BAPTA

Description

BAPTA free acid (85233-19-8) is a selective extracellular Ca2+ chelator. It is a widely used calcium sponge for chelating Ca2+?outside of intact cells.1 It’s a useful tool to probe the involvement of extracellular Ca2+ in cellular signaling.2,3 Non-cell-permeable.

Chemical properties

White Solid

The Uses of BAPTA

BAPTA is a highly selective calcium chelating reagent. Lipophilic diesters of the chelating agent 1,2-Bis(2 aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA) are used for inhibition of proteolytic activities of certain metalloproteinases, calpain and TACE.

The Uses of BAPTA

Highly selective calcium chelating reagent. Suitable for the spectrophotometric monitoring of Ca2+ levels.

The Uses of BAPTA

As calcium chelator; 19F labelled forms for measurement of intracellular calcium.

What are the applications of Application

BAPTA, Free Acid is a selective calcium chelator with 105-fold greater affinity for Ca2+ than Mg2+

Definition

ChEBI: A polyamino carboxylic acid in which bis(carboxymethyl)nitrilo groups are bonded to C-2 and C-2' of 1,1'-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(oxy)]dibenzene.

General Description

In nature 1,2-Bis(2-Aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetra acetic acid (BAPTA) is a main metabolic product of BAPTA -AM (BAPTA-tetra(actoxymethyl ester), a neuro protective agent in cerebral ischemia, in rats.BAPTA is an intercellular Ca²⁺ chelator.

Biological Activity

Selective calcium chelator.

Storage

Store at +4°C

References

1) Munoz et al. (2015), Different Stress-Induced Calcium Signatures Are Reported by Aequorin-Mediated Calcium Measurements in Living Cells of Aspergillus fumigatus; PLoS One, 10(9) e0138008 2) Wozniak et al. (2017), Extracellular Ca2+ is Required for Fertilization in the African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis; PLoS One, 12(1) e0170405 3) Didiasova et al. (2015), STIM1/ORAI1-mediated Ca2+ Influx Regulates Enolase-1 Exteriorization; J. Biol. Chem., 290 11983