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Li S, Deng P, Chang Q, Feng M, Shang Y, Song Y, Liu Y. In Situ Generation and High Bioresistance of Trityl-based Semiquinone Methide Radicals Under Anaerobic Conditions in Cellular Systems. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400985. [PMID: 38932665 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2024] [Revised: 06/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Bioreduction of spin labels and polarizing agents (generally stable radicals) has been an obstacle limiting the in-cell applications of pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP). In this work, we have demonstrated that two semiquinone methide radicals (OXQM⋅ and CTQM⋅) can be easily produced from the trityl-based quinone methides (OXQM and CTQM) via reduction by various reducing agents including biothiols and ascorbate under anaerobic conditions. Both radicals have relatively low pKa's and exhibit EPR single line signals at physiological pH. Moreover, the bioreduction of OXQM in three cell lysates enables quantitative generation of OXQM⋅ which was most likely mediated by flavoenzymes. Importantly, the resulting OXQM⋅ exhibited extremely high stability in the E.coli lysate under anaerobic conditions with 76- and 14.3-fold slower decay kinetics as compared to the trityl OX063 and a gem-diethyl pyrrolidine nitroxide, respectively. Intracellular delivery of OXQM into HeLa cells was also achieved by covalent conjugation with a cell-permeable peptide as evidenced by the stable intracellular EPR signal from the OXQM⋅ moiety. Owing to extremely high resistance of OXQM⋅ towards bioreduction, OXQM and its derivatives show great application potential in in-cell EPR and in-cell DNP studies for various cells which can endure short-term anoxic treatments.
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- Shuai Li
- The Province and Ministry Co-Sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, P. R. China
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- The Province and Ministry Co-Sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, P. R. China
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- The Province and Ministry Co-Sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, P. R. China
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- The Province and Ministry Co-Sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, P. R. China
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- The Province and Ministry Co-Sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, P. R. China
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- The Province and Ministry Co-Sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, P. R. China
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- The Province and Ministry Co-Sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, P. R. China
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Kopp K, Westhofen L, Hett T, Felix Schwering-Sohnrey M, Mayländer M, Richert S, Schiemann O. Synthesis and dark state EPR properties of PDI-trityl dyads and triads. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303635. [PMID: 38055217 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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Covalently-linked chromophore-radical systems with their unique optical and magnetic properties are useful for applications in, e. g., quantum information science. To expand the catalog of molecular systems, we synthesized and characterized six novel chromophore-radical and radical-chromophore-radical systems employing derivatives of perylene diimide (PDI) as the chromophore and trityl as the radical. The EPR properties of these compounds were evaluated in solution at cryogenic and room temperatures. In addition, the electron spin-spin coupling in the two bistrityl systems was investigated using DQC measurements. The presented results serve as a basis for further spectroscopic investigations under photoexcitation of the PDI core.
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- Kevin Kopp
- Clausius-Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Clausius-Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Clausius-Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Albertstr. 21, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Albertstr. 21, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Clausius-Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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Liu W, Tao O, Chen L, Ling Y, Zeng M, Jin H, Jiang D. Synthesis and characterization of a Cu(ii) coordination-containing TAM radical as a nitroxyl probe. RSC Adv 2022; 12:15980-15985. [PMID: 35733682 PMCID: PMC9138401 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra07511j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Nitroxyl (HNO) has been identified as an important signaling molecule in biological systems, and it plays critical roles in many physiological processes. However, its detection remains challenging because of the limited sensitivity and/or specificity of existing detection methods. Low-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and imaging, coupled with the use of exogenous paramagnetic probes, have been indispensable techniques for the in vivo measurement of various physiological parameters owing to their specificity, noninvasiveness and good depth of magnetic field penetration in animal tissues. However, the in vivo detection of HNO levels by EPR spectroscopy and imaging is limited due to the need for improved probes. We report the first "turn on-response" EPR probe for HNO utilizing a Cu(ii) coordination-containing TAM radical (denoted as CuII[TD1]). Upon reaction with HNO, CuII[TD1] shows a 16.1-fold turn-on in EPR signal with a low detection limit of 1.95 μM. Moreover, low-temperature EPR spectroscopic and ESI-MS studies showed that the sensing mechanism relies on the reduction of Cu(ii) by HNO. Lastly, CuII[TD1] is selective for HNO over other reactive nitrogen and oxygen species except for some reductants (Cys and Asc). This new Cu(ii) coordination-containing TAM radical shows great potential for in vivo EPR HNO applications in the absence of reducing agents and provides insights into developing improved and targeted EPR HNO probes for biomedical applications.
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- Wenbo Liu
- School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Jiujiang University Jiujiang 332000 China
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- School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Jiujiang University Jiujiang 332000 China
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- School of Public Health, TianJin Medical University China
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- School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Jiujiang University Jiujiang 332000 China
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- School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Jiujiang University Jiujiang 332000 China
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- School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Jiujiang University Jiujiang 332000 China
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- School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Jiujiang University Jiujiang 332000 China
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Wang X, Peng C, He K, Ji K, Tan X, Han G, Liu Y, Liu Y, Song Y. Intracellular delivery of liposome-encapsulated Finland trityl radicals for EPR oximetry. Analyst 2020; 145:4964-4971. [PMID: 32510063 DOI: 10.1039/d0an00108b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Tetrathiatriarylmethyl (TAM, trityl) radicals have found wide applications in electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) oximetry. However, the biomedical applications of TAM radicals were exclusively limited to an extracellular region owing to their negatively charged nature. The intracellular delivery of TAM radicals still remains a challenge. In the present work, we report a liposome-based method to encapsulate the water-soluble Finland trityl radical CT-03 for its intracellular delivery. Using the thin lipid film hydration method, CT-03-loaded liposomes were prepared from DSPC/cholesterol/DOTAP with a mean size of 167.5 ± 2.4 nm and a zeta potential of 27.8 ± 0.8 mV. EPR results showed that CT-03 was entrapped into the liposomes and still exhibited good oxygen (O2) sensitivity. Moreover, CT-03 was successfully delivered into HepG2 cells and HUVECs using the CT-03-loaded liposomes. Importantly, the combination of the liposome-encapsulated radical CT-03 and the other TAM radical CT02-H enabled simultaneous measurements of the intracellular and extracellular O2 concentrations and O2 consumption rates in HepG2 cells. Our present study provides a new approach for intracellular delivery of TAM radicals and could significantly expand their biomedical applications.
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- Xing Wang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China.
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Kuzhelev AA, Tormyshev VM, Plyusnin VF, Rogozhnikova OY, Edeleva MV, Veber SL, Bagryanskaya EG. Photochemistry of tris(2,3,5,6-tetrathiaaryl)methyl radicals in various solutions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:1019-1026. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp06213k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A detailed mechanism of TAM photolysis was studied and includes photoionization of the TAM radical with the formation of carbocation and further conversion of the carbocation under aerobic conditions into quinone-methide and under anaerobic conditions supposedly into an aromatic carbene.
