Rational Design of Fluorescein-Based Fluorescence Probes. Mechanism-Based Design of a Maximum Fluorescence Probe for Singlet Oxygen
摘要:
Fluorescein is one of the best available fluorophores for biological applications, but the factors that control its fluorescence properties are not fully established. Thus, we initiated a study aimed at providing a strategy for rational design of functional fluorescence probes bearing fluorescein structure. We have synthesized various kinds of fluorescein derivatives and examined the relationship between their fluorescence properties and the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) levels of their benzoic acid moieties obtained by semiempirical PM3 calculations. It was concluded that the fluorescence properties of fluorescein derivatives are controlled by a photoinduced electron transfer (PET) process from the benzoic acid moiety to the xanthene ring and that the threshold of fluorescence OFF/ON switching lies around -8.9 eV for the HOMO level of the benzoic acid moiety. This information provides the basis for a practical strategy for rational design of functional fluorescence probes to detect certain biomolecules. We used this approach to design and synthesize 9-[2-(3-carboxy-9,10- dimethyl)anthryl]-6-hydroxy-3H-xanthen-3-one (DMAX) as a singlet oxygen probe and confirmed that it is the most sensitive probe currently known for O-1(2). This novel fluorescence probe has a 9,10-dimethylanthracene moiety as an extremely fast chemical trap of O-1(2). AS was expected from PM3 calculations, DMAX scarcely fluoresces; while DMAX endoperoxide (DMAX-EP) is strongly fluorescent. Further, DMAX reacts with O-1(2) more rapidly, and its sensitivity is 53-fold higher than that of 9-[2-(3-carboxy-9,10-diphenyl)-anthryl]-6-hydroxy-3H-xanthen-3-ones (DPAX), which are a series of fluorescence probes for singlet oxygen that we recently developed. DMAX should be useful as a fluorescence probe for detecting O-1(2) in a variety of biological systems.
Fluorescein is one of the best available fluorophores for biological applications, but the factors that control its fluorescence properties are not fully established. Thus, we initiated a study aimed at providing a strategy for rational design of functional fluorescence probes bearing fluorescein structure. We have synthesized various kinds of fluorescein derivatives and examined the relationship between their fluorescence properties and the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) levels of their benzoic acid moieties obtained by semiempirical PM3 calculations. It was concluded that the fluorescence properties of fluorescein derivatives are controlled by a photoinduced electron transfer (PET) process from the benzoic acid moiety to the xanthene ring and that the threshold of fluorescence OFF/ON switching lies around -8.9 eV for the HOMO level of the benzoic acid moiety. This information provides the basis for a practical strategy for rational design of functional fluorescence probes to detect certain biomolecules. We used this approach to design and synthesize 9-[2-(3-carboxy-9,10- dimethyl)anthryl]-6-hydroxy-3H-xanthen-3-one (DMAX) as a singlet oxygen probe and confirmed that it is the most sensitive probe currently known for O-1(2). This novel fluorescence probe has a 9,10-dimethylanthracene moiety as an extremely fast chemical trap of O-1(2). AS was expected from PM3 calculations, DMAX scarcely fluoresces; while DMAX endoperoxide (DMAX-EP) is strongly fluorescent. Further, DMAX reacts with O-1(2) more rapidly, and its sensitivity is 53-fold higher than that of 9-[2-(3-carboxy-9,10-diphenyl)-anthryl]-6-hydroxy-3H-xanthen-3-ones (DPAX), which are a series of fluorescence probes for singlet oxygen that we recently developed. DMAX should be useful as a fluorescence probe for detecting O-1(2) in a variety of biological systems.
Reactivity Differences Enable ROS for Selective Ablation of Bacteria
demonstrate that the reactivedifference of ROS may induce selectiveablation of Gram-positive bacteria. One mainly produces O2.− which has an excellent selectivity to Gram-positive bacteria, while the other has a higher generation of 1O2 which shows no selectivity toward bacteria. This difference may pave a new way to engineer photodynamic agents for selectively ablating Gram-positive bacteria.
开发了两种化合物以证明 ROS 的反应性差异可能诱导革兰氏阳性细菌的选择性消融。一种主要产生O 2 .−,对革兰氏阳性菌有极好的选择性,而另一种产生较多的1 O 2,对细菌没有选择性。这种差异可能为设计用于选择性消融革兰氏阳性细菌的光动力剂铺平了新的道路。