Fluorescence Imaging of Intracellular Cadmium Using a Dual-Excitation Ratiometric Chemosensor
作者:Masayasu Taki、Mika Desaki、Akio Ojida、Shohei Iyoshi、Tasuku Hirayama、Itaru Hamachi、Yukio Yamamoto
DOI:10.1021/ja803429z
日期:2008.9.24
We described here a coumarin-based dual-excitation ratiometric probe for cadmium, CadMQ. This fluorescence sensor has high quantum yields of 0.59 and 0.70 in the metal-free and Cd2+ bound forms, respectively, and has a dissociation constant of 0.16 nM for Cd2+. CadMQ is cell permeable and locates within the acidic compartments of the cells. We further show that CadMQ is a useful tool to ratiometrically probe the change in the intracellular Cd2+ levels with the use of two excited wavelengths.