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- Andrey A. Kuzhelev
- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS
- Novosibirsk 630090
- Russia
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS
- Novosibirsk 630090
- Russia
- Novosibirsk State University
- Novosibirsk 630090
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- Novosibirsk State University
- Novosibirsk 630090
- Russia
- Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion
- SB RAS
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS
- Novosibirsk 630090
- Russia
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS
- Novosibirsk 630090
- Russia
- Novosibirsk State University
- Novosibirsk 630090
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- Novosibirsk State University
- Novosibirsk 630090
- Russia
- International Tomography Center SB RAS
- Novosibirsk 630090
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS
- Novosibirsk 630090
- Russia
- Novosibirsk State University
- Novosibirsk 630090
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New approach to measuring oxygen diffusion and consumption in encapsulated living cells, based on electron spin resonance microscopy. Acta Biomater 2020; 101:384-394. [PMID: 31672586 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Revised: 10/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Cell microencapsulation within biocompatible polymers is an established technology for immobilizing living cells that secrete therapeutic products. These can be transplanted into a desired site in the body for the controlled and continuous delivery of the therapeutic molecules. One of the most important properties of the material that makes up the microcapsule is its oxygen penetrability, which is critical for the cells' survival. Oxygen reaches the cells inside the microcapsules via a diffusion process. The diffusion coefficient for the microcapsules' gel material is commonly measured using bulk techniques, where the gel in a chamber is first flushed with nitrogen and the subsequent rate of oxygen diffusion back into it is measured by an oxygen electrode placed in the chamber. This technique does not address possible heterogeneities between microcapsules, and also cannot reveal O2 heterogeneity inside the microcapsule resulting from the living cells' activity. Here we develop and demonstrate a proof of principle for a new approach to measuring and imaging the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) inside a single microcapsule by means of high-resolution and high-sensitivity electron spin resonance (ESR). The proposed methodology makes use of biocompatible paramagnetic microparticulates intercalated inside the microcapsule during its preparation. The new ESR approach was used to measure the O2 diffusion properties of two types of gel materials (alginate and extracellular matrix - ECM), as well as to map a 3D image of the oxygen inside single microcapsules with living cells. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: The technology of cell microencapsulation offers major advantages in the sustained delivery of therapeutic agents used for the treatment of various diseases ranging from diabetes to cancer. Despite the great advances made in this field, it still faces substantial challenges, preventing it from reaching the clinical practice. One of the primary challenges in developing cell microencapsulation systems is providing the cells with adequate supply of oxygen in the long term. Nevertheless, there is still no methodology good enough for measuring O2 distribution inside the microcapsule with sufficient accuracy and spatial resolution without affecting the microcapsule and/or the cells' activity in it. In the present work, we introduce a novel magnetic resonance technique to address O2 availability within cell-entrapping microcapsules. For the first time O2 distribution can be accurately measured and imaged within a single microcapsule. This new technique may be an efficient tool in the development of more optimal microencapsulation systems in the future, thus bringing this promising field closer to clinical application.
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Li C, Huang Z, Gao N, Zheng J, Guan J. Injectable, thermosensitive, fast gelation, bioeliminable, and oxygen sensitive hydrogels. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2019; 99:1191-1198. [PMID: 30889653 PMCID: PMC7368179 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.02.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Revised: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The decrease of tissue oxygen content due to pathological conditions leads to severe cell death and tissue damage. Restoration of tissue oxygen content is the primary treatment goal. To accurately and efficiently assess efficacy of a treatment, minimally invasive, and long-term detection of oxygen concentration in the same tissue location represents a clinically attractive strategy. Among the different oxygen concentration measurement approaches, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) has the potential to accomplish this. Yet there lacks injectable EPR probes that can maintain a consistent concentration at the same tissue location during treatment period to acquire a stable EPR signal, and can finally be eliminated from body without retrieval. Herein, we developed injectable and bioeliminable hydrogel-based polymeric EPR probes that exhibited fast gelation rate, slow weight loss rate, and high oxygen sensitivity. The probe was based on N-Isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm), 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), dimethyl-γ-butyrolactone acrylate (DBA), and tetrathiatriarylmethyl (TAM) radical. The injectable probes can be implanted into tissues using a minimally invasive injection approach. The high gelation rate (~10 s) allowed the probes to quickly solidify upon injection to have a high retention in tissues. The polymeric probes overcame the toxicity issue of current small molecule EPR probes. The probes can be gradually hydrolyzed. Upon complete hydrolysis, the probes became water soluble at 37 °C, thus having the potential to be removed from the body by urinary system. The probes showed slow weight loss rate so as to maintain EPR signal intensity for extended periods while retaining in a certain tissue location. The probes remained their high oxygen sensitivity after in vitro hydrolysis and in vivo implantation for 4 weeks. These hydrogel-based EPR probes have attractive properties for in vivo oxygen detection.
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- Chao Li
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
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Dextran-conjugated tetrathiatriarylmethyl radicals as biocompatible spin probes for EPR spectroscopy and imaging. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2019; 29:1756-1760. [PMID: 31129052 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2019.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Revised: 05/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Tetrathiatriarylmethyl (TAM) radicals represent soluble paramagnetic probes for biomedical electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)-based spectroscopy and imaging. There is an increasing demand in the development of multifunctional, biocompatible and targeted trityl probes hampered by the difficulties in derivatization of the TAM structure. We proposed a new straightforward synthetic strategy using click chemistry for the covalent conjugation of the TAM radical with a water-soluble biocompatible carrier exemplified here by dextran. A set of dextran-grafted probes varied in the degrees of Finland trityl radical loading and dextran modification by polyethelene glycol has been synthesized. The EPR spectrum of the optimized macromolecular probe exhibits a single narrow line with high sensitivity to oxygen and has advantages over the unbound Finland trityl of being insensitive to interactions with albumin. In vivo EPR imaging of tissue oxygenation performed in breast tumor-bearing mouse using dextran-grafted probe demonstrates its utility for preclinical oximetric applications.
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Chen NT, Barth ED, Lee TH, Chen CT, Epel B, Halpern HJ, Lo LW. Highly sensitive electron paramagnetic resonance nanoradicals for quantitative intracellular tumor oxymetric images. Int J Nanomedicine 2019; 14:2963-2971. [PMID: 31118615 PMCID: PMC6503311 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s194779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Purpose: Tumor oxygenation is a critical parameter influencing the efficacy of cancer therapy. Low levels of oxygen in solid tumor have been recognized as an indicator of malignant progression and metastasis, as well as poor response to chemo- and radiation therapy. Being able to measure oxygenation for an individual's tumor would provide doctors with a valuable way of identifying optimal treatments for patients. Methods: Electron paramagnetic resonance imaging (EPRI) in combination with an oxygen-measuring paramagnetic probe was performed to measure tumor oxygenation in vivo. Triarylmethyl (trityl) radical exhibits high specificity, sensitivity, and resolution for quantitative measurement of O2 concentration. However, its in vivo applications in previous studies have been limited by the required high dosage, its short half-life, and poor intracellular permeability. To address these limitations, we developed high-capacity nanoformulated radicals that employed fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled mesoporous silica nanoparticles (FMSNs) as trityl radical carriers. The high surface area nanostructure and easy surface modification of physiochemical properties of FMSNs enable efficient targeted delivery of highly concentrated, nonself-quenched trityl radicals, protected from environmental degradation and dilution. Results: We successfully designed and synthesized a tumor-targeted nanoplatform as a carrier for trityl. In addition, the nanoformulated trityl does not affect oxygen-sensing capacity by a self-relaxation or broadening effect. The FMSN-trityl exhibited high sensitivity/response to oxygen in the partial oxygen pressure range from 0 to 155 mmHg. Furthermore, MSN-trityl displayed outstanding intracellular oxygen mapping in both in vitro and in vivo animal studies. Conclusion: The highly sensitive nanoformulated trityl spin probe can profile intracellular oxygen distributions of tumor in a real-time and quantitative manner using in vivo EPRI.
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- Nai-Tzu Chen
- Institute of New Drug Development, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Center for EPR Imaging In Vivo Physiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
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- Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Center for EPR Imaging In Vivo Physiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Center for EPR Imaging In Vivo Physiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA.,Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan 35053, Taiwan
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Hintz H, Vanas A, Klose D, Jeschke G, Godt A. Trityl Radicals with a Combination of the Orthogonal Functional Groups Ethyne and Carboxyl: Synthesis without a Statistical Step and EPR Characterization. J Org Chem 2019; 84:3304-3320. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b03234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Henrik Hintz
- Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials (CM2), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials (CM2), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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Lampp L, Rogozhnikova OY, Trukhin DV, Tormyshev VM, Bowman MK, Devasahayam N, Krishna MC, Mäder K, Imming P. A radical containing injectable in-situ-oleogel and emulgel for prolonged in-vivo oxygen measurements with CW EPR. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 130:120-127. [PMID: 30416100 PMCID: PMC8195441 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.10.442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Revised: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Molecular oxygen, reactive oxygen species and free radicals derived from oxygen play important roles in a broad spectrum of physiological and pathological processes. The quantitative measurement of molecular oxygen in tissues by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) has great potential for understanding and diagnosing a number of diseases, and for developing and guiding therapies. This requires improvements in the free radical probe systems that sense and report molecular oxygen levels in vivo. We report on the encapsulation of existing free radical probes in lipophilic gel implants: an in-situ-oleogel and an emulgel, based only on well-known, safe excipients for the incorporation of lipophilic and hydrophilic radicals, respectively. The EPR signals of encapsulated radicals were not altered compared to dissolved radicals. The high solubility of oxygen in lipophilic solvents enhanced oxygen sensitivity. The gels extended the lifetime of the radicals in tissues from tens of minutes to many days, simplifying studies with extended series of measurements. The encapsulated radicals showed a good in vivo response to changes in oxygen supply and seem to circumvent concerns from toxicity of the radical probes. These gels simplify the development of new oxygen-sensitive free radical probes for EPR oximetry by making their in vivo stability, persistence and toxicity a function of the encapsulating gel and not a set of additional requirements for the free radical probe.
