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Ma W, Chen R, Hu T, Xing S, Zhou G, Qin X, Ren H, Zhang Z, Chen J, Niu Q. New dual-responsive fluorescent sensor for hypochlorite and cyanide sensing and its imaging application in live cells and zebrafish. Talanta 2023; 265:124910. [PMID: 37418961 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023]
Abstract
Excessive levels of cyanide (CN-) and hypochlorite (ClO-) anions are the significant threats to the human health and the environment. Thus, great efforts have been to design and synthesize molecular sensors for the simple, instantaneous and efficient detecting environmentally and biologically important anions. Currently, developing a single molecular sensor for multi-analyte sensing is still a challenging task. In our present work, we developed a new molecular sensor (3TM) based on oligothiophene and Meldrum's acid units for detecting cyanide and hypochlorite anions in biological, environmental and food samples. The detecting ability of 3TM has been examined to various testing substances containing amino acids, reactive oxygen species, cations and anions, showing its high selectivity, excellent sensitivity, short response time (ClO-: 30 s, CN-: 100 s), and broad pH working range (4-10). The detection limits were calculated as 4.2 nM for ClO- in DMSO/H2O (1/8, v/v) solution and 6.5 nM for CN- in DMSO/H2O (1/99, v/v) solution. Sensor 3TM displayed sharp turn-on fluorescence increasement (555 nm, 435 nm) and sensitive fluorescence color changes caused by CN-/ClO-, which is ascribed to the nucleophilic addition and oxidation of ethylenic linkage by cyanide and hypochlorite, respectively. Moreover, sensor 3TM was applied for hypochlorite and cyanide detecting in real-world water, food samples and bio-imaging in live cells and zebrafish. To our knowledge, the developed 3TM sensor is the seventh single-molecular sensor for simultaneous and discriminative detecting hypochlorite and cyanide in food, biological and aqueous environments using two distinct sensing modes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wenwen Ma
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China.
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China.
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Li T, Chen X, Wang K, Hu Z. Small-Molecule Fluorescent Probe for Detection of Sulfite. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:1326. [PMID: 36355496 PMCID: PMC9699022 DOI: 10.3390/ph15111326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
Abstract
Sulfite is widely used as an antioxidant additive and preservative in food and beverages. Abnormal levels of sulfite in the body is related to a variety of diseases. There are strict rules for sulfite intake. Therefore, to monitor the sulfite level in physiological and pathological events, there is in urgent need to develop a rapid, accurate, sensitive, and non-invasive approach, which can also be of great significance for the improvement of the corresponding clinical diagnosis. With the development of fluorescent probes, many advantages of fluorescent probes for sulfite detection, such as real time imaging, simple operation, economy, fast response, non-invasive, and so on, have been gradually highlighted. In this review, we enumerated almost all the sulfite fluorescent probes over nearly a decade and summarized their respective characteristics, in order to provide a unified platform for their standardized evaluation. Meanwhile, we tried to systematically review the research progress of sulfite small-molecule fluorescent probes. Logically, we focused on the structures, reaction mechanisms, and applications of sulfite fluorescent probes. We hope that this review will be helpful for the investigators who are interested in sulfite-associated biological procedures.
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- Medical Laboratory of Wuxi Children’s Hospital, The Affiliated Wuxi People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Qingyang Road 299, Wuxi 214023, China
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- Medical Laboratory of Wuxi Children’s Hospital, The Affiliated Wuxi People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Qingyang Road 299, Wuxi 214023, China
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Chen R, Xing S, Hu T, Li Y, Chen J, Niu Q, Li T. Highly sensitive fluorescent sensor for hypochlorite in nearly 100% aqueous solution and its application for live-cell, plant and zebrafish imaging. Anal Chim Acta 2022; 1237:340557. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.340557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Ma Y, Mou D, Lv M, Wang T, Che L. Theoretical Investigation on The Sensing Mechanism of a Fluorescent Probe 3TBN for Cyanide Anion Detection. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2022.113837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Huang S, Yang B, Tu S. A theoretical investigation of a series of zinc ion responsive fluorescent probes based on 8-aminoquinoline. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2022.113647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Zhang Z, Tu L, Zhang D, Li Z, Huang W. Comparative studies on the absorption and fluorescence responses of hemicyanine to HSO 3-, CN -, HS - and ClO . SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 269:120781. [PMID: 34968839 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.120781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A fluorescent probe Hcy-Im bearing an indolium-hemicyanine structure was designed and synthesized to compare its responses to four anions, namely HSO3-, CN-, HS- and ClO-. The results disclosed that Hcy-Im reacted with all these four anions in 5% DMSO-PBS buffer with different speeds and spectral changes. Hcy-Im responded to HSO3- markedly quicker than CN- and HS-, and it responded to CN- a little quicker than HS- while the response to ClO- was much slower than the other three anions. The detection limits for these four anions were calculated to be 0.15 μM, 1.32 μM, 2.07 μM and 2.29 μM, respectively. The characteristic conjugated CN+ and CC bonds in Hcy-Im were responsible for the responses towards these four anions via a Michael addition-rearrangement reaction, a 1, 2-addition reaction or an oxidation reaction. These different sensing mechanisms were verified by 1HNMR and HRMS. Thus, it could be inferred that hemicyanine-based fluorescent probe could detect HSO3- sensitively and selectively while the interference of HSO3- should not be neglected when it was used for the detection of CN-, HS- and ClO-. Moreover, as HSO3-, HS- and ClO- are anions endogenously generated in human bodies, enough attention should be paid to the presence of physiological level of these three anions in certain tissues when hemicyanine-based fluorescent probe is applied for the detection of biorelevant analytes in biological samples.
