We report the first demonstration of a fast wavelength-switchable 340/380 nm light-emitting diode (LED) illuminator for Fura-2 ratiometric Ca imaging of live cells. The LEDs closely match the excitation peaks of bound and free Fura-2 and enables the precise detection of cytosolic Ca concentrations, which is only limited by the Ca response of Fura-2. Using this illuminator, we have shown that Fura-2 acetoxymethyl ester (AM) concentrations as low as 250 nM can be used to detect induced Ca events in tsA-201 cells and while utilising the 150 μs switching speeds available, it was possible to image spontaneous Ca transients in hippocampal neurons at a rate of 24.39 Hz that were blunted or absent at typical 0.5 Hz acquisition rates. Overall, the sensitivity and acquisition speeds available using this LED illuminator significantly improves the temporal resolution that can be obtained in comparison to current systems and supports optical imaging of fast Ca events using Fura-2.
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