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- Lisa Lampp
- Institute of Pharmacy, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Wolfgang-Langenbeck-Str. 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany; Radiation Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Building 10, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-1002, USA
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS, 9, Lavrentjev Ave, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS, 9, Lavrentjev Ave, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS, 9, Lavrentjev Ave, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Box 870336, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336, USA
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- Radiation Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Building 10, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-1002, USA
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- Radiation Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Building 10, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-1002, USA
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- Institute of Pharmacy, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Wolfgang-Langenbeck-Str. 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Wolfgang-Langenbeck-Str. 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
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Kuzhelev AA, Krumkacheva OA, Ivanov MY, Prikhod'ko SA, Adonin NY, Tormyshev VM, Bowman MK, Fedin MV, Bagryanskaya EG. Pulse EPR of Triarylmethyl Probes: A New Approach for the Investigation of Molecular Motions in Soft Matter. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:8624-8630. [PMID: 30137993 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b07714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Triarylmethyl (TAM) radicals have become widely used free radicals in the past few years. Their electron spins have long relaxation times and narrow electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) lines, which make them an important class of probes and tags in biological applications and materials science. In this work, we propose a new approach to characterize librations by means of TAM radicals. The temperature dependence of motional parameter ⟨α2⟩τc, where ⟨α2⟩ is the mean-squared amplitude of librations and τc is their characteristic time, is obtained by comparison of the 1/ Tm phase-relaxation rates at X- and Q-band EPR frequencies. We study three soft matrixes, viz., glassy trehalose and two ionic liquids, using TAMs with optimized relaxation properties OX063D and a dodeca- n-butyl homologue of Finland trityl (DBT). The motional parameters ⟨α2⟩τc obtained using TAMs are in excellent agreement with those obtained by means of nitroxide radicals. At the same time, the new TAM-based approach has (1) greater sensitivity due to the narrower EPR spectrum and (2) greater measuring accuracy and broader temperature range due to longer relaxation times. The developed approach may be fruitfully implemented to probe low-temperature molecular motions of TAM-labeled biopolymers, membrane systems, polymers, molecules in glassy media, and ionic liquids.
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- Andrey A Kuzhelev
- N.N. Vorozhtsov Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia.,International Tomography Center SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia
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- N.N. Vorozhtsov Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia
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- N.N. Vorozhtsov Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia.,University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa , Alabama 35487-0336 , United States
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia
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- N.N. Vorozhtsov Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia
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Development of heme protein based oxygen sensing indicators. Sci Rep 2018; 8:11849. [PMID: 30087408 PMCID: PMC6081431 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30329-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Oxygen is essential for aerobic life and is required for various oxygen-dependent biochemical reactions. In addition, oxygen plays important roles in multiple intracellular signaling pathways. Thus, to investigate oxygen homeostasis in living cells, we developed a genetically encoded oxygen sensor protein using the oxygen sensor domain of bacterial phosphodiesterase direct oxygen sensor protein (DosP), which was connected to yellow fluorescence protein (YFP) using an optimized antiparallel coiled-coil linker. The resulting ANA-Y (Anaerobic/aerobic sensing yellow fluorescence protein) was highly sensitive to oxygen and had a half saturation concentration of 18 μM. The ANA-Y reacts with dissolved oxygen within 10 s and the resulting increases in fluorescence are reversed with decreases in oxygen concentrations. This sensitivity of the ANA-Y enabled direct determinations of initial photosynthetic oxygen production by cyanobacteria. ANA-Y exhibits reversible fluorescence change of donor YFP following reversible absorbance change of acceptor DosH, and the operating mechanism of this ANA-Y could be used to develop various protein sensor probes for intracellular signaling molecules using natural sensor proteins.
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Tan X, Chen L, Song Y, Rockenbauer A, Villamena FA, Zweier JL, Liu Y. Thiol-Dependent Reduction of the Triester and Triamide Derivatives of Finland Trityl Radical Triggers O2-Dependent Superoxide Production. Chem Res Toxicol 2017; 30:1664-1672. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.7b00086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Xiaoli Tan
- Tianjin
Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics
and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Tianjin
Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics
and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Tianjin
Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics
and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Institute
of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
Department of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budafoki ut 8, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department
of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Center
for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging, The Davis Heart and Lung
Research Institute, The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department
of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Tianjin
Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics
and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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Single-cell time-lapse imaging of intracellular O 2 in response to metabolic inhibition and mitochondrial cytochrome-c release. Cell Death Dis 2017; 8:e2853. [PMID: 28569778 PMCID: PMC5520905 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2017.247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Revised: 04/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
The detection of intracellular molecular oxygen (O2) levels is important for understanding cell physiology, cell death, and drug effects, and has recently been improved with the development of oxygen-sensitive probes that are compatible with live cell time-lapse microscopy. We here provide a protocol for the use of the nanoparticle probe MitoImage-MM2 to monitor intracellular oxygen levels by confocal microscopy under baseline conditions, in response to mitochondrial toxins, and following mitochondrial cytochrome-c release. We demonstrate that the MitoImage-MM2 probe, which embeds Pt(II)-5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorophenyl)-porphyrin as oxygen sensor and poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) as an O2-independent component, enables quantitative, ratiometric time-lapse imaging of intracellular O2. Multiplexing with tetra-methyl-rhodamine-methyl ester in HeLa cervical cancer cells showed significant increases in intracellular O2 accompanied by strong mitochondrial depolarization when respiratory chain complexes III or IV were inhibited by Antimycin A or sodium azide, respectively, and when cells were maintained at 'physiological' tissue O2 levels (5% O2). Multiplexing also allowed us to monitor intracellular O2 during the apoptotic signaling process of mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization in HeLa expressing cytochrome-c-eGFP, and demonstrated that mitochondria post cytochrome-c release are able to retain their capacity to respire at physiological O2 despite a decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential.
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Kuzhelev AA, Tormyshev VM, Rogozhnikova OY, Trukhin DV, Troitskaya TI, Strizhakov RK, Krumkacheva OA, Fedin MV, Bagryanskaya EG. Triarylmethyl Radicals: EPR Study of 13C Hyperfine Coupling Constants. Z PHYS CHEM 2017; 231:777-794. [PMID: 28539703 PMCID: PMC5439964 DOI: 10.1515/zpch-2016-0811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Triarylmethyl (TAM) radicals are widely used in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy as spin labels and in EPR imaging as spin probes for in vivo oxymetry. One of the key advantages of TAMs is extremely narrow EPR line, especially in case of deuterated analogues (~5 μT). Another advantage is their slow spin relaxation even at physiological temperatures allowing, in particular, application of pulsed dipolar EPR methods for distance measurements in biomolecules. In this paper a large series of TAM radicals and their deuterated analogues is synthesized, and corresponding spectroscopic parameters including 13C hyperfine constants are obtained for the first time. The negligible dependence of 13C hyperfine constants on solvent, as well as on structure and number of substituents at para-C atoms of aromatic rings, has been found. In addition, we have demonstrated that 13C signals at natural abundance can be employed for successful room-temperature distance measurements using Pulsed Electron Double Resonance (PELDOR or DEER).
