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Tenney L, Pham VN, Brewer TF, Chang CJ. A mitochondrial-targeted activity-based sensing probe for ratiometric imaging of formaldehyde reveals key regulators of the mitochondrial one-carbon pool. Chem Sci 2024; 15:8080-8088. [PMID: 38817555 PMCID: PMC11134394 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc01183j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
Abstract
Formaldehyde (FA) is both a highly reactive environmental genotoxin and an endogenously produced metabolite that functions as a signaling molecule and one-carbon (1C) store to regulate 1C metabolism and epigenetics in the cell. Owing to its signal-stress duality, cells have evolved multiple clearance mechanisms to maintain FA homeostasis, acting to avoid the established genotoxicity of FA while also redirecting FA-derived carbon units into the biosynthesis of essential nucleobases and amino acids. The highly compartmentalized nature of FA exposure, production, and regulation motivates the development of chemical tools that enable monitoring of transient FA fluxes with subcellular resolution. Here we report a mitochondrial-targeted, activity-based sensing probe for ratiometric FA detection, MitoRFAP-2, and apply this reagent to monitor endogenous mitochondrial sources and sinks of this 1C unit. We establish the utility of subcellular localization by showing that MitoRFAP-2 is sensitive enough to detect changes in mitochondrial FA pools with genetic and pharmacological modulation of enzymes involved in 1C and amino acid metabolism, including the pervasive, less active genetic mutant aldehyde dehydrogenase 2*2 (ALDH2*2), where previous, non-targeted versions of FA sensors are not. Finally, we used MitoRFAP-2 to comparatively profile basal levels of FA across a panel of breast cancer cell lines, finding that FA-dependent fluorescence correlates with expression levels of enzymes involved in 1C metabolism. By showcasing the ability of MitoRFAP-2 to identify new information on mitochondrial FA homeostasis, this work provides a starting point for the design of a broader range of chemical probes for detecting physiologically important aldehydes with subcellular resolution and a useful reagent for further studies of 1C biology.
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- Logan Tenney
- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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Sorlin A, López-Álvarez M, Rabbitt SJ, Alanizi AA, Shuere R, Bobba KN, Blecha J, Sakhamuri S, Evans MJ, Bayles KW, Flavell RR, Rosenberg OS, Sriram R, Desmet T, Nidetzky B, Engel J, Ohliger MA, Fraser JS, Wilson DM. Chemoenzymatic Syntheses of Fluorine-18-Labeled Disaccharides from [ 18F] FDG Yield Potent Sensors of Living Bacteria In Vivo. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:17632-17642. [PMID: 37535945 PMCID: PMC10436271 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
Abstract
Chemoenzymatic techniques have been applied extensively to pharmaceutical development, most effectively when routine synthetic methods fail. The regioselective and stereoselective construction of structurally complex glycans is an elegant application of this approach that is seldom applied to positron emission tomography (PET) tracers. We sought a method to dimerize 2-deoxy-[18F]-fluoro-d-glucose ([18F]FDG), the most common tracer used in clinical imaging, to form [18F]-labeled disaccharides for detecting microorganisms in vivo based on their bacteria-specific glycan incorporation. When [18F]FDG was reacted with β-d-glucose-1-phosphate in the presence of maltose phosphorylase, the α-1,4- and α-1,3-linked products 2-deoxy-[18F]-fluoro-maltose ([18F]FDM) and 2-deoxy-2-[18F]-fluoro-sakebiose ([18F]FSK) were obtained. This method was further extended with the use of trehalose (α,α-1,1), laminaribiose (β-1,3), and cellobiose (β-1,4) phosphorylases to synthesize 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-trehalose ([18F]FDT), 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-laminaribiose ([18F]FDL), and 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-cellobiose ([18F]FDC). We subsequently tested [18F]FDM and [18F]FSK in vitro, showing accumulation by several clinically relevant pathogens including Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii, and demonstrated their specific uptake in vivo. Both [18F]FDM and [18F]FSK were stable in human serum with high accumulation in preclinical infection models. The synthetic ease and high sensitivity of [18F]FDM and [18F]FSK to S. aureus including methicillin-resistant (MRSA) strains strongly justify clinical translation of these tracers to infected patients. Furthermore, this work suggests that chemoenzymatic radiosyntheses of complex [18F]FDG-derived oligomers will afford a wide array of PET radiotracers for infectious and oncologic applications.
