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Wang Z, Fang T, Fang Y, Xie P, Liu Y. Harnessing single fluorescent probe to image deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid in cells. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 303:123216. [PMID: 37531682 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.123216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2023] [Revised: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
Abstract
The roles of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) in cells are closely related. However, the absence of molecular tools for simultaneous imaging of the two nucleic acids has prevented scientists from elucidating the regulatory mechanisms of nucleic acid interaction. The nucleic acid probes developed in recent years have ignored the regulatory relationship between DNA and RNA. Simultaneously imaging RNA and DNA in cells through a single small-molecule fluorescent probe is important. In this study, we propose a strategy for developing fluorescent probes localized to DNA and RNA to investigate their detection and imaging characteristics. The novel probe Bptp-RD has been successfully used for DNA and RNA imaging in cells. We investigated the detection and imaging characteristics of this nucleic acid probe and discovered the following: 1) the differences in the detection results of this nucleic acid probe for DNA and RNA come from the structural differences of the nucleic acids rather than chemical composition differences; 2) through using small-molecule probes to image a nucleic acid in cells, another nucleic acid can be visualized by reducing the fluorescence signal caused by DNA or RNA; 3) the order of response of the small-molecule fluorescent probe with intercalation and binding mechanisms to the type of nucleic acid structure is single chain, double chain, and ring. This work will help improve the understanding of RNA and DNA probes, and the novel probe has high potential to explore the interaction between RNA and DNA in cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zhaomin Wang
- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, PR China; Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, PR China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, PR China
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- Jinan Haorui Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Jinan 250355, PR China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, PR China; Donghu Experimental Station of Lake Ecosystems, State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, PR China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, PR China; Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, PR China.
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Yu FT, Huang Z, Yang JX, Yang LM, Xu XY, Huang JY, Kong L. Two quinoline-based two-photon fluorescent probes for imaging of viscosity in subcellular organelles of living HeLa cells. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 283:121769. [PMID: 36007347 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.121769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Revised: 08/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Two viscosity-sensitive two-photon fluorescent probes (QL and QLS) were designed and synthesized, which can be localized in lysosome and mitochondria in living HeLa cells, respectively. As the increases of viscosity from 2.55 to 1150 cP, the fluorescence quantum yield (Φ) of QL and QLS was increased by 28-fold and 37-fold, respectively. At the same time, its effective two-photon absorption cross section (ΦδTPA) was enhanced by 15-fold and 16-fold, respectively. Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) of living HeLa cells stained with QL and QLS, revealed that lysosomal viscosity ranged from 100.76 to 254.74 cP and mitochondrial viscosity ranged from 92.21 to 286.79 cP. This type of fluorescent probe is helpful in the design and application of materials for monitoring diseases associated with abnormal viscosity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Feng-Tao Yu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University), Ministry of Education, Photoelectric conversion energy materials and devices Key Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University), Ministry of Education, Photoelectric conversion energy materials and devices Key Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University), Ministry of Education, Photoelectric conversion energy materials and devices Key Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University), Ministry of Education, Photoelectric conversion energy materials and devices Key Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University), Ministry of Education, Photoelectric conversion energy materials and devices Key Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University), Ministry of Education, Photoelectric conversion energy materials and devices Key Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University), Ministry of Education, Photoelectric conversion energy materials and devices Key Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, PR China.
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Wei YF, Wang Y, Wei XR, Sun R, Xu YJ, Ge JF. Adenine-based small molecule fluorescent probe for imaging mitochondrial nucleic acid. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 229:117865. [PMID: 31813730 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A small molecule fluorescent probe (probe 1) based on adenine-coumarin derivative was designed and synthesized in this paper. Probe 1 exhibited a significant fluorescence-enhancing response to nucleic acids at 495 nm (for DNA) and 487 nm (for RNA). The fluorescence enhancement of probe 1 for DNA and RNA was 5.68 and 9.73 times respectively, the fluorescence quantum yield was changed from 2.5% to 11.7% and 22.5% accordingly. Meanwhile, an excellent linear relationship of fluorescence intensity at 495 nm or 487 nm versus the nucleic acid concentration (1 μM for probe 1, 0-350 μg/mL for DNA and 0-300 μg/mL for RNA) was obtained. Co-staining and nucleic acid digestion experiments showed that probe 1 could selectively image nucleic acids in mitochondria and nucleoli in HeLa cells.
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- Yu-Fang Wei
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Soochow University, 199 Ren'Ai Road, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Soochow University, 199 Ren'Ai Road, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Soochow University, 199 Ren'Ai Road, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Soochow University, 199 Ren'Ai Road, Suzhou 215123, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Medical Optics, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215163, China.
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Ma Y, Yin J, Li G, Gao W, Lin W. Simultaneous sensing of nucleic acid and associated cellular components with organic fluorescent chemsensors. Coord Chem Rev 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2019.213144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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