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- Andrey A. Kuzhelev
- N.N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- N.N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- N.N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- N.N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- N.N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- N.N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- N.N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Liu W, Nie J, Tan X, Liu H, Yu N, Han G, Zhu Y, Villamena FA, Song Y, Zweier JL, Liu Y. Synthesis and Characterization of PEGylated Trityl Radicals: Effect of PEGylation on Physicochemical Properties. J Org Chem 2016; 82:588-596. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b02590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Wenbo Liu
- Tianjin
Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics
and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Tianjin
Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics
and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Tianjin
Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics
and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Tianjin
Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics
and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Tianjin
Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics
and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Tianjin
Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics
and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- State
Key
Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of
Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- Department
of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Tianjin
Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics
and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Center
for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging, The Davis Heart and Lung
Research Institute, the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department
of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Tianjin
Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics
and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
- Center
for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging, The Davis Heart and Lung
Research Institute, the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department
of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Dhimitruka I, Alzarie YA, Hemann C, Samouilov A, Zweier JL. Trityl radicals in perfluorocarbon emulsions as stable, sensitive, and biocompatible oximetry probes. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:5685-5688. [PMID: 27836400 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.10.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
EPR oximetry with the use of trityl radicals can enable sensitive O2 measurement in biological cells and tissues. However, in vitro cellular and in vivo biological applications are limited by rapid trityl probe degradation or biological clearance and the need to enhance probe O2 sensitivity. We synthesized novel perfluorocarbon (PFC) emulsions, ∼200nm droplet size, containing esterified perchlorinated triphenyl methyl (PTM) radicals dispersed in physiological aqueous buffers. These formulations exhibit excellent EPR signal stability, over 20-fold greater than free PTM probes, with high oxygen sensitivity ∼17mG/mmHg enabling pO2 measurement in aqueous solutions or cell suspensions with sensitivity >0.5mmHg. Thus, PFC-PTM probes hold great promise to enable combined O2 delivery and sensing as needed to restore or enhance tissue oxygenation in disease.
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- Ilirian Dhimitruka
- Department of Internal Medicine, Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Trukhin DV, Rogozhnikova OY, Troitskaya TI, Vasiliev VG, Bowman MK, Tormyshev VM. Facile and High-Yielding Synthesis of TAM Biradicals and Monofunctional TAM Radicals. Synlett 2016; 27:893-899. [PMID: 27065567 PMCID: PMC4826066 DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1561299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Facile and high-yielding procedures for synthesis of monocarboxylic acid derivatives of triarylmethyl radicals (TAMs) were developed. Reaction of methyl thioglycolate with tris(2,3,5,6-tetrathiaaryl)methyl cation smoothly afforded the monosubstituted TAM derivative, which was hydrolyzed to a monocarboxylic acid, with the TAM moiety attached to thioglycolic acid via the sulfur atom. Alternatively, the diamagnetic tricarboxylic acid precursor of Finland trityl was transformed to a trimethyl ester and partially hydrolyzed under controlled conditions. The diester product was isolated and the remaining fractions were converted back to the trimethyl ester for production of more diester. The first representatives of TAM biradicals with different TAM cores and interspin distances were obtained by reaction of these new TAM monocaboxylic acids with N,N'-dimethylethylenediamine.
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- Dmitry V. Trukhin
- Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Academician Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, Fax: +73833309752
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Academician Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, Fax: +73833309752
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Academician Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, Fax: +73833309752
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- Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Academician Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, Fax: +73833309752
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Box 870336, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336, USA
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- Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Academician Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, Fax: +73833309752
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Driesschaert B, Bobko AA, Eubank TD, Samouilov A, Khramtsov VV, Zweier JL. Poly-arginine conjugated triarylmethyl radical as intracellular spin label. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:1742-4. [PMID: 26923698 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.02.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Revised: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
Stable triarylmethyl radicals are ideal spin labels used for biomedical electron paramagnetic resonance applications. Previously reported structures exhibit polar charged functions for water solubilization preventing them from crossing the cell membrane. We report the synthesis of a triarylmethyl radical conjugated to poly-arginine peptide allowing intracellular delivery of the paramagnetic label.
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- Benoit Driesschaert
- In Vivo Multifunctional Magnetic Resonance Center, Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States; Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
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- In Vivo Multifunctional Magnetic Resonance Center, Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States; Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
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- In Vivo Multifunctional Magnetic Resonance Center, Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States; Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
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- Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University/Wexner Medical Center, 460 West 12th Avenue, BRT 0390, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- In Vivo Multifunctional Magnetic Resonance Center, Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States; Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
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- Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University/Wexner Medical Center, 460 West 12th Avenue, BRT 0390, Columbus, OH 43210, United States.
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Hashem M, Weiler-Sagie M, Kuppusamy P, Neufeld G, Neeman M, Blank A. Electron spin resonance microscopic imaging of oxygen concentration in cancer spheroids. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2015; 256:77-85. [PMID: 26022394 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2015.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Revised: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 04/29/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Oxygen (O2) plays a central role in most living organisms. The concentration of O2 is important in physiology and pathology. Despite the importance of accurate knowledge of the O2 levels, there is very limited capability to measure with high spatial resolution its distribution in millimeter-scale live biological samples. Many of the current oximetric methods, such as oxygen microelectrodes and fluorescence lifetime imaging, are compromised by O2 consumption, sample destruction, invasiveness, and difficulty to calibrate. Here, we present a new method, based on the use of the pulsed electron spin resonance (ESR) microimaging technique to obtain a 3D mapping of oxygen concentration in millimeter-scale biological samples. ESR imaging requires the incorporation of a suitable stable and inert paramagnetic spin probe into the desirable object. In this work, we use microcrystals of a paramagnetic spin probe in a new crystallographic packing form (denoted tg-LiNc-BuO). These paramagnetic species interact with paramagnetic oxygen molecules, causing a spectral line broadening that is linearly proportional to the oxygen concentration. Typical ESR results include 4D spatial-spectral images that give an indication about the oxygen concentration in different regions of the sample. This new oximetry microimaging method addresses all the problems mentioned above. It is noninvasive, sensitive to physiological oxygen levels, and easy to calibrate. Furthermore, in principle, it can be used for repetitive measurements without causing cell damage. The tissue model used in this research is spheroids of Human Colorectal carcinoma cell line (HCT-116) with a typical diameter of ∼600μm. Most studies of the microenvironmental O2 conditions inside such viable spheroids carried out in the past used microelectrodes, which require an invasive puncturing of the spheroid and are also not applicable to 3D O2 imaging. High resolution 3D oxygen maps could make it possible to evaluate the relationship between morphological and physiological alterations in the spheroids, which would help understand the oxygen metabolism in solid tumors and its correlation with the susceptibility of tumors to various oncologic treatments.
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- Mada Hashem
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Department of Biological Regulation - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- EPR Center for Viable Systems and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Departments of Radiology and Medicine, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
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- The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Biological Regulation - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.
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Frank J, Elewa M, Said MM, El Shihawy HA, El-Sadek M, Müller D, Meister A, Hause G, Drescher S, Metz H, Imming P, Mäder K. Synthesis, Characterization, and Nanoencapsulation of Tetrathiatriarylmethyl and Tetrachlorotriarylmethyl (Trityl) Radical Derivatives—A Study To Advance Their Applicability as in Vivo EPR Oxygen Sensors. J Org Chem 2015; 80:6754-66. [PMID: 26020133 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b00918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Tissue oxygenation plays an important role in the pathophysiology of various diseases and is often a marker of prognosis and therapeutic response. EPR (ESR) is a suitable noninvasive oximetry technique. However, to reliably deploy soluble EPR probes as oxygen sensors in complex biological systems, there is still a need to investigate and improve their specificity, sensitivity, and stability. We reproducibly synthesized various derivatives of tetrathiatriarylmethyl and tetrachlorotriarylmethyl (trityl) radicals. Hydrophilic radicals were investigated in aqueous solution mimicking physiological conditions by, e.g., variation of viscosity and ionic strength. Their specificity was satisfactory, but the oxygen sensitivity was low. To enhance the capability of trityl radicals as oxygen sensors, encapsulation into oily core nanocapsules was performed. Thus, different lipophilic triesters were prepared and characterized in oily solution employing oils typically used in drug formulations, i.e., middle-chain triglycerides and isopropyl myristate. Our screening identified the deuterated ethyl ester of D-TAM (radical 13) to be suitable. It had an extremely narrow single EPR line under anoxic conditions and excellent oxygen sensitivity. After encapsulation, it retained its oxygen responsiveness and was protected against reduction by ascorbic acid. These biocompatible and highly sensitive nanosensors offer great potential for future EPR oximetry applications in preclinical research.
