Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Sci Adv. 2023 Apr 21;9(16):eade7622. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ade7622. Epub 2023 Apr 19.
Visualizing redox-active metal ions, such as Fe and Fe ions, are essential for understanding their roles in biological processes and human diseases. Despite the development of imaging probes and techniques, imaging both Fe and Fe simultaneously in living cells with high selectivity and sensitivity has not been reported. Here, we selected and developed DNAzyme-based fluorescent turn-on sensors that are selective for either Fe or Fe, revealing a decreased Fe/Fe ratio during ferroptosis and an increased Fe/Fe ratio in Alzheimer's disease mouse brain. The elevated Fe/Fe ratio was mainly observed in amyloid plaque regions, suggesting a correlation between amyloid plaques and the accumulation of Fe and/or conversion of Fe to Fe. Our sensors can provide deep insights into the biological roles of labile iron redox cycling.
可视化氧化还原活性金属离子,如 Fe 和 Fe 离子,对于理解它们在生物过程和人类疾病中的作用至关重要。尽管已经开发出了成像探针和技术,但仍未报道能够同时以高选择性和灵敏度在活细胞中对 Fe 和 Fe 进行成像。在这里,我们选择并开发了基于 DNAzyme 的荧光开启传感器,该传感器对 Fe 或 Fe 具有选择性,在铁死亡过程中发现 Fe/Fe 比值降低,而在阿尔茨海默病小鼠大脑中发现 Fe/Fe 比值升高。升高的 Fe/Fe 比值主要观察到在淀粉样斑块区域,表明淀粉样斑块与 Fe 和/或 Fe 向 Fe 的积累之间存在相关性。我们的传感器可以深入了解不稳定铁氧化还原循环的生物学作用。
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