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A Selective Imidazoline-2-thione-Bearing Two-Photon Fluorescent Probe for Hypochlorous Acid in Mitochondria

  • Qingling Xu
  • , Cheol Ho Heo
  • , Jin A. Kim
  • , Hye Sue Lee
  • , Ying Hu
  • , Dayoung Kim
  • , Kunemadihalli Mathada Kotraiah Swamy
  • , Gyoungmi Kim
  • , Sang Jip Nam
  • , Hwan Myung Kim
  • , Juyoung Yoon

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Abstract

Hypochlorite (OCl-) plays a key role in the immune system and is involved in various diseases. Accordingly, direct detection of endogenous OCl- at the subcellular level is important for understanding inflammation and cellular apoptosis. In the current study, a two-photon fluorescent off/on probe (PNIS) bearing imidazoline-2-thione as an OCl- recognition unit and triphenylphosphine (TPP) as a mitochondrial-targeting group was synthesized and examined for its ability to image mitochondrial OCl- in situ. This probe, based on the specific reaction between imidazoline-2-thione and OCl-, displayed a selective fluorescent off/on response to OCl- with the various reactive oxygen species in a physiological medium. PNIS was successfully applied to image of endogenously produced mitochondrial OCl- in live RAW 264.7 cells via two-photon microscopy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6615-6620
Number of pages6
JournalAnalytical Chemistry
Volume88
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Jun 2016

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