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- Alexandre
M. Sorlin
- Department
of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University
of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University
of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University
of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University
of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University
of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University
of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University
of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University
of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University
of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Pathology and Microbiology, University
of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, United States
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- Department
of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University
of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Medicine University of California, San
Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Gent B-9000, Belgium
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- Department
of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Gent B-9000, Belgium
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- Institute
of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Graz 8010, Austria
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- Department
of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Gent B-9000, Belgium
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- Department
of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University
of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
- Department
of Radiology Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Hospital, San Francisco, California 94110, United States
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- Department
of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University
of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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Sorlin AM, López-Álvarez M, Rabbitt SJ, Alanizi AA, Shuere R, Bobba KN, Blecha J, Sakhamuri S, Evans MJ, Bayles KW, Flavell RR, Rosenberg OS, Sriram R, Desmet T, Nidetzky B, Engel J, Ohliger MA, Fraser JS, Wilson DM. Chemoenzymatic syntheses of fluorine-18-labeled disaccharides from [ 18 F]FDG yield potent sensors of living bacteria in vivo. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.05.20.541529. [PMID: 37293043 PMCID: PMC10245702 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.20.541529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Chemoenzymatic techniques have been applied extensively to pharmaceutical development, most effectively when routine synthetic methods fail. The regioselective and stereoselective construction of structurally complex glycans is an elegant application of this approach, that is seldom applied to positron emission tomography (PET) tracers. We sought a method to dimerize 2-deoxy-[ 18 F]-fluoro-D-glucose ([ 18 F]FDG), the most common tracer used in clinical imaging, to form [ 18 F]-labeled disaccharides for detecting microorganisms in vivo based on their bacteria-specific glycan incorporation. When [ 18 F]FDG was reacted with β-D-glucose-1-phosphate in the presence of maltose phosphorylase, both the α-1,4 and α-1,3-linked products 2-deoxy-[ 18 F]-fluoro-maltose ([ 18 F]FDM) and 2-deoxy-2-[ 18 F]-fluoro-sakebiose ([ 18 F]FSK) were obtained. This method was further extended with the use of trehalose (α,α-1,1), laminaribiose (β-1,3), and cellobiose (β-1,4) phosphorylases to synthesize 2-deoxy-2-[ 18 F]fluoro-trehalose ([ 18 F]FDT), 2-deoxy-2-[ 18 F]fluoro-laminaribiose ([ 18 F]FDL), and 2-deoxy-2-[ 18 F]fluoro-cellobiose ([ 18 F]FDC). We subsequently tested [ 18 F]FDM and [ 18 F]FSK in vitro, showing accumulation by several clinically relevant pathogens including Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii, and demonstrated their specific uptake in vivo. The lead sakebiose-derived tracer [ 18 F]FSK was stable in human serum and showed high uptake in preclinical models of myositis and vertebral discitis-osteomyelitis. Both the synthetic ease, and high sensitivity of [ 18 F]FSK to S. aureus including methicillin-resistant (MRSA) strains strongly justify clinical translation of this tracer to infected patients. Furthermore, this work suggests that chemoenzymatic radiosyntheses of complex [ 18 F]FDG-derived oligomers will afford a wide array of PET radiotracers for infectious and oncologic applications.
