申请人:West Richard Martin
公开号:US20080317674A1
公开(公告)日:2008-12-25
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 Z
1
and Z
2
independently represent a phenyl or a naphthyl ring system; X and Y are selected from oxygen, sulphur, —CH═CH— and the group:
R
1
and R
2
are selected from C
1
-C
4
alkyl, —(CH
2
)
n
—P, —(CH
2
)
2
—O}
p
—R
6
and group W; where P is selected from COOR
7
, SO
3
−
and OH, W is mono- or di-substituted nitrobenzyl, R
6
is methyl or ethyl, R
7
is selected from H, C
1
-C
4
alkyl and CH
2
OC(O)R
8
, where R
8
is methyl, or t-butyl, n is an integer from 1 to 10, and p is an integer from 1 to 3; R
3
and R
4
are selected from hydrogen, NO
2
, halogen, SO
3
−
, C
1
-C
4
alkoxy and —(CH
2
)
m
, —COOR
7
; where R
7
is hereinbefore defined and m is 0 or an integer from 1 to 5; R
5
is C
1
-C
6
alkyl optionally substituted with COOR
7
, SO
3
−
, or OH; where R
7
is hereinbefore defined; and at least one of groups R
1
, R
2
, R
3
and R
4
comprises at least one N0
2
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.
本发明涉及硝基取代的方酰亚胺报告染料,以及使用该染料在细胞分析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选择自氧、硫、—CH═CH—和组:R1和R2选择自C1-C4烷基、—(CH2)n—P、—(CH2)2—O}p—R6和组W;其中,P选择自COOR7、SO3−和OH,W为单取代或二取代的硝基苯甲基,R6为甲基或乙基,R7选择自H、C1-C4烷基和CH2OC(O)R8,其中,R8选择为甲基或叔丁基,n为1至10的整数,p为1至3的整数;R3和R4选择自氢、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至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中至少有一个含有至少一个NO2基团。本发明还提供了一种筛选测试剂的方法,以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。