We report the visualization of NO production using fluorescence in tissue slices of the mouse main olfactory bulb. This discovery was possible through the use of a novel, cell-trappable probe for intracellular nitric oxide detection based on a symmetric scaffold with two NO-reactive sites. Ester moieties installed onto the fluorescent probe are cleaved by intracellular esterases to yield the corresponding negatively charged, cell-impermeable acids. The trappable probe Cu
2
(FL2E) and the membrane-impermeable acid derivative Cu
2
(FL2A) respond rapidly and selectively to NO in buffers that simulate biological conditions, and application of Cu
2
(FL2E) leads to detection of endogenously produced NO in cell cultures and olfactory bulb brain slices.
我们报告了使用荧光技术在小鼠主嗅球组织切片中观察NO产生的结果。这项发现是通过使用一种基于对称支架的新型细胞可捕获探针来检测细胞内一氧化氮而实现的。将酯基安装到荧光探针上,细胞内酯酶将其裂解为相应的带负电、不可渗透的酸。可捕获的探针Cu 2 (FL2E)和膜不可渗透的酸衍生物Cu 2 (FL2A)在模拟生物条件的缓冲液中对NO做出快速、选择性的反应,应用Cu 2 (FL2E)可检测到细胞培养和嗅球脑片中内源性产生的NO。