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Approaches to Formaldehyde Measurement: From Liquid Biological Samples to Cells and Organisms. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23126642. [PMID: 35743083 PMCID: PMC9224381 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23126642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Formaldehyde (FA) is the simplest aldehyde present both in the environment and in living organisms. FA is an extremely reactive compound capable of protein crosslinking and DNA damage. For a long time, FA was considered a “biochemical waste” and a by-product of normal cellular metabolism, but in recent decades the picture has changed. As a result, the need arose for novel instruments and approaches to monitor and measure not only environmental FA in water, cosmetics, and household products, but also in food, beverages and biological samples including cells and even organisms. Despite numerous protocols being developed for in vitro and in cellulo FA assessment, many of them have remained at the “proof-of-concept” stage. We analyze the suitability of different methods developed for non-biological objects, and present an overview of the recently developed approaches, including chemically-synthesized probes and genetically encoded FA-sensors for in cellulo and in vivo FA monitoring. We also discuss the prospects of classical methods such as chromatography and spectrophotometry, and how they have been adapted in response to the demand for precise, selective and highly sensitive evaluation of FA concentration fluctuations in biological samples. The main objectives of this review is to summarize data on the main approaches for FA content measurement in liquid biological samples, pointing out the advantages and disadvantages of each method; to report the progress in development of novel molecules suitable for application in living systems; and, finally, to discuss genetically encoded FA-sensors based on existing natural biological FA-responsive elements.
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Liu J, Li K, Xue P, Xu J. Cell-permeable fluorescent indicator for imaging formaldehyde activity in living systems. Anal Biochem 2022; 652:114749. [PMID: 35636460 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2022.114749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Formaldehyde (FA), as a reactive signaling molecule, plays an important role in living systems through a diverse array of cellular pathways. However, no systematic investigation for detection and imaging of FA by rendering cells transiently permeable has been reported yet. Specifically, we developed a new cell-permeable fluorescence probe functionality that was enhanced cellular entry efficiency and well retained intracellularly after activation for visualizing endogenous FA changes. Moreover, a smart "multi-lock system -key-and-lock" strategy,which have provoked a starting point for the use of probe and related biochemical tools to monitor FA in lysosomes. The versatile "latent" fluorophore that can undergo a subsequent self-immolative spacer for interrogating the roles and functions of FA in living systems as well as related biomedical applications.
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- Jun Liu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hexi University, Zhangye City, 734000, Gansu Province, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hexi University, Zhangye City, 734000, Gansu Province, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hexi University, Zhangye City, 734000, Gansu Province, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hexi University, Zhangye City, 734000, Gansu Province, PR China
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Massing JO, Almounajed L, Minder K, Lange J, Eltahir L, Kelts J. 19F magnetic resonance probes for detecting formaldehyde. Tetrahedron Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2022.153796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Gavriel A, Sambrook M, Russell AT, Hayes W. Recent advances in self-immolative linkers and their applications in polymeric reporting systems. Polym Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2py00414c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Interest in self-immolative chemistry has grown over the past decade with more research groups harnessing the versatility to control the release of a compound from a larger chemical entity, given...
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Tao R, Liao M, Wang Y, Wang H, Tan Y, Qin S, Wei W, Tang C, Liang X, Han Y, Li X. In Situ Imaging of Formaldehyde in Live Mice with High Spatiotemporal Resolution Reveals Aldehyde Dehydrogenase-2 as a Potential Target for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment. Anal Chem 2021; 94:1308-1317. [PMID: 34962779 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Alterations in formaldehyde (FA) homeostasis are associated with the pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In vivo tracking of FA flux is important for understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms, but is challenging due to the lack of sensitive probes favoring a selective, rapid, and reversible response toward FA. In this study, we re-engineered the promiscuous and irreversible phenylhydrazines to make them selective and reversible toward FA by tuning their nucleophilicity. This effort resulted in PFM309, a selective (selectivity coefficient KFA,methylglyoxal = 0.06), rapid (t1/2 = 32 s at [FA] = 200 μM), and reversible fluorogenic probe (K = 6.24 mM-1) that tracks the FA flux in both live cells and live mice. In vivo tracking of the FA flux was realized by PFM309 imaging, which revealed the gradual accumulation of FA in the live mice brain during normal aging and its further increase in AD mice. We further identified the age-dependent loss of catabolism enzymes ALDH2 and ADH5 as the primary mechanism responsible for formaldehyde excess. Activating ALDH2 with the small molecular activator Alda1 significantly protected neurovascular cells from formaldehyde overload and consequently from impairment during AD progress both in vitro and in vivo. These findings revealed PFM309 as a robust tool to study AD pathology and highlight ALDH2 as a potential target for AD drug development.