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- Juliane Frank
- †Institut für Pharmazie, Martin-Luther-Universität (MLU) Halle-Wittenberg, Wolfgang-Langenbeck-Strasse 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- †Institut für Pharmazie, Martin-Luther-Universität (MLU) Halle-Wittenberg, Wolfgang-Langenbeck-Strasse 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.,‡Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, P.O. 41522, Ismailia, Egypt
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- ‡Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, P.O. 41522, Ismailia, Egypt
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- ‡Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, P.O. 41522, Ismailia, Egypt
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- †Institut für Pharmazie, Martin-Luther-Universität (MLU) Halle-Wittenberg, Wolfgang-Langenbeck-Strasse 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- ⊥Center for Structure and Dynamics of Proteins (MZP), Biocenter Martin-Luther-Universität (MLU) Halle-Wittenberg, Weinbergweg 22, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- #Biocenter Martin-Luther-Universität (MLU) Halle-Wittenberg, Weinbergweg 22, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- †Institut für Pharmazie, Martin-Luther-Universität (MLU) Halle-Wittenberg, Wolfgang-Langenbeck-Strasse 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- †Institut für Pharmazie, Martin-Luther-Universität (MLU) Halle-Wittenberg, Wolfgang-Langenbeck-Strasse 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- †Institut für Pharmazie, Martin-Luther-Universität (MLU) Halle-Wittenberg, Wolfgang-Langenbeck-Strasse 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- †Institut für Pharmazie, Martin-Luther-Universität (MLU) Halle-Wittenberg, Wolfgang-Langenbeck-Strasse 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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Using density functional theory calculations we demonstrate the existence of a general relation between structure and spin localisation in an important class of organic radicals, and point towards its potential use in future applications.
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- Isaac Alcón
- Department de Química Física & Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional
- Universitat de Barcelona
- E-08028 Barcelona
- Spain
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- Department de Química Física & Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional
- Universitat de Barcelona
- E-08028 Barcelona
- Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)
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Tormyshev VM, Rogozhnikova OY, Bowman MK, Trukhin DV, Troitskaya TI, Vasiliev VG, Shundrin LA, Halpern HJ. Preparation of Diversely Substituted Triarylmethyl Radicals by the Quenching of Tris(2,3,5,6-tetrathiaaryl)methyl Cations with C-, N-, P-, and S-Nucleophiles. European J Org Chem 2014; 2014:371-380. [PMID: 24883040 PMCID: PMC4038673 DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201301161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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C-, N-, P-, and S-nucleophiles reacted with symmetrical tris(2,3,5,6-tetrathiaaryl)methyl cations, generated from the corresponding triarylmethanols by strong acids, to give a variety of asymmetrical monosubstituted persistent triaryl-methyl (TAM) radicals as the major products. The only byproducts were symmetrical TAMs.
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- Victor M. Tormyshev
- Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Acad. M.A. Lavrentjev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, http://www.nioch.nsc.ru/eng/labs/mcg_e.htm
- Department of Natural Sciences, National Research University, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogov St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Acad. M.A. Lavrentjev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, http://www.nioch.nsc.ru/eng/labs/mcg_e.htm
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Box 870336, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, USA
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- Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Acad. M.A. Lavrentjev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, http://www.nioch.nsc.ru/eng/labs/mcg_e.htm
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- Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Acad. M.A. Lavrentjev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, http://www.nioch.nsc.ru/eng/labs/mcg_e.htm
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- Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Acad. M.A. Lavrentjev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, http://www.nioch.nsc.ru/eng/labs/mcg_e.htm
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- Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Acad. M.A. Lavrentjev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, http://www.nioch.nsc.ru/eng/labs/mcg_e.htm
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- The Center for EPR Imaging in vivo Physiology, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA, http://epri.uchicago.edu/
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Song Y, Liu Y, Liu W, Villamena FA, Zweier JL. Characterization of the Binding of the Finland Trityl Radical with Bovine Serum Albumin. RSC Adv 2014; 4:47649-47656. [PMID: 26257888 DOI: 10.1039/c4ra04616a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Understanding the interactions of trityl radicals with proteins is required to expand their biomedical applications. In this work, we demonstrate that the Finland trityl radical CT-03 binds to bovine serum albumin (BSA) in aqueous solution. Upon binding with BSA, CT-03 exhibits a much broader electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signal and this line broadening can be reversed by proteolysis of the BSA. The binding induces a red-shift of the maximal UV-Vis absorbance wavelength of CT-03 around 470 nm, likely due to localization of CT-03 in the relatively hydrophobic region of the protein. The interaction between CT-03 and BSA is driven by a hydrophobic interaction with an estimated binding constant of 2.18 ×105 M-1 at 298 K. Furthermore, only one CT-03 is bound to each molecule of BSA and the binding site is determined to be the sub-domain IIA (Sudlow's site I). This protein binding of the trityl probe to albumin can be used to study the structure and function of albumin and also must be considered for its use as an in vivo imaging agent or spin label.
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- Yuguang Song
- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China ; The Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio43210, United States
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China ; The Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio43210, United States
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- The Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio43210, United States ; Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- The Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio43210, United States
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Driesschaert B, Levêque P, Gallez B, Marchand-Brynaert J. RGD-conjugated triarylmethyl radical as probe for electron paramagnetic imaging. Tetrahedron Lett 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.08.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Decroos C, Balland V, Boucher JL, Bertho G, Xu-Li Y, Mansuy D. Toward stable electron paramagnetic resonance oximetry probes: synthesis, characterization, and metabolic evaluation of new ester derivatives of a tris-(para-carboxyltetrathiaaryl)methyl (TAM) radical. Chem Res Toxicol 2013; 26:1561-9. [PMID: 24010758 DOI: 10.1021/tx400250a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Tris(p-carboxyltetrathiaaryl)methyl (TAM) radicals, such as 1a ("Finland" radical), are useful EPR probes for oximetry. However, they are rapidly metabolized by liver microsomes in the presence of NADPH, with the formation of diamagnetic quinone-methide metabolites resulting from an oxidative decarboxylation of one of their carboxylate substituents. In an effort to obtain TAM derivatives potentially more metabolically stable in vivo, we have synthesized four new TAM radicals in which the carboxylate substituents of 1a have been replaced with esters groups bearing various alkyl chains designed to render them water-soluble. The new compounds were completely characterized by UV-vis and EPR spectroscopies, high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), and electrochemistry. Two of them were water-soluble enough to undergo detailed microsomal metabolic studies in comparison with 1a. They were found to be stable in the presence of the esterases present in rat liver microsomes and cytosol, and, contrary to 1a, stable to oxidation in the presence of NADPH-supplemented microsomes. A careful study of their possible microsomal reduction under anaerobic or aerobic conditions showed that they were more easily reduced than 1a, in agreement with their higher reduction potentials. They were reduced into the corresponding anions not only under anaerobic conditions but also in the presence of dioxygen. These anions were much more stable than that of 1a and could be characterized by UV-vis spectroscopy, MS, and at the level of their protonated product. However, they were oxidized by O₂, giving back to the starting ester radicals and catalyzing a futile cycle of O₂ reduction. Such reactions should be considered in the design of future stable EPR probes for oximetry in vivo.
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- Christophe Decroos
- Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques, UMR 8601 CNRS, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 45 rue des Saints-Pères, 75270 Paris, France
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Rogozhnikova OY, Vasiliev VG, Troitskaya TI, Trukhin DV, Mikhalina TV, Halpern HJ, Tormyshev VM. Generation of Trityl Radicals by Nucleophilic Quenching of Tris(2,3,5,6-tetrathiaaryl)methyl Cations and Practical and Convenient Large-Scale Synthesis of Persistent Tris(4-carboxy-2,3,5,6-tetrathiaaryl)methyl Radical. European J Org Chem 2013; 2013:3347-3355. [PMID: 24772001 PMCID: PMC3998730 DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Tris(2,3,5,6-tetrathiaaryl)methyl cations, which were generated from the corresponding triarylmethanols in the presence of strong acids, underwent reaction with nucleophiles to give trityl radicals, as the product of a one-electron reduction of the carbocation. Depending on the nature of the nucleophile, the only byproducts were either diamagnetic quinone methides or asymmetrical monosubstituted trityl radicals. Herein, we report a protocol for the large-scale synthesis of the Finland trityl, which has the advantage of high overall yield and reproducibility.
