Bimodal Visualization of Endogenous Nitric Oxide in Lysosomes with a Two-Photon Iridium(III) Phosphorescent Probe
作者:Weijun Wu、Ruilin Guan、Xinxing Liao、Xu Yan、Thomas W. Rees、Liangnian Ji、Hui Chao
DOI:10.1021/acs.analchem.9b02415
日期:2019.8.6
Nitric oxide (NO) is a fundamental signaling molecule that shows complex effects on the catabolic autophagy process, which is closely linked with lysosomal function. In this study, a new lysosome-targeted, pH-independent, and two-photon phosphorescent iridium(III) complex, Ir-BPDA, has been investigated for endogenous NO detection and imaging. The rational design of the probe, as the addition of the morpholine moieties and the substitution of a benzyl group in the amino group in Ir-BPDA, facilitates its accumulation in lysosomes and makes the reaction product with NO, Ir-BPDA-NO, insusceptible in its phosphorescence intensity and lifetime against pH changes (pH 4–10), well suited for lysosomal NO detection (pH 4–6). Furthermore, Ir-BPDA exhibits a fast and 50-fold response to NO in phosphorescence intensity and a two-photon cross-section as high as 60 GM after the reaction, as well as a notably increased phosphorescence lifetime from 200.1 to 619.6 ns. Thus, accompanied by its photostability, Ir-BPDA enabled the detection of NO in the lipopolysaccharide-stimulated macrophages and zebrafish model, revealing the endogenous lysosomal NO distribution during inflammation in vivo by means of both TPM and PLIM imaging techniques.
一氧化氮(NO)是一种基本的信号分子,对分解性自噬过程产生复杂影响,该过程与溶酶体功能密切相关。本研究中,探讨了一种新的靶向溶酶体、pH独立的双光子磷光铱(III)复合物Ir-BPDA,用于内源性NO的检测和成像。该探针的合理设计,尤其是在Ir-BPDA中添加了吗啉基并替换了氨基中的苄基,有助于其在溶酶体中的积累,使与NO反应生成的产物Ir-BPDA-NO在磷光强度和寿命上对pH变化(pH 4-10)不敏感,适合用于溶酶体的NO检测(pH 4-6)。此外,Ir-BPDA在与NO反应后表现出快速且高达50倍的磷光强度响应,并且双光子相互作用截面高达60 GM,相应的磷光寿命显著增加,从200.1 ns增加至619.6 ns。因此,结合其光稳定性,Ir-BPDA能够在脂多糖刺激的巨噬细胞和斑马鱼模型中检测NO,通过双光子显微术(TPM)和相位荧光成像(PLIM)技术揭示了体内炎症过程中内源性溶酶体NO的分布。