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- Rongrong Tao
- Medical College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006 Guangdong, China
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- Medical College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006 Guangdong, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058 Zhejiang, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Dalian University, Dalian 116622 Liaoning, China
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- Medical College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006 Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018 Zhejiang, China
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- Medical College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006 Guangdong, China
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- Medical College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006 Guangdong, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058 Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018 Zhejiang, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058 Zhejiang, China
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Distinct RNA N-demethylation pathways catalyzed by nonheme iron ALKBH5 and FTO enzymes enable regulation of formaldehyde release rates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:25284-25292. [PMID: 32989163 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2007349117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The AlkB family of nonheme Fe(II)/2-oxoglutarate-dependent oxygenases are essential regulators of RNA epigenetics by serving as erasers of one-carbon marks on RNA with release of formaldehyde (FA). Two major human AlkB family members, FTO and ALKBH5, both act as oxidative demethylases of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) but furnish different major products, N6-hydroxymethyladenosine (hm6A) and adenosine (A), respectively. Here we identify foundational mechanistic differences between FTO and ALKBH5 that promote these distinct biochemical outcomes. In contrast to FTO, which follows a traditional oxidative N-demethylation pathway to catalyze conversion of m6A to hm6A with subsequent slow release of A and FA, we find that ALKBH5 catalyzes a direct m6A-to-A transformation with rapid FA release. We identify a catalytic R130/K132/Y139 triad within ALKBH5 that facilitates release of FA via an unprecedented covalent-based demethylation mechanism with direct detection of a covalent intermediate. Importantly, a K132Q mutant furnishes an ALKBH5 enzyme with an m6A demethylation profile that resembles that of FTO, establishing the importance of this residue in the proposed covalent mechanism. Finally, we show that ALKBH5 is an endogenous source of FA in the cell by activity-based sensing of FA fluxes perturbed via ALKBH5 knockdown. This work provides a fundamental biochemical rationale for nonredundant roles of these RNA demethylases beyond different substrate preferences and cellular localization, where m6A demethylation by ALKBH5 versus FTO results in release of FA, an endogenous one-carbon unit but potential genotoxin, at different rates in living systems.
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Preparation of robust fluorescent probes for tracking endogenous formaldehyde in living cells and mouse tissue slices. Nat Protoc 2020; 15:3499-3526. [PMID: 32968251 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-020-0384-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Formaldehyde (FA) is the simplest active carbonyl species that can be spontaneously produced in the body and plays important roles in human cognitive ability and spatial memory. However, excessive intake of FA may cause a series of diseases, including cancer, diabetes, heart and liver diseases and various neuropathies. Hence, the exploration of sensitive and fast detection methods for FA is crucial to understand and diagnose these diseases. Recently, fluorescent probes have been increasingly employed as powerful tools for detecting a broad range of different small molecules due to their high selectivity, rapid response, convenient operation and relatively non-invasive nature. Thus, we have developed two naphthalimide-based fluorescent probes for detecting FA in cells and in lysosomes. Compared with other FA fluorescent probes, these two probes have several advantages, including high sensitivity and selectivity, excellent two-photon properties and high signal-to-noise ratio. In this protocol, we provide detailed procedures for the synthesis of the two probes; characterization of their sensitivity, selectivity and stability in solution; and representative application procedures for detecting FA in living cells and mouse liver tissue slices. The protocol requires ~88 h to synthesize the probes, ~24 h to characterize the probes in solution and ~25 h to carry out the biological fluorescence imaging experiments in cells and liver tissue slices.
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Bruemmer KJ, Crossley SWM, Chang CJ. Activity-Based Sensing: A Synthetic Methods Approach for Selective Molecular Imaging and Beyond. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:13734-13762. [PMID: 31605413 PMCID: PMC7665898 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
Emerging from the origins of supramolecular chemistry and the development of selective chemical receptors that rely on lock-and-key binding, activity-based sensing (ABS)-which utilizes molecular reactivity rather than molecular recognition for analyte detection-has rapidly grown into a distinct field to investigate the production and regulation of chemical species that mediate biological signaling and stress pathways, particularly metal ions and small molecules. Chemical reactions exploit the diverse chemical reactivity of biological species to enable the development of selective and sensitive synthetic methods to decipher their contributions within complex living environments. The broad utility of this reaction-driven approach facilitates application to imaging platforms ranging from fluorescence, luminescence, photoacoustic, magnetic resonance, and positron emission tomography modalities. ABS methods are also being expanded to other fields, such as drug and materials discovery.
