Photocontrollable Fluorogenic Probe for Visualizing Near-Membrane Hypochlorite in Live Cells

Pingping Peng, Hao Li, Lei Bai, Liulin Wang, Buxiang Chen, Changmin Yu, Chengwu Zhang, Jingyan Ge, Lin Li, Wei Huang

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Abstract

Hypochlorous acid or hypochlorite (HClO/ClO) near membrane is one of the most critical reactive oxygen species (ROS). Herein, a photocontrollable fluorogenic probe for directly detecting ClO near membrane has been designed and synthesized. This probe HOCMem was constructed based on fluorescein by incorporation of a photolabile group (nitrobenzyl group), membrane-anchoring unit (cholesterol) and ClO-sensitive moiety (benzoyl group). Upon the UV irradiation, the probe exhibited a significantly increased emission at 520 nm in the presence of ClO. However, no fluorescence was observed with the treatment of only UV irradiation or ClO. In addition, this new probe displayed a good linear relationship with the concentration of ClO ranged from 1 to 50 μM with a detection limit of 260.77 nM, as well as excellent selectivity for ClO over other analytes. Furthermore, cell-based experiments showed the low cytotoxicity of this probe and its capacity for directly detecting near-membrane ClO with light switching on/off.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5981-5986
Number of pages6
JournalChemistrySelect
Volume3
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Jun 2018

Keywords

  • Cell-membrane
  • Fluorescence imaging
  • Fluorogenic probe
  • Hypochlorite
  • Photocontrollable

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