Pandey Subash, Arachchige Dilka Liyana, Schwandt Ronald J, Dwivedi Sushil K, Kathuria Ishana, Liu Haiying, Luck Rudy L
Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA.
J Mater Chem B. 2025 Jul 2;13(26):7865-7881. doi: 10.1039/d5tb00747j.
The spirolactam on/off switch attached to rhodamine dye is known to be a highly selective and sensitive fluorescent probe, yet few studies have explored extending the π-conjugation system within its skeleton for pH detection in live cells. An extended π-conjugated rhodamine section should enable ratiometric pH detection in the near-infrared region. In this study, we synthesized probes A and B by coupling a rhodamine derivative with 7-nitrobenzofurazan and 7-(diethylamino)-2-oxo-3,8-dihydro-2-chromene-3-carbaldehyde sections, respectively. Probe A exhibits emission a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) mechanism. Under excitation at 370 nm, the conjugated 7-nitrobenzofurazan in probe A exhibits fluorescence at 465 nm in the ring-closed state, while fluorescence at 660 nm appears in the ring-open state due to increased conjugation in the rhodamine moiety. Excitation of probe B at 325 nm resulted in reduced emission around 350 nm and a significantly enhanced response at 525 nm. Probe A was evaluated for mitochondrial pH detection through ratiometric fluorescence emission measurements. Additional tests in living HeLa cells, including responses to stimuli such as carbonyl cyanide-4(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone (FCCP), hydrogen peroxide (HO), -acetyl cysteine (NAC), mitophagy induced by nutrient deprivation, and hypoxia triggered by cobalt chloride (CoCl) treatment, as well as pH changes in fruit fly larvae, further validated its applicability for ratiometric measurement of mitochondrial pH variations. Probe A's emission was dependent on the pH level under basic conditions, but under acidic conditions, the change in conformation upon ring opening resulted in the emission also being affected by viscosity.
附着若丹明染料的螺内酰胺开/关开关是一种高度选择性和灵敏的荧光探针,但很少有研究探索在其骨架内扩展π共轭体系用于活细胞中的pH检测。扩展的π共轭若丹明部分应能实现近红外区域的比率pH检测。在本研究中,我们分别通过将若丹明衍生物与7-硝基苯并呋咱和7-(二乙氨基)-2-氧代-3,8-二氢-2-色烯-3-甲醛部分偶联,合成了探针A和探针B。探针A表现出发射——一种福斯特共振能量转移(FRET)机制。在370nm激发下,探针A中共轭的7-硝基苯并呋咱在闭环状态下于465nm处发出荧光,而由于若丹明部分共轭增加,在开环状态下于660nm处出现荧光。在325nm激发探针B导致350nm左右发射减弱,而在525nm处响应显著增强。通过比率荧光发射测量对探针A进行线粒体pH检测评估。在活的HeLa细胞中的额外测试,包括对羰基氰化物-4-(三氟甲氧基)苯腙(FCCP)、过氧化氢(HO)、N-乙酰半胱氨酸(NAC)、营养剥夺诱导的线粒体自噬以及氯化钴(CoCl)处理引发的缺氧等刺激的响应,以及果蝇幼虫中的pH变化,进一步验证了其用于比率测量线粒体pH变化的适用性。探针A的发射在碱性条件下取决于pH水平,但在酸性条件下,开环时的构象变化导致发射也受粘度影响。
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