Thioflavin T

CAS No. 2390-54-7

Thioflavin T ( Basic Yellow 1 )

Catalog No. M22677 CAS No. 2390-54-7

Thioflavin T is a widely used dye for visualizing and is a cationic Benzothiazole dye that shows enhanced fluorescence upon binding to amyloid in tissue sections.Thioflavin T (ThT) is a benzothiazole dye that exhibits enhanced fluorescence upon binding to amyloid fibrils and is commonly used to diagnose amyloid fibrils, both ex vivo and in vitro.

Purity : >98% (HPLC)

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Biological Information

  • Product Name
    Thioflavin T
  • Note
    Research use only, not for human use.
  • Brief Description
    Thioflavin T is a widely used dye for visualizing and is a cationic Benzothiazole dye that shows enhanced fluorescence upon binding to amyloid in tissue sections.Thioflavin T (ThT) is a benzothiazole dye that exhibits enhanced fluorescence upon binding to amyloid fibrils and is commonly used to diagnose amyloid fibrils, both ex vivo and in vitro.
  • Description
    Thioflavin T is a widely used dye for visualizing and is a cationic Benzothiazole dye that shows enhanced fluorescence upon binding to amyloid in tissue sections.Thioflavin T (ThT) is a benzothiazole dye that exhibits enhanced fluorescence upon binding to amyloid fibrils and is commonly used to diagnose amyloid fibrils, both ex vivo and in vitro. Changes in the fluorescence excitation and emission of Thioflavin T are also dependent on the micelle formation. The Thioflavin T micelles of 3 nm diameter are directly visualized using atomic force microscopy, and bound Thioflavin T micelles are observed along the fibril length for representative fibrils. The micelles of Thioflavin T bind amyloid fibrils leading to enhancement of fluorescence emission[1]. In aqueous solutions, Thioflavin T is found to exist as micelles at concentrations commonly used to monitor fibrils by fluorescence assay (~10-20 μM). Specific conductivity changes are measured at varying concentration of Thioflavin T and the critical micellar concentration is calculated to be 4.0±0.5 μM. Increasing concentration of Thioflavin T above the critical micellar concentration shows increased numbers of micelles bound along the length of the amyloid fibrils. Thioflavin T micelles are disrupted at low pH as observed by atomic force microscopy and fluorescence enhancement upon binding of Thioflavin T to amyloid fibrils also reduced by several-fold upon decreasing the pH to below 3.
  • Synonyms
    Basic Yellow 1
  • Pathway
    Others
  • Target
    Other Targets
  • Recptor
    Others
  • Research Area
    ——
  • Indication
    ——

Chemical Information

  • CAS Number
    2390-54-7
  • Formula Weight
    318.86
  • Molecular Formula
    C17H19ClN2S
  • Purity
    >98% (HPLC)
  • Solubility
    DMSO:21.5 mg/mL(67.43 mM);H2O:12.5 mg/mL (39.20 mM; Need ultrasonic)
  • SMILES
    [Cl-].CN(C)c1ccc(cc1)-c1sc2cc(C)ccc2[n+]1C
  • Chemical Name
    ——

Shipping & Storage Information

  • Storage
    (-20℃)
  • Shipping
    With Ice Pack
  • Stability
    ≥ 2 years

Reference

1. Khurana R, et al. Mechanism of thioflavin T binding to amyloid fibrils. J Struct Biol. 2005 Sep;151(3):229-38.
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