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- Kevin J Bruemmer
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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Bruemmer KJ, Crossley SWM, Chang CJ. Aktivitätsbasierte Sensorik: ein synthetisch‐methodischer Ansatz für die selektive molekulare Bildgebung und darüber hinaus. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201909690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Kevin J. Bruemmer
- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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Hao Y, Zhang Y, Zhang A, Sun Q, Zhu J, Qu P, Chen S, Xu M. A benzothiazole-based ratiometric fluorescent probe for detection of formaldehyde and its applications for bioimaging. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 229:117988. [PMID: 31918154 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2019] [Revised: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
We presented a new benzothiazole-based fluorescent probe for ratiometric sensing of formaldehyde. Upon treatment with formaldehyde, the alkylamine-functionalized probe can be converted to its aldehyde analogue via the target-mediated 2-aza-Cope rearrangement, which led to significant shifts in both absorption (from 392 to 452 nm) and emission (from 492 to 552 nm) bands. The sensing mechanism was confirmed by HPLC, UV/Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy. The probe is capable of sensing formaldehyde under physiological conditions with high selectivity over potentially competing biological analytes. The probe also displayed sensitive ratiometric fluorescence response (up to 35.7 fold) for formaldehyde with a low limit detection of 0.58 μM. Furthermore, the probe was successfully employed for ratiometric imaging of formaldehyde in living cells as well as in zebrafish.
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- Yuanqiang Hao
- Henan Key Laboratory of Biomolecular Recognition and Sensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Early Diagnosis of Major Diseases, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu 476000, Henan Province, PR China; Key Laboratory of Theoretical Organic Chemistry and Function Molecule of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, Hunan Province, PR China.
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Biomolecular Recognition and Sensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Early Diagnosis of Major Diseases, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu 476000, Henan Province, PR China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Biomolecular Recognition and Sensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Early Diagnosis of Major Diseases, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu 476000, Henan Province, PR China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Biomolecular Recognition and Sensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Early Diagnosis of Major Diseases, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu 476000, Henan Province, PR China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Biomolecular Recognition and Sensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Early Diagnosis of Major Diseases, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu 476000, Henan Province, PR China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Biomolecular Recognition and Sensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Early Diagnosis of Major Diseases, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu 476000, Henan Province, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical Organic Chemistry and Function Molecule of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, Hunan Province, PR China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Biomolecular Recognition and Sensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Early Diagnosis of Major Diseases, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu 476000, Henan Province, PR China; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhenghou, Henan Province, PR China, 450001.
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Jiang L, Hu Q, Chen T, Min D, Yuan HQ, Bao GM. Highly sensitive and rapid responsive fluorescence probe for determination of formaldehyde in seafood and in vivo imaging application. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 228:117789. [PMID: 31780312 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 11/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Mutagenic formaldehyde (FA) is usually abused to preserve seafood, thus it is very necessary to detect harmful formaldehyde in seafood with a simple and effective method. In this work, we facilely prepared a new fluorescent probe RBNA, which showed a remarkable fluorescence lighting-up response towards FA with high sensitivity and selectivity, fast response (within 5 min) and a low detection limit (0.21 μM). The fluorescence intensity is linearly related to the concentration of FA ranging from 0 to 120 μM (R2 = 0.9952), which enables it to quantitatively determine the concentration of FA. This probe was successfully used to detect FA in seafood samples with good recoveries (80-119%). Furthermore, the probe has been utilized to image FA in living cells and zebrafish with good performance. Therefore, this probe has a good capability for rapid and sensitive determination of FA in seafood.
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- Lirong Jiang
- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, PR China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, PR China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- Institute of Functional Materials and Agricultural Applied Chemistry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, PR China.
