School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China.
Institute of Biotechnology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China.
Biomaterials. 2016 Nov;107:33-43. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.08.032. Epub 2016 Aug 30.
Peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) is an extremely powerful oxidant in biological systems, and can react with a wide variety of molecular targets including proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids, eventually resulting in a series of disease states such as diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, arthritis, autoimmune, and other disorders. In this work, we present a new class of ONOO(-) fluorescent probes by exploiting the ONOO(-)-triggered N-oxidation and N-nitrosation reactions of aromatic tertiary amine for the first time. The as-obtained fluorescent probe A2 could detect ONOO(-) with quite fast fluorescence off-on response (within seconds), ultrasensitivity (detection limit: <2 nM), and excellent selectivity over a series of biologically relevant reactive oxygen species as well as metal cations. With the probe, the endogenous ONOO(-) in activated RAW264.7 murine macrophage, EA.hy926 endothelial cells after oxygen glucose deprivation and reoxygenation (OGD/RO), and kidney tissue of diabetic rats has been successfully visualized. Based on the molecular platform of A2, we further develop its mitochondria- and lysosome-targetable fluorescent probes Mito-A2 and Lyso-A2 by installing the corresponding targeting groups to alkoxy unit of A2, and confirm their abilities to image ONOO(-) in mitochondria and lysosomes, respectively, by co-localization assays. It is greatly expected that these probes can serve as useful imaging tools for clarifying the distribution and pathophysiological functions of ONOO(-) in cells, subcellular organelles, and animal tissues.
过氧亚硝酸盐(ONOO(-))是生物体系中一种极其强大的氧化剂,能够与包括蛋白质、脂质和核酸在内的多种分子靶标发生反应,最终导致一系列疾病状态,如糖尿病、阿尔茨海默病、癌症、关节炎、自身免疫和其他疾病。在这项工作中,我们首次利用过氧亚硝酸盐引发的芳香叔胺的 N-氧化和 N-亚硝化反应,开发了一类新型的 ONOO(-)荧光探针。所得到的荧光探针 A2 能够以相当快的荧光关闭-开启响应(在几秒钟内)、超灵敏度(检测限:<2 nM)和出色的选择性检测一系列与生物学相关的活性氧物种以及金属阳离子。利用该探针,成功地可视化了激活的 RAW264.7 鼠巨噬细胞、氧葡萄糖剥夺和再氧合(OGD/RO)后的 EA.hy926 内皮细胞以及糖尿病大鼠肾脏组织中的内源性 ONOO(-)。基于 A2 的分子平台,我们通过在 A2 的烷氧基单元上安装相应的靶向基团,进一步开发了其线粒体和溶酶体靶向荧光探针 Mito-A2 和 Lyso-A2,并通过共定位实验证实了它们分别在线粒体和溶酶体中成像 ONOO(-)的能力。这些探针有望成为阐明 ONOO(-)在细胞、亚细胞器和动物组织中分布和病理生理学功能的有用成像工具。