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- Zichang Zhang
- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China.
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Chao J, Wang Z, Zhang T, Zhang Y, Huo F. Optimizing the framework of indolium hemicyanine to detect sulfur dioxide targeting mitochondria. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 266:120444. [PMID: 34601365 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.120444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Endogenous sulfur dioxide (SO2) is mainly produced by the enzymatic reaction of sulfur-containing amino acids in mitochondria, which has unique biological activity in inflammatory reaction, regulating blood pressure and maintaining the homeostasis of biological sulfur. It is more and more common to detect monitor SO2 levels by fluorescence probe. In recent years, the indolium hemicyanine skeleton based on the D-π-A structure has been widely used in the development of fluorescent sensors for the detection of SO2. However, subtle changes in the chemical structure of indolium may cause significant differences in SO2 sensing behavior. In this article, we designed and synthesized two probes with different lipophilicities to further study the relationship between the structure and optical properties of hemicyanine dyes. On the basis of previous studies, the structure of indolium hemicyanine skeleton was optimized by introducing -OH group, so that MC-1 and MC-2 had the best response to SO32- in pure PBS system. In addition, the lipophilicity of MC-2 was better than that of MC-1, which enabled it to respond quickly to SO32- and better target mitochondria for SO2 detection. Most importantly, the low detection limits of MC-1 and MC-2 conducive to the detection of endogenous SO2. This work provided an idea for developing SO2 fluorescent sensors with excellent water solubility and low detection limit.
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- Jianbin Chao
- Scientific Instrument Center, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China.
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- Scientific Instrument Center, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Scientific Instrument Center, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Research Institute of Applied Chemistry, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Research Institute of Applied Chemistry, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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Wan H, Xu Q, Gu P, Li H, Chen D, Li N, He J, Lu J. AIE-based fluorescent sensors for low concentration toxic ion detection in water. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 403:123656. [PMID: 33264865 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Ions, including anions and heavy metals, are extremely toxic and easily accumulate in the human body, threatening the health of humans and even causing human death at low concentrations. It is therefore necessary to detect these toxic ions in low concentrations in water. Fluorescent sensing is a good method for detecting these ions, but some conventional dyes often exhibit an aggregation caused quench (ACQ) effect in their solid state, limiting their large-scale application. Fluorescent probes based on aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties have received significant attention due to their high fluorescence quantum yields in their nano aggragated states, easy fabrication, use of moderate conditions, and selevtive recognization of organic/inorganic compounds in water with obvious changes in fluorescence. We surmarize the recent advances of AIE-based sensors for low concentration toxic ion detection in water. The detection probes can be divided into three categories: chemical reaction types, chemical interaction types and physical interaction types. Chemical reaction types utilize nucleophilic addition and coordination reaction, while chemical interaction types rely on hydrogen bonding and anion-π interactions. The physical interaction types are composed of electrostatic attractions. We finally comment on the challenges and outlook of AIE-active sensors.
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- Haibo Wan
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
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Krawczyk P. 4-(4-Chloro-2-oxo-3(1H-phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazol-2-yl)-2H-chromen-6-yl) benzaldehyde as a fluorescent probe for medical imaging: linear and nonlinear optical properties. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2020; 19:473-484. [PMID: 32159189 DOI: 10.1039/c9pp00478e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
This study presents the full theoretical optical and biological characteristics of a new fluorescent probe based on the phenanthroimidazole backbone (PB5). The aldehyde group was selected as the active group to bind to the protein during conjugation. The new fluorescent probe is based on the phenanthroimidazole backbone; however, unlike previously presented works, as the chromophore part, it contains the first introduction of the 4-chloro-2H-chromen-2-one part. In order to achieve the best cognitive aspect, the study included not only the dye itself but also the concanavalin A conjugate. The linear and non-linear optical properties and biological activities described in this study clearly indicate that the presented dye is a promising material as a fluorescent probe in medical imaging.
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- Przemystaw Krawczyk
- Nicolaus Copernicus University, Collegium Medicum, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Physical Chemistry, Kurpińskiego 5, Bydgoszcz, 85-950, Poland.
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