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- Institute of Veterinary Drug/Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Animal Health, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, PR China.
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Therapeutic Efficiency of Multiple Applications of Magnetic Hyperthermia Technique in Glioblastoma Using Aminosilane Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: In Vitro and In Vivo Study. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21030958. [PMID: 32023985 PMCID: PMC7038138 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21030958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2019] [Revised: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Magnetic hyperthermia (MHT) has been shown as a promising alternative therapy for glioblastoma (GBM) treatment. This study consists of three parts: The first part evaluates the heating potential of aminosilane-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONa). The second and third parts comprise the evaluation of MHT multiple applications in GBM model, either in vitro or in vivo. The obtained heating curves of SPIONa (100 nm, +20 mV) and their specific absorption rates (SAR) stablished the best therapeutic conditions for frequencies (309 kHz and 557 kHz) and magnetic field (300 Gauss), which were stablished based on three in vitro MHT application in C6 GBM cell line. The bioluminescence (BLI) signal decayed in all applications and parameters tested and 309 kHz with 300 Gauss have shown to provide the best therapeutic effect. These parameters were also established for three MHT applications in vivo, in which the decay of BLI signal correlates with reduced tumor and also with decreased tumor glucose uptake assessed by positron emission tomography (PET) images. The behavior assessment showed a slight improvement after each MHT therapy, but after three applications the motor function displayed a relevant and progressive improvement until the latest evaluation. Thus, MHT multiple applications allowed an almost total regression of the GBM tumor in vivo. However, futher evaluations after the therapy acute phase are necessary to follow the evolution or tumor total regression. BLI, positron emission tomography (PET), and spontaneous locomotion evaluation techniques were effective in longitudinally monitoring the therapeutic effects of the MHT technique.
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Ohata J, Bruemmer KJ, Chang CJ. Activity-Based Sensing Methods for Monitoring the Reactive Carbon Species Carbon Monoxide and Formaldehyde in Living Systems. Acc Chem Res 2019; 52:2841-2848. [PMID: 31487154 PMCID: PMC7081942 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Carbon is central to the chemistry of life, and in addition to its fundamental roles as a static component of all major biomolecules spanning proteins, nucleic acids, sugars, and lipids, emerging evidence shows that small and transient carbon-based metabolites, termed reactive carbon species (RCS), are dynamic signaling/stress agents that can influence a variety of biological pathways. Recent examples include the identification of carbon monoxide (CO) as an ion channel blocker and endogenous formaldehyde (FA) as a one-carbon metabolic unit formed from the spontaneous degradation of dietary folate metabolites. These findings motivate the development of analytical tools for transient carbon species that can achieve high specificity and sensitivity to further investigate RCS signaling and stress pathways at the cell, tissue, and whole-organism levels. This Account summarizes work from our laboratory on the development of new chemical tools to monitor two important one-carbon RCS, CO and FA, through activity-based sensing (ABS), where we leverage the unique chemical reactivities of these small and transient analytes, rather than lock-and-key binding considerations, for selective detection. Classic inorganic/organometallic and organic transformations form the basis for this approach. For example, to distinguish CO from other biological diatomics of similar shape and size (e.g., nitric oxide and oxygen), we exploit palladium-mediated carbonylation as a synthetic method for CO sensing. The high selectivity of this carbonylation approach successfully enables imaging of dynamic changes in intracellular CO levels in live cells. Likewise, we apply the aza-Cope reaction for FA detection to provide high selectivity for this one-carbon unit over other larger biological aldehydes that are reactive electrophiles, such as acetaldehyde and methylglyoxal. By relying on an activity-based trigger as a design principle for small-molecule detection, this approach can be generalized to create a toolbox of selective FA imaging reagents, as illustrated by a broad range of FA probes spanning turn-on and ratiometric fluorescence imaging, positron emission tomography imaging, and chemiluminescence imaging modalities. Moreover, these chemical tools have revealed new one-carbon biology through the identification of folate as a dietary source of FA and alcohol dehydrogenase 5 as a target for FA metabolism. Indeed, these selective RCS detection methods have been expanded to a wider array of imaging platforms, such as metal-complex-based time-gated luminescence and materials-based imaging scaffolds (e.g., nanotubes, nanoparticles, and carbon dots), with modalities extending to Raman and Rayleigh scattering readouts. This pursuit of leveraging selective chemical reactivity to develop highly specific ABS probes for imaging of RCS provides not only practical tools for deciphering RCS-dependent biology but also a general design platform for developing ABS probes for a broader range of biological analytes encompassing elements across the periodic table.
