The development and intracellular applications of a water-soluble Zn(II) sensor (WZS) are described. 4-Aminonaphthalimide is used as the fluorophore of WZS for its high photostability, long excitation and emission wavelength, large Stokes' shift and inert response to pH. N,N-Bis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine (BPEN), used as a receptor for Zn(II), is attached to the fluorophore through a rigid benzene framework on the imide moiety. Spectroscopic studies indicate that this fluorophore–receptor linking strategy could be used for the development of effective photoinduced electron transfer (PET) sensors. WZS is pH-insensitive and shows high selectivity for Zn(II) against other biologically relevant metal ions. Cellular applications revealed that WZS could be used for the imaging of intracellular Zn(II).
the imaging of exogenous and endogenous Zn2+ in different living cells. Living cells imaging experiments suggested that ZnDN could image the changes of intracellular free zinc ions, and could be used for two-photon imaging. Moreover, flow cytometry suggested that ZnDN could distinguish cancerous prostate cells from normal cells. Animal experiments indicated that ZnDN had the potential in imaging prostate
Nickel(ii) and iron(iii) selective off-on-type fluorescence probes based on perylene tetracarboxylic diimide
作者:Haixia Wang、Delou Wang、Qi Wang、Xiyou Li、Christoph A. Schalley
DOI:10.1039/b921342b
日期:——
Two novel “turn-on” fluorescentprobes with perylenetetracarboxylicdiimide (PDI) as the fluorophore and two different di-(2-picolyl)-amine (DPA) groups as the metal ion receptor (PDI-1 and PDI-2) were successfully synthesized with satisfactory yields. PDI-1 exhibited high selectivity toward Ni2+ in the presence of various other metal cations including Zn2+, Cd2+ and Cu2+ which were expected to interfere
Zinc plays a significant role in oxidative balance and central nervous systems. Herein, we reported a highly sensitive fluorescent probe DR, bearing a morpholine group and a BPEN ligand in the naphthalimide fluorophore. Upon Zn2+ binding, DR exhibited remarkable fluorescence enhancement, and showed high sensitivity to Zn2+ with the association constant of 4.9 x 10(8) L/mol, and the detection limit of 15 nmol/L. Confocal imaging experiments indicated that DR was able to localize to lysosomes in MCF-7 cells. Moreover, upon H2O2 stimulation in SH-SY5Y cells, endogenous release of Zn2+ was observed. (C) 2018 Chinese Chemical Society and Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.