申请人:GE Healthcare UK Limited
公开号:US07579140B2
公开(公告)日:2009-08-25
Disclosed are nitro-substituted squaraine reporter dyes and methods using such dyes for detecting nitroreductase enzyme activity and nitroreductase gene expression in cellular assays. The dyes are of the structure:
in which Z1 and Z2 independently represent a phenyl or a naphthyl ring system; X and Y are selected from oxygen, sulphur, —CH═CH— and the group:
R1 and R2 are selected from C1-C4 alkyl, —(CH2)n—P, —(CH2)2—O}p—R6 and group W; where P is selected from COOR7, SO3− and OH, W is mono- or di-substituted nitrobenzyl, R6 is methyl or ethyl, R7 is selected from H, C1-C4 alkyl and CH2OC(O)R8, where R8 is methyl, or t-butyl, n is an integer from 1 to 10, and p is an integer from 1 to 3; R3 and R4 are selected from hydrogen, NO2, halogen, SO3−, C1-C4 alkoxy and —(CH2)m—COOR7; where R7 is hereinbefore defined and m is 0 or an integer from 1 to 5; R5 is C1-C6 alkyl optionally substituted with COOR7, SO3−, or OH; where R7 is hereinbefore defined; and at least one of groups R1, R2, R3 and R4 comprises at least one NO2 group. Also provided are methods for screening for a test agent whose effect upon nitroreductase enzyme activity and nitroreductase gene expression is to be determined.
本发明涉及一种硝基取代的方酰亚胺报告染料以及使用该染料在细胞测定中检测硝基还原酶酶活性和硝基还原酶基因表达的方法。该染料的结构为:其中Z1和Z2分别表示苯环或萘环系统;X和Y选自氧、硫、—CH═CH—和该组:R1和R2选自C1-C4烷基,—(CH2)n—P,—(CH2)2—O}p—R6和组W;其中P选自COOR7、SO3−和OH,W为单取代或双取代的硝基苯甲基,R6为甲基或乙基,R7选自H、C1-C4烷基和CH2OC(O)R8,其中R8为甲基或叔丁基,n为1到10的整数,p为1到3的整数;R3和R4选自氢、NO2、卤素、SO3−、C1-C4烷氧基和—(CH2)m—COOR7,其中R7如前所述,m为0或1到5的整数;R5为C1-C6烷基,可选地取代为COOR7、SO3−或OH,其中R7如前所述;且R1、R2、R3和R4中至少有一个组含有至少一个NO2基团。还提供了用于筛选测试剂的方法,该测试剂的作用是确定其对硝基还原酶酶活性和硝基还原酶基因表达的影响。