College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, P.R. China.
Analyst. 2020 Feb 3;145(3):939-945. doi: 10.1039/c9an02034a.
Hypochlorous acid (HOCl)/hypochlorite (OCl-), an important reactive oxygen species, plays a number of important roles in various physiological processes. However, abnormal levels of OCl- can cause many serious diseases, such as atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. The development of efficient methods to monitor OCl- in biological systems is therefore of particular importance. Thus, we herein report a novel isophorone-based fluorescent probe, i.e., DCOH-FR-OCl, for OCl- detection. This probe was found to exhibit colorimetric and far-red ratiometric fluorescence response signals, excellent selectivity and sensitivity for OCl- (detection limit, 88.06 nM), a remarkably large Stokes shift (158 nm), an ultrafast response (completed within 3 s), perfect photostability, and good water solubility (100% in aqueous media). DCOH-FR-OCl, as we know, is the first probe that can detect OCl- by using two different response signals at an ultrafast speed with a large Stokes shift in fully aqueous media. Furthermore, DCOH-FR-OCl can be successfully employed in the real-time imaging of endogenous and exogenous OCl- in living cells.
次氯酸(HOCl)/次氯酸盐(OCl-)是一种重要的活性氧物质,在各种生理过程中发挥着许多重要作用。然而,OCl-的异常水平会导致许多严重的疾病,如动脉粥样硬化、类风湿性关节炎、心血管疾病和癌症。因此,开发用于监测生物体系中 OCl-的有效方法尤为重要。因此,我们在此报告了一种基于异佛尔酮的新型荧光探针,即 DCOH-FR-OCl,用于 OCl-的检测。该探针表现出色的比色和远红色比率荧光响应信号,对 OCl-具有优异的选择性和灵敏度(检测限为 88.06 nM),显著的斯托克斯位移(158nm),超快的响应速度(在 3 秒内完成),极好的光稳定性和良好的水溶性(在水介质中为 100%)。据我们所知,DCOH-FR-OCl 是第一个可以在完全水介质中使用两种不同的响应信号以超快速度和大斯托克斯位移检测 OCl-的探针。此外,DCOH-FR-OCl 可以成功用于活细胞内内源性和外源性 OCl-的实时成像。