SpiroZin1: A Reversible and pH-Insensitive, Reaction-Based, Red-Fluorescent Probe for Imaging Biological Mobile Zinc
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Rivera-Fuentes, Pablo; Lippard, Stephen J.
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A reversible, reaction-based sensor for biological mobile zinc was designed, prepared, and characterized. The sensing mechanism of this probe is based on the zinc-induced, ring-opening reaction of spirobenzopyran to give a cyanine fluorophore that emits in the deep-red region of the electromagnetic spectrum. This probe is not activated by protons and operates efficiently in aqueous solution at pH 7 and high ionic strength. The mechanism of this reaction was studied by using a combination of kinetics experiments and DFT calculations. The biocompatibility of the probe was demonstrated in live HeLa cells.
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2014-03Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of ChemistryJournal
ChemMedChem
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Wiley Blackwell
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Rivera-Fuentes, Pablo, and Stephen J. Lippard. “SpiroZin1: A Reversible and pH-Insensitive, Reaction-Based, Red-Fluorescent Probe for Imaging Biological Mobile Zinc.” ChemMedChem 9, no. 6 (March 11, 2014): 1238–1243.
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18607179
1860-7187