LysoFP-NO
2 is a turn-on fluorescent probe for carbon monoxide (CO) that localizes to the lysosome.
1 In the presence of lysosomal CO, lysoFP-NO
2 is transformed into lysoFP-NH
2, which is highly fluorescent. LysoFP-NO
2 is selective for CO over various reactive nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur species. It displays excitation/emission maxima of 440/528 nm, respectively, and is not cytotoxic to HepG2 cells for up to five hours when used at a concentration of 30 μM.