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- Olga Yu. Rogozhnikova
- Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Acad. M.A. Lavrentjev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Acad. M.A. Lavrentjev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Acad. M.A. Lavrentjev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Acad. M.A. Lavrentjev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Acad. M.A. Lavrentjev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- The Center for EPR Imaging in vivo Physiology, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Acad. M.A. Lavrentjev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogov St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Song Y, Liu Y, Hemann C, Villamena FA, Zweier JL. Esterified Dendritic TAM Radicals with Very High Stability and Enhanced Oxygen Sensitivity. J Org Chem 2013; 78:1371-6. [DOI: 10.1021/jo301849k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Yuguang Song
- The
Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, the Division of Cardiovascular
Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and‡Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- The
Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, the Division of Cardiovascular
Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and‡Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- The
Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, the Division of Cardiovascular
Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and‡Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- The
Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, the Division of Cardiovascular
Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and‡Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- The
Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, the Division of Cardiovascular
Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and‡Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Liu Y, Song Y, De Pascali F, Liu X, Villamena FA, Zweier JL. Tetrathiatriarylmethyl radical with a single aromatic hydrogen as a highly sensitive and specific superoxide probe. Free Radic Biol Med 2012; 53:2081-2091. [PMID: 23000244 PMCID: PMC4118678 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2012] [Revised: 09/04/2012] [Accepted: 09/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Superoxide (O(2)(•-)) plays crucial roles in normal physiology and disease; however, its measurement remains challenging because of the limited sensitivity and/or specificity of prior detection methods. We demonstrate that a tetrathiatriarylmethyl (TAM) radical with a single aromatic hydrogen (CT02-H) can serve as a highly sensitive and specific O(2)(•-) probe. CT02-H is an analogue of the fully substituted TAM radical CT-03 (Finland trityl) with an electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) doublet signal due to its aromatic hydrogen. Owing to the neutral nature and negligible steric hindrance of the hydrogen, O(2)(•-) preferentially reacts with CT02-H at this site with production of the diamagnetic quinone methide via oxidative dehydrogenation. Upon reaction with O(2)(•-), CT02-H loses its EPR signal and this EPR signal decay can be used to quantitatively measure O(2)(•-). This is accompanied by a change in color from green to purple, with the quinone methide product exhibiting a unique UV-Vis absorbance (ε=15,900 M(-1) cm(-1)) at 540 nm, providing an additional O(2)(•-) detection method. More than five-fold higher reactivity of CT02-H for O(2)(•-) relative to CT-03 was demonstrated, with a second-order rate constant of 1.7×10(4) M(-1) s(-1) compared to 3.1×10(3) M(-1) s(-1) for CT-03. CT02-H exhibited high specificity for O(2)(•-) as evidenced by its inertness to other oxidoreductants. The O(2)(•-) generation rates detected by CT02-H from xanthine/xanthine oxidase were consistent with those measured by cytochrome c reduction but detection sensitivity was 10- to 100-fold higher. EPR detection of CT02-H enabled measurement of very low O(2)(•-) flux with a detection limit of 0.34 nM/min over 120 min. HPLC in tandem with electrochemical detection was used to quantitatively detect the stable quinone methide product and is a highly sensitive and specific method for measurement of O(2)(•-), with a sensitivity limit of ~2×10(-13) mol (10 nM with 20-μl injection volume). Based on the O(2)-dependent linewidth broadening of its EPR spectrum, CT02-H also enables simultaneous measurement of O(2) concentration and O(2)(•-) generation and was shown to provide sensitive detection of extracellular O(2)(•-) generation in endothelial cells stimulated either by menadione or with anoxia/reoxygenation. Thus, CT02-H is a unique probe that provides very high sensitivity and specificity for measurement of O(2)(•-) by either EPR or HPLC methods.
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- Yangping Liu
- Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Koren K, Dmitriev RI, Borisov SM, Papkovsky DB, Klimant I. Complexes of Ir(III)-octaethylporphyrin with peptides as probes for sensing cellular O2. Chembiochem 2012; 13:1184-90. [PMID: 22532338 PMCID: PMC3437475 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Ir(III)-porphyrins are a relatively new group of phosphorescent dyes that have potential for oxygen sensing and labeling of biomolecules. The requirement of two axial ligands for the Ir(III) ion permits simple linkage of biomolecules by a one-step ligand-exchange reaction, for example, using precursor carbonyl chloride complexes and peptides containing histidine residue(s). Using this approach, we produced three complexes of Ir(III)-octaethylporphyrin with cell-penetrating (Ir1 and Ir2) and tumor-targeting (Ir3) peptides and studied their photophysical properties. All of the complexes were stable and possessed bright, long-decay (unquenched lifetimes exceeding 45 μs) phosphorescence at around 650 nm, with moderate sensitivity to oxygen. The Ir1 and Ir2 complexes showed positive staining of a number of mammalian cell types, thus demonstrating localization similar to endoplasmic reticulum and ATP- and temperature-independent intracellular accumulation (direct translocation mechanism). Their low photo- and cytotoxicity allows intracellular oxygen to be probed.
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- Klaus Koren
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Chen Z, Reyes LA, Johnson DH, Velayutham M, Yang C, Samouilov A, Zweier JL. Fast gated EPR imaging of the beating heart: spatiotemporally resolved 3D imaging of free-radical distribution during the cardiac cycle. Magn Reson Med 2012; 69:594-601. [PMID: 22473660 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2011] [Revised: 02/13/2012] [Accepted: 02/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In vivo or ex vivo electron paramagnetic resonance imaging (EPRI) is a powerful technique for determining the spatial distribution of free radicals and other paramagnetic species in living organs and tissues. However, applications of EPRI have been limited by long projection acquisition times and the consequent fact that rapid gated EPRI was not possible. Hence in vivo EPRI typically provided only time-averaged information. In order to achieve direct gated EPRI, a fast EPR acquisition scheme was developed to decrease EPR projection acquisition time down to 10-20 ms, along with corresponding software and instrumentation to achieve fast gated EPRI of the isolated beating heart with submillimeter spatial resolution in as little as 2-3 min. Reconstructed images display temporal and spatial variations of the free-radical distribution, anatomical structure, and contractile function within the rat heart during the cardiac cycle.
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- Zhiyu Chen
- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Dmitriev RI, Zhdanov AV, Jasionek G, Papkovsky DB. Assessment of Cellular Oxygen Gradients with a Panel of Phosphorescent Oxygen-Sensitive Probes. Anal Chem 2012; 84:2930-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ac3000144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Driesschaert B, Marchand V, Levêque P, Gallez B, Marchand-Brynaert J. A phosphonated triarylmethyl radical as a probe for measurement of pH by EPR. Chem Commun (Camb) 2012; 48:4049-51. [PMID: 22314917 DOI: 10.1039/c2cc00025c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new water soluble phosphonated tetrathiatriarylmethyl radical has been synthesized and its application for pH measurement in a physiological range by EPR is reported.
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- Benoît Driesschaert
- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences (IMCN), Molecules, Solids and Reactivity (MOST), Université catholique de Louvain, Place Louis Pasteur 1, L4.01.02, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Optical probes and techniques for O2 measurement in live cells and tissue. Cell Mol Life Sci 2012; 69:2025-39. [PMID: 22249195 PMCID: PMC3371327 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0914-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2011] [Revised: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 12/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In recent years, significant progress has been achieved in the sensing and imaging of molecular oxygen (O2) in biological samples containing live cells and tissue. We review recent developments in the measurement of O2 in such samples by optical means, particularly using the phosphorescence quenching technique. The main types of soluble O2 sensors are assessed, including small molecule, supramolecular and particle-based structures used as extracellular or intracellular probes in conjunction with different detection modalities and measurement formats. For the different O2 sensing systems, particular attention is paid to their merits and limitations, analytical performance, general convenience and applicability in specific biological applications. The latter include measurement of O2 consumption rate, sample oxygenation, sensing of intracellular O2, metabolic assessment of cells, and O2 imaging of tissue, vasculature and individual cells. Altogether, this gives the potential user a comprehensive guide for the proper selection of the appropriate optical probe(s) and detection platform to suit their particular biological applications and measurement requirements.
