BODIPY-Based Ratiometric Fluorescent Sensor for Highly Selective Detection of Glutathione over Cysteine and Homocysteine
作者:Li-Ya Niu、Ying-Shi Guan、Yu-Zhe Chen、Li-Zhu Wu、Chen-Ho Tung、Qing-Zheng Yang
DOI:10.1021/ja309079f
日期:2012.11.21
We report a ratiometric fluorescent sensor based on monochlorinated BODIPY for highly selective detection of glutathione (GSH) over cysteine (Cys)/homocysteine (Hcy). The chlorine of the monochlorinated BODIPY can be rapidly replaced by thiolates of biothiols through thiol halogen nucleophilic substitution. The amino groups of Cys/Hcy but not GSH further replace the thiolate to form amino-substituted BODIPY. The significantly different photophysical properties of sulfur- and amino-substituted BODIPY enable the discrimination of GSH over Cys and Hcy. The sensor was applied for detection of GSH in living cells.
Synthesis, Spectroscopy, Crystal Structure, Electrochemistry, and Quantum Chemical and Molecular Dynamics Calculations of a 3-Anilino Difluoroboron Dipyrromethene Dye
作者:Wenwu Qin、Volker Leen、Taoufik Rohand、Wim Dehaen、Peter Dedecker、Mark Van der Auweraer、Koen Robeyns、Luc Van Meervelt、David Beljonne、Bernard Van Averbeke、John N. Clifford、Kris Driesen、Koen Binnemans、Noël Boens
DOI:10.1021/jp8077584
日期:2009.1.15
An asymmetrically substituted fluorescent difluoroboron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dye, with a phenylamino group at the 3-position of the BODIPY chromophore, has been synthesized by nucleophilic substitution of 3,5-dichloro-8-(4-tolyl)-4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene. The solvent-dependent spectroscopic and photophysical properties have been investigated by means of UV-vis spectrophotometry and steady-state and time-resolved fluorometry and reflect the large effect of the anilino substituent on the fluorescence characteristics. The compound has a low fluorescence quantum yield in all but the apolar solvents cyclohexane, toluene, and chloroform. Its emission maxima in a series of solvents from cyclohexane to methanol are red-shifted by approximately 50 nm in comparison to classic BODIPY derivatives. Its oxidation potential in dichloromethane is at ca. 1.14 V versus Ag/AgCl. The absorption bandwidths and Stokes shifts are much larger than those of typical, symmetric difluoroboron dipyrromethene dyes. The values of the fluorescence rate constant are in the (1.4-1.7) x 10(8) s(-1) range and do not vary much between the solvents studied. X-ray diffraction analysis shows that the BODIPY core is planar. Molecular dynamics simulations show that there is no clear indication for aggregates in solution.