A Concise Synthesis of the Pennsylvania Green Fluorophore and Labeling of Intracellular Targets with <i>O</i><i><sup>6</sup></i>-Benzylguanine Derivatives
作者:Laurie F. Mottram、Ewa Maddox、Markus Schwab、Florent Beaufils、Blake R. Peterson
DOI:10.1021/ol7015093
日期:2007.9.1
We report improved syntheses of the Pennsylvania Green and 4-carboxy-Pennsylvania Green fluorophores; the latter compound was prepared from methyl 4-iodo-3-methylbenzoate in a three-pot process (32% overall yield). Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing O-6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase fusion proteins were treated with Pennsylvania Green and Oregon Green linked to O-6-benzyiguanine (SNAP-Tag substrates). Analysis of living cells by confocal microscopy revealed that Pennsylvania Green derivatives exhibit substantially higher cell permeability than analogous Oregon Green-derived molecular probes.