College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People's Republic of China.
Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K.
J Am Chem Soc. 2023 Sep 13;145(36):19662-19675. doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c04303. Epub 2023 Sep 1.
Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury (HIRI) is mainly responsible for morbidity or death due to graft rejection after liver transplantation. During HIRI, superoxide anion (O) and adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) have been identified as pivotal biomarkers associated with oxidative stress and energy metabolism, respectively. However, how the temporal and spatial fluctuations of O and ATP coordinate changes in HIRI and particularly how they synergistically regulate each other in the pathological mechanism of HIRI remains unclear. Herein, we rationally designed and successfully synthesized a dual-color and dual-reversible molecular fluorescent probe (UDP) for dynamic and simultaneous visualization of O and ATP in real-time, and uncovered their interrelationship and synergy in HIRI. UDP featured excellent sensitivity, selectivity, and reversibility in response to O and ATP, which rendered UDP suitable for detecting O and ATP and generating independent responses in the blue and red fluorescence channels without spectral crosstalk. Notably, in situ imaging with UDP revealed for the first time synchronous O bursts and ATP depletion in hepatocytes and mouse livers during the process of HIRI. Surprisingly, a slight increase in ATP was observed during reperfusion. More importantly, intracellular O─succinate dehydrogenase (SDH)─mitochondrial (Mito) reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH)─Mito ATP─intracellular ATP cascade signaling pathway in the HIRI process was unveiled which illustrated the correlation between O and ATP for the first time. This research confirms the potential of UDP for the dynamic monitoring of HIRI and provides a clear illustration of HIRI pathogenesis.
肝缺血再灌注损伤 (HIRI) 主要负责肝移植后因移植物排斥而导致的发病率或死亡率。在 HIRI 期间,超氧阴离子 (O) 和三磷酸腺苷 (ATP) 已被确定为与氧化应激和能量代谢相关的关键生物标志物。然而,O 和 ATP 的时空波动如何协调 HIRI 的变化,特别是它们在 HIRI 的病理机制中如何协同调节彼此,仍然不清楚。在此,我们合理设计并成功合成了一种双色双可逆分子荧光探针 (UDP),用于实时动态可视化 O 和 ATP,揭示了它们在 HIRI 中的相互关系和协同作用。UDP 对 O 和 ATP 的响应具有出色的灵敏度、选择性和可逆性,使其适合用于检测 O 和 ATP,并在蓝色和红色荧光通道中产生独立的响应,而没有光谱串扰。值得注意的是,使用 UDP 的原位成像首次揭示了在 HIRI 过程中肝细胞和小鼠肝脏中 O 爆发和 ATP 耗竭的同步发生。令人惊讶的是,在再灌注期间观察到 ATP 略有增加。更重要的是,揭示了 HIRI 过程中细胞内 O─琥珀酸脱氢酶 (SDH)─线粒体 (Mito) 还原型烟酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸 (NADH)─Mito ATP─细胞内 ATP 级联信号通路,首次说明了 O 和 ATP 之间的相关性。这项研究证实了 UDP 用于动态监测 HIRI 的潜力,并为 HIRI 的发病机制提供了清晰的说明。