Synthesis and 31 P NMR characterization of new low toxic highly sensitive pH probes designed for in vivo acidic pH studies
作者:Sophie Martel、Jean-Louis Clément、Agnès Muller、Marcel Culcasi、Sylvia Pietri
DOI:10.1016/s0968-0896(01)00414-x
日期:2002.5
With the aim to provide sensitive P-31 NMR probes of intra- and extracellular pH gradients that may reach cellular acidic compartments in biological systems, new 7-aminophosphonates were designed to meet basic requirements such as a low pK(a)s and a great chemical difference (Deltadelta(ab)) between the limiting P-31 NMR chemical shifts in acidic (delta(a)) and basic (delta(b)) media. A series of six phosphorylated pyrrolidines and linear aminophosphonates were synthesized using aminophosphorylation reactions and were screened for cytotoxicity on cultured Muller cells. Among the compounds not being toxic under these conditions. three molecules were selected since they displayed the best in vitro (in several phosphate buffers and in a cytosol-like solution) properties as P-31 NMR acidic pH markers. that is 3, 5 and 9, having the pK(a) values of 3.63, 5.89 and 5.66, respectively. The Deltadelta(ab) values of these pH markers were at least 3 times larger than that of standard P-31 NMR probes, with a low sensitivity to ionic strength changes. From these data. it was proposed that 3, 5 and 9 could be used as reporting probes of subtle proton movements in acidic compartments, an area that still remains poorly investigated using non invasive IT NMR methods. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.