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- Jun Ohata
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Liu H, Sun Y, Li Z, Yang J, Aryee AA, Qu L, Du D, Lin Y. Lysosome-targeted carbon dots for ratiometric imaging of formaldehyde in living cells. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:8458-8463. [PMID: 30994690 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr01678c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Formaldehyde (FA) is involved in many biological processes and is closely connected with many diseases including Alzheimer's disease and cancer. Therefore, methods for sensitive and selective detection of FA in living cells are highly demanded. As a new class of carbon nanomaterials, carbon dots (CDs) have attracted great attention owing to their robust photostability, good biocompatibility and environmental friendliness. In this manuscript, the first lysosome-targeted CDs for ratiometric fluorescence detection of FA were efficiently prepared from dexamethasone and 1,2,4,5-tetraaminobenzene through the microwave-assisted hydrothermal method. These CDs show highly selective and sensitive sensing ability towards FA with fast response and great changes of ratio values. The CDs exhibit robust photostability and good biocompatibility and were successfully employed in ratiometric fluorescence bioimaging of FA fluctuations in lysosomes of living cells, which demonstrates their great practicability in FA-related bioanalysis and biological studies.
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- Haifang Liu
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Clinical Application at the First Affiliated Hospital, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Green Construction of Functional Molecules and Their Bioanalytical Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China.
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Bruemmer KJ, Green O, Su TA, Shabat D, Chang CJ. Chemiluminescent Probes for Activity-Based Sensing of Formaldehyde Released from Folate Degradation in Living Mice. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:7508-7512. [PMID: 29635731 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201802143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Formaldehyde (FA) is a common environmental toxin that is also produced naturally in the body through a wide range of metabolic and epigenetic processes, motivating the development of new technologies to monitor this reactive carbonyl species (RCS) in living systems. Herein, we report a pair of first-generation chemiluminescent probes for selective formaldehyde detection. Caging phenoxy-dioxetane scaffolds bearing different electron-withdrawing groups with a general 2-aza-Cope reactive formaldehyde trigger provides chemiluminescent formaldehyde probes 540 and 700 (CFAP540 and CFAP700) for visible and near-IR detection of FA in living cells and mice, respectively. In particular, CFAP700 is capable of visualizing FA release derived from endogenous folate metabolism, providing a starting point for the use of CFAPs and related chemical tools to probe FA physiology and pathology, as well as for the development of a broader palette of chemiluminescent activity-based sensing (ABS) probes that can be employed from in vitro biochemical to cell to animal models.
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- Kevin J Bruemmer
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- School of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- School of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.,Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, USA
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Bruemmer KJ, Green O, Su TA, Shabat D, Chang CJ. Chemiluminescent Probes for Activity-Based Sensing of Formaldehyde Released from Folate Degradation in Living Mice. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201802143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Kevin J. Bruemmer
- Department of Chemistry; University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- School of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv 69978 Israel
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- Department of Chemistry; University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- School of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv 69978 Israel
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- Department of Chemistry; University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology; University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Chevy Chase MD 20815 USA
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Yang X, He L, Xu K, Yang Y, Lin W. The development of an ICT-based formaldehyde-responsive fluorescence turn-on probe with a high signal-to-noise ratio. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj02467g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An ICT-based formaldehyde fluorescence turn-on probe (PBD-FA) with a high signal-to-noise ratio was judiciously constructed for bio-applications.
