97)b 417
dex525 FITC 525 32 1.5 turtle cereb. ml isolated 25 (2.63, 3.49)b 417
Lactalbumin TR 14.5 5.2 12 rat cortex slice 34 2.24 379
Ovalbumin TR 45 6.1 10 rat cortex slice 34 2.50 379
BSA TR 66 7.4 8.3 rat cortex slice 34 2.26 379
Lactoferrin OG514 80 9.3 7.1 rat cortex in vivo 37 3.50 390
Transferrin TR 80 8.8 7.5 rat cortex in vivo 37 2.29 390
EGF OG514 6.6 3.7 17 rat cortex slice 34 1.79 388
β-NGFa TMR 26.5 4.9 13 rat striatum slice 34 2.14 348
Flexible Chain
PHPMA FITC 7.8 9.8 rat cortex slice 34 1.51 300
PHPMA FITC 28 6.3 rat cortex slice 34 1.67 300
PHPMA FITC/TR 47 4.7 rat cortex slice 34 1.55 300
PHPMA FITC 220 2.0 rat cortex slice 34 1.65 300
PHPMA FITC 515 1.2 rat cortex slice 34 1.58 300
PHPMA FITC 1057 0.72 rat cortex slice 34 1.46 300
PHPMA-BSA FITC 176 2.3 rat cortex slice 34 2.27 300
PEG FITC 2 20 rat cortex slice 34 1.59 389
PEG FITC 2 20 rat striatum slice 34 1.50 389
Nanoparticles
QD655 QD655 n/a 35 1.9 rat cortex in vivo 37 10.6 391

Footnotes

a

multiphoton techniques used in this study (see text)

b

anisotropy measured in plane parallel to surface, (λx, λy)

c

refs = 145, 183, 265, 379, 375, 388

AF = AlexaFluor

FITC = Fluorescein isothiocyanate

TMR = Tetramethylrhodamine

OG515 = Oregon Green 515

TR = Texas Red

QD655 = Quantum Dot 655

hippo. CA1= hippocampus CA1 region. For other abbreviations see previous Tables.