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Tormyshev VM, Genaev AM, Sal'nikov GE, Rogozhnikova OY, Troitskaya TI, Trukhin DV, Mamatyuk VI, Fadeev DS, Halpern HJ. Triarylmethanols bearing bulky aryl groups and the NOESY/EXSY experimental observation of two-ring-flip mechanism for helicity reversal of molecular propellers. European J Org Chem 2011; 2012. [PMID: 24294110 DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201101243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Triarylmethanols - the direct precursors of persistent trityl radicals - are racemic mixtures of chiral three-bladed molecular propellers. Depending on bulkiness of aryl groups they exhibit various liabilities to interconversion, the half- life time of room temperature racemization varying in a range between 8.4 hours and 1.32 years. NOESY/EXSY experiment performed on two representative models strongly supports the two-ring flip mechanism for the configurational interchange.
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- Victor M Tormyshev
- Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, 9 Acad. M.A. Lavrentjev Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia ; Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogov St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Efimova OV, Caia GL, Sun Z, Petryakov S, Kesselring E, Samouilov A, Zweier JL. Standard-based method for proton-electron double resonance imaging of oxygen. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2011; 212:197-203. [PMID: 21807539 PMCID: PMC3235921 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2011.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Revised: 06/24/2011] [Accepted: 06/28/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Proton-electron double resonance imaging (PEDRI) has been utilized for indirect determination of oxygen concentrations in aqueous samples and living systems. Due to the complexity of the problem, there are seven oxygen related parameters that need to be measured to determine the distribution of oxygen. We present an improved approach in which image intensities from only two PEDRI acquisitions with different EPR irradiation powers are required to determine the distribution of a paramagnetic probe and oxygen in an analyzed sample. This is achieved using three reference samples with known concentrations of a paramagnetic probe and oxygen placed inside the resonator together with the measurement sample. An EPR-off image, which has low signal intensity at low magnetic field (0.02 T) is not required for the calculations, significantly reducing the total time of the experiments and the noise while enhancing the accuracy of these oxygen measurements. The Finland trityl radical was used as the paramagnetic probe and oxygen concentrations could be accurately measured and imaged over the physiological range from 0 to 240 μM.
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- Corresponding author Dr. Jay L. Zweier, The Ohio State University, 473 W. 12 Avenue, Room 611C, Columbus, Ohio 43210, Phone 614-247-7788, Fax 614-247-7845,
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Khan N, Blinco JP, Bottle SE, Hosokawa K, Swartz HM, Micallef AS. The evaluation of new and isotopically labeled isoindoline nitroxides and an azaphenalene nitroxide for EPR oximetry. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2011; 211:170-7. [PMID: 21665499 PMCID: PMC3143274 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2011.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2010] [Revised: 05/14/2011] [Accepted: 05/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Isoindoline nitroxides are potentially useful probes for viable biological systems, exhibiting low cytotoxicity, moderate rates of biological reduction and favorable Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) characteristics. We have evaluated the anionic (5-carboxy-1,1,3,3-tetramethylisoindolin-2-yloxyl; CTMIO), cationic (5-(N,N,N-trimethylammonio)-1,1,3,3-tetramethylisoindolin-2-yloxyl iodide, QATMIO) and neutral (1,1,3,3-tetramethylisoindolin-2-yloxyl; TMIO) nitroxides and their isotopically labeled analogs ((2)H(12)- and/or (2)H(12)-(15)N-labeled) as potential EPR oximetry probes. An active ester analogue of CTMIO, designed to localize intracellularly, and the azaphenalene nitroxide 1,1,3,3-tetramethyl-2,3-dihydro-2-azaphenalen-2-yloxyl (TMAO) were also studied. While the EPR spectra of the unlabeled nitroxides exhibit high sensitivity to O(2) concentration, deuteration resulted in a loss of superhyperfine features and a subsequent reduction in O(2) sensitivity. Labeling the nitroxides with (15)N increased the signal intensity and this may be useful in decreasing the detection limits for in vivo measurements. The active ester nitroxide showed approximately 6% intracellular localization and low cytotoxicity. The EPR spectra of TMAO nitroxide indicated an increased rigidity in the nitroxide ring, due to dibenzo-annulation.
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- Nadeem Khan
- EPR Centre for Viable Systems, Department of Radiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
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- EPR Centre for Viable Systems, Department of Radiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology and School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Shin CS, Dunnam CR, Borbat PP, Dzikovski B, Barth ED, Halpern HJ, Freed JH. ESR Microscopy for Biological and Biomedical Applications. NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS (PRINT) 2011; 3:561-567. [PMID: 21984955 PMCID: PMC3188420 DOI: 10.1166/nnl.2011.1206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report on electron-spin resonance microscopy (ESRM) providing sub-micron resolution (~700nm) with a high spin concentration sample, i.e. lithium phthalocyanine (LiPc) crystal. For biomedical applications of our ESRM, we have imaged samples containing rat basophilic leukemia (RBL) cells as well as cancerous tissue samples with a resolution of several microns using a water soluble spin probe, Trityl_OX063_d24. Phantom samples with the nitroxide spin label, (15)N PDT, were also imaged to demonstrate that nitroxides, which are commonly used as spin labels, may also be used for ESRM applications. ESRM tissue imaging would therefore be valuable for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. Also, ESRM can be used to study the motility or the metabolism of cells in various environments. With further modification and/or improvement of imaging probe and spectrometer instrumentation sub-micron biological images should be obtainable, thereby providing a useful tool for various biomedical applications.
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- C. S. Shin
- National Biomedical Center for Advanced ESR Technology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Dept of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- National Biomedical Center for Advanced ESR Technology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Dept of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- National Biomedical Center for Advanced ESR Technology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Dept of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- National Biomedical Center for Advanced ESR Technology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Dept of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Center for EPR Imaging In Vivo Physiology, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
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- Center for EPR Imaging In Vivo Physiology, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
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- National Biomedical Center for Advanced ESR Technology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Dept of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Fercher A, Borisov SM, Zhdanov AV, Klimant I, Papkovsky DB. Intracellular O2 sensing probe based on cell-penetrating phosphorescent nanoparticles. ACS NANO 2011; 5:5499-5508. [PMID: 21671589 DOI: 10.1021/nn200807g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A new intracellular O(2) (icO(2)) sensing probe is presented, which comprises a nanoparticle (NP) formulation of a cationic polymer Eudragit RL-100 and a hydrophobic phosphorescent dye Pt(II)-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin (PtPFPP). Using the time-resolved fluorescence (TR-F) plate reader set-up, cell loading was investigated in detail, particularly the effects of probe concentration, loading time, serum content in the medium, cell type, density, etc. The use of a fluorescent analogue of the probe in conjunction with confocal microscopy and flow cytometry analysis, revealed that cellular uptake of the NPs is driven by nonspecific energy-dependent endocytosis and that the probe localizes inside the cell close to the nucleus. Probe calibration in biological environment was performed, which allowed conversion of measured phosphorescence lifetime signals into icO(2) concentration (μM). Its analytical performance in icO(2) sensing experiments was demonstrated by monitoring metabolic responses of mouse embryonic fibroblast cells under ambient and hypoxic macroenvironment. The NP probe was seen to generate stable and reproducible signals in different types of mammalian cells and robust responses to their metabolic stimulation, thus allowing accurate quantitative analysis. High brightness and photostability allow its use in screening experiments with cell populations on a commercial TR-F reader, and for single cell analysis on a fluorescent microscope.
