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Wang H, Han G, Tang H, Zhang R, Liu Z, Sun Y, Liu B, Geng J, Zhang Z. Synchronous Photoactivation-Imaging Fluorophores Break Limitations of Photobleaching and Phototoxicity in Live-cell Microscopy. Anal Chem 2023; 95:16243-16250. [PMID: 37890170 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
Abstract
Fluorescence microscopy is one of the most important tools in the studies of cell biology and many other fields, but two fundamental issues, photobleaching and phototoxicity, associated with the fluorophores have still limited its use for long-term and strong-illumination imaging of live cells. Here, we report a new concept of fluorophore engineering chemistry, synchronous photoactivation-imaging (SPI) fluorophores, activating and exciting fluorophores by a single light source to thus avoid the repeated switches between activation and excitation lights. The chemically reconstructed, nonemissive fluorophores can be photolyzed to allow continuous replenishing of "bright-state" probes detectable by standard fluorescent microscopes in the imaging process so as to bypass the photobleaching barrier to greatly extend the imaging period. Equally importantly, SPI fluorophores substantially reduce photocytotoxicity due to the scavenging of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by a photoactivable group and the slow release of "bright-state" probes to minimize ROS generation. Using SPI fluorophores, the time-lapsed confocal (>16 h) and super-resolution (>3 h) imaging of subcellular organelles under intensive illumination (50 MW/cm2) were achieved in live cells.
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- Hong Wang
- Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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- Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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- Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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- Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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- Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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- Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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- Institute of Solid-State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China
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- Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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- Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
- Institute of Solid-State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China
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Parisi E, Capasso D, Capobianco A, Peluso A, Di Gaetano S, Fusco S, Manfredi C, Mozzillo R, Pinto G, Centore R. Tautomeric and conformational switching in a new versatile N-rich heterocyclic ligand. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:14452-14462. [PMID: 33043951 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt02572k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
A new N-rich triazolo-triazole derivative, 4-methyl-7-(pyrazin-2-yl)-2H-[1,2,4]triazolo[3,2-c][1,2,4]triazole (C8H7N7), bearing a pyrazine residue at 7-position of the triazolo-triazole bicycle, was synthesized, and its acid-base and metal coordination properties were evaluated in solution. The results showed amphoteric behavior and the formation of stable complexes with Cu(ii) and Zn(ii) in pH intervals in which the ligand is neutral or deprotonated. Computational studies were performed in order to evaluate the stability of the different tautomers/conformers of the ligand, and the proton position in the neutral and acidic forms. Single crystal X-ray analysis of the free neutral ligand (2H/s-trans tautomer/conformer), and of its singly protonated (2H-3H/s-trans), doubly protonated (2H-3H-7H/s-trans) and deprotonated forms showed that the influence of the pyrazine ring on the triazolo-triazole system is mainly as electron withdrawing and chelating group, and proton acceptor. Different coordination modes have been evidenced for the neutral and deprotonated ligand. Upon metal coordination, the neutral ligand switches from 2H/s-trans to 3H/s-cis tautomer/conformer forming five-membered chelate rings, while the anionic deprotonated ligand forms six-membered chelate rings in the s-trans conformation. Altogether, five different tautomers/conformers of the ligand were isolated and characterized. In vitro tests confirmed the general antiproliferative activity of triazolo-triazole compounds and the importance of substitution in position 7 for their selectivity.
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- Emmanuele Parisi
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, I-80126 Naples, Italy.
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- CESTEV, University of Naples Federico II, Via De Amicis 95, 80145 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, I-84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, I-84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
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- CNR-Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, I-80126 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, I-80126 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, I-80126 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, I-80126 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, I-80126 Naples, Italy.
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