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- Andreas Fercher
- Biochemistry Department, University College Cork, Cavanagh Building, College Road, Cork, Ireland
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Liu Y, Song Y, Rockenbauer A, Sun J, Hemann C, Villamena FA, Zweier JL. Synthesis of trityl radical-conjugated disulfide biradicals for measurement of thiol concentration. J Org Chem 2011; 76:3853-60. [PMID: 21488696 DOI: 10.1021/jo200265u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Measurement of thiol concentrations is of great importance for characterizing their critical role in normal metabolism and disease. Low-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and imaging, coupled with the use of exogenous paramagnetic probes, have been indispensable techniques for the in vivo measurement of various physiological parameters owing to the specificity, noninvasiveness and good depth of magnetic field penetration in animal tissues. However, in vivo detection of thiol levels by EPR spectroscopy and imaging is limited due to the need for improved probes. We report the first synthesis of trityl radical-conjugated disulfide biradicals (TSSN and TSST) as paramagnetic thiol probes. The use of trityl radicals in the construction of these biradicals greatly facilitates thiol measurement by EPR spectroscopy since trityls have extraordinary stability in living tissues with a single narrow EPR line that enables high sensitivity and resolution for in vivo EPR spectroscopy and imaging. Both biradicals exhibit broad characteristic EPR spectra at room temperature because of their intramolecular spin-spin interaction. Reaction of these biradicals with thiol compounds such as glutathione (GSH) and cysteine results in the formation of trityl monoradicals which exhibit high spectral sensitivity to oxygen. The moderately slow reaction between the biradicals and GSH (k(2) ∼ 0.3 M(-1) s(-1) for TSSN and 0.2 M(-1) s(-1) for TSST) allows for in vivo measurement of GSH concentration without altering the redox environment in biological systems. The GSH concentration in rat liver was determined to be 3.49 ± 0.14 mM by TSSN and 3.67 ± 0.24 mM by TSST, consistent with the value (3.71 ± 0.09 mM) determined by the Ellman's reagent. Thus, these trityl-based thiol probes exhibit unique properties enabling measurement of thiols in biological systems and should be of great value for monitoring redox metabolism.
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- Yangping Liu
- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging, The Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Driesschaert B, Robiette R, Lucaccioni F, Gallez B, Marchand-Brynaert J. Chiral properties of tetrathiatriarylmethyl spin probes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2011; 47:4793-5. [DOI: 10.1039/c1cc10988j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Halevy R, Tormyshev V, Blank A. Microimaging of oxygen concentration near live photosynthetic cells by electron spin resonance. Biophys J 2010; 99:971-8. [PMID: 20682276 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2010] [Revised: 04/13/2010] [Accepted: 05/03/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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We present what is, to our knowledge, a new methodology for high-resolution three-dimensional imaging of oxygen concentration near live cells. The cells are placed in the buffer solution of a stable paramagnetic probe, and electron spin-resonance microimaging is employed to map out the probe's spin-spin relaxation time (T(2)). This information is directly linked to the concentration of the oxygen molecule. The method is demonstrated with a test sample and with a small amount of live photosynthetic cells (cyanobacteria), under conditions of darkness and light. Spatial resolution of approximately 30 x 30 x 100 microm is demonstrated, with approximately microM oxygen concentration sensitivity and sub-fmol absolute oxygen sensitivity per voxel. The use of electron spin-resonance microimaging for oxygen mapping near cells complements the currently available techniques based on microelectrodes or fluorescence/phosphorescence. Furthermore, with the proper paramagnetic probe, it will also be readily applicable for intracellular oxygen microimaging, a capability which other methods find very difficult to achieve.
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- Revital Halevy
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Liu Y, Villamena FA, Song Y, Sun J, Rockenbauer A, Zweier JL. Synthesis of 14N- and 15N-labeled trityl-nitroxide biradicals with strong spin-spin interaction and improved sensitivity to redox status and oxygen. J Org Chem 2010; 75:7796-802. [PMID: 21028905 DOI: 10.1021/jo1016844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Simultaneous evaluation of redox status and oxygenation in biological systems is of great importance for the understanding of biological functions. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy coupled with the use of the nitroxide radicals have been an indispensable technique for this application but are still limited by low oxygen sensitivity and low EPR resolution in part due to the moderately broad EPR triplet and spin quenching through bioreduction. In this study, we showed that these drawbacks can be overcome through the use of trityl-nitroxide biradicals allowing for the simultaneous measurement of redox status and oxygenation. A new trityl-nitroxide biradical TNN14 composed of a pyrrolidinyl-nitroxide and a trityl and its isotopically labeled (15)N analogue TNN15 were synthesized and characterized. Both biradicals exhibited much stronger spin-spin interaction with J > 400 G compared with that of the previous synthesized trityl-nitroxide biradicals TN1 (∼160 G) and TN2 (∼52 G) with longer linker chain length. The enhanced stability of TNN14 was evaluated using ascorbate as reductant, and the effect of different types of cyclodextrins on its stability in the presence of ascorbate was also investigated. Both biradicals are sensitive to redox status, and their corresponding trityl-hydroxylamines resulting from the reduction of the biradicals by ascorbate share the same oxygen sensitivity. Of note is that the (15)N-labeled TNN15-H with an EPR doublet exhibits improved EPR signal amplitude as compared with that of TNN14-H with an EPR triplet. In addition, cyclic voltammetric studies verify the characteristic electrochemical behaviors of the trityl-nitroxide biradicals.
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- Yangping Liu
- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging, The Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
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Dhimitruka I, Grigorieva O, Zweier JL, Khramtsov VV. Synthesis, structure, and EPR characterization of deuterated derivatives of Finland trityl radical. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2010; 20:3946-9. [PMID: 20537895 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2010] [Accepted: 05/04/2010] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Substituted trityl radicals are important spin probes for functional electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging including oxygen and pH mapping in vivo. Here we report the synthetic procedure for large scale synthesis of deuterated Finland trityl radical with superior EPR spectral properties and higher sensitivity towards oxygen concentrations in solution. Additionally Finland trityl radicals substituted with linkers suitable for attaching peptide, or other synthetic precursors have been synthesized. The effect of deutero-substitution on EPR spectra of homologous derivatives has been evaluated. The compounds are potential candidates for targeted spin probes in EPR imaging.
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- Ilirian Dhimitruka
- Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210, USA
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Liu Y, Villamena FA, Rockenbauer A, Zweier JL. Trityl-nitroxide biradicals as unique molecular probes for the simultaneous measurement of redox status and oxygenation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2009; 46:628-30. [PMID: 20062884 DOI: 10.1039/b919279d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Novel trityl-nitroxide biradicals were synthesized and exhibited enhanced sensitivity and stability for rapid and simultaneous measurement of redox status and oxygenation by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
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- Yangping Liu
- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging, The Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Bobko AA, Dhimitruka I, Eubank TD, Marsh CB, Zweier JL, Khramtsov VV. Trityl-based EPR probe with enhanced sensitivity to oxygen. Free Radic Biol Med 2009; 47:654-8. [PMID: 19523513 PMCID: PMC2739013 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2009.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2009] [Revised: 06/03/2009] [Accepted: 06/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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An asymmetric derivative of the triarylmethyl radical, TAM-H, containing one aldehyde and two carboxyl groups, was synthesized. The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrum of TAM-H is characterized by a doublet of narrow lines with a linewidth of 105 mG under anoxic conditions and hyperfine interaction constant of 245 mG. The partial overlap of the components of the doublet results in enhanced sensitivity of the spectral amplitudes ratio to oxygen compared with oxygen-induced linewidth broadening of a single line. Application of the TAM-H probe allows for EPR measurements in an extended range of oxygen pressures from atmospheric to 1 mm Hg, whereas the EPR spectrum linewidth of the popular TAM-based oxygen sensor Oxo63 is practically insensitive to oxygen partial pressures below 20 mm Hg. Enhanced sensitivity of the TAM-H probe relative to Oxo63 was demonstrated in the detection of oxygen consumption by Met-1 cancer cells. The TAM-H probe allowed prolonged measurements of oxygen depletion during the hypoxia stage and down to true anoxia (<or=1.5 mm Hg).
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- Andrey A Bobko
- Dorothy M. Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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