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- Xueling Yang
- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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Cancer and other diseases are increasingly understood in terms of their metabolic disturbances. This thinking has revolutionized the field of ex vivo metabolomics and motivated new approaches to detect metabolites in living systems, including proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS), hyperpolarized 13C MRS, and PET. For PET, imaging abnormal metabolism in vivo is hardly new. Positron-labeled small-molecule metabolites have been used for decades in humans, including 18F-FDG, which is used frequently to detect upregulated glycolysis in tumors. Many current 18F metabolic tracers including 18F-FDG have evolved from their 11C counterparts, chemically identical to endogenous substrates and thus approximating intrinsic biochemical pathways. This mimicry has stimulated the development of new radiochemical methods to incorporate 11C and inspired the synthesis of a large number of 11C endogenous radiotracers. This is in spite of the 20-minute half-life of 11C, which generally limits its use in patients to centers with an on-site cyclotron. Innovation in 11C chemistry has persisted in the face of this limitation, because (1) the radiochemists involved are inspired, (2) the methods of 11C incorporation are diverse, and (3) 11C compounds often show more predictable in vivo behavior, thus representing an important first step in the validation of new tracer concepts. In this mini-review we will discuss some of the general motivations behind PET tracers, rationales for the use of 11C, and some of the special challenges encountered in the synthesis of 11C endogenous compounds. Most importantly, we will try to highlight the exceptional creativity used in early 11C tracer syntheses, which used enzyme-catalyzed and other "green" methods before these concepts were commonplace.
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- Kiel Neumann
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
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Bruemmer KJ, Brewer TF, Chang CJ. Fluorescent probes for imaging formaldehyde in biological systems. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2017; 39:17-23. [PMID: 28527906 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Formaldehyde (FA) is a common environmental toxin but is also endogenously produced through a diverse array of essential biological processes, including mitochondrial one-carbon metabolism, metabolite oxidation, and nuclear epigenetic modifications. Its high electrophilicity enables reactivity with a wide variety of biological nucleophiles, which can be beneficial or detrimental to cellular function depending on the context. New methods that enable detection of FA in living systems can help disentangle the signal/stress dichotomy of this simplest reactive carbonyl species (RCS), and fluorescent probes for FA with high selectivity and sensitivity have emerged as promising chemical tools in this regard.
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- Kevin J Bruemmer
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Bruemmer K, Walvoord RR, Brewer TF, Burgos-Barragan G, Wit N, Pontel LB, Patel KJ, Chang CJ. Development of a General Aza-Cope Reaction Trigger Applied to Fluorescence Imaging of Formaldehyde in Living Cells. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:5338-5350. [PMID: 28375637 PMCID: PMC5501373 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b12460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Formaldehyde (FA) is a reactive signaling molecule that is continuously produced through a number of central biological pathways spanning epigenetics to one-carbon metabolism. On the other hand, aberrant, elevated levels of FA are implicated in disease states ranging from asthma to neurodegenerative disorders. In this context, fluorescence-based probes for FA imaging are emerging as potentially powerful chemical tools to help disentangle the complexities of FA homeostasis and its physiological and pathological contributions. Currently available FA indicators require direct modification of the fluorophore backbone through complex synthetic considerations to enable FA detection, often limiting the generalization of designs to other fluorophore classes. To address this challenge, we now present the rational, iterative development of a general reaction-based trigger utilizing 2-aza-Cope reactivity for selective and sensitive detection of FA in living systems. Specifically, we developed a homoallylamine functionality that can undergo a subsequent self-immolative β-elimination, creating a FA-responsive trigger that is capable of masking a phenol on a fluorophore or any other potential chemical scaffold for related imaging and/or therapeutic applications. We demonstrate the utility of this trigger by creating a series of fluorescent probes for FA with excitation and emission wavelengths that span the UV to visible spectral regions through caging of a variety of dye units. In particular, Formaldehyde Probe 573 (FAP573), based on a resorufin scaffold, is the most red-shifted and FA sensitive in this series in terms of signal-to-noise responses and enables identification of alcohol dehydrogenase 5 (ADH5) as an enzyme that regulates FA metabolism in living cells. The results provide a starting point for the broader use of 2-aza-Cope reactivity for probing and manipulating FA biology.
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- Kevin
J. Bruemmer
- Department
of Chemistry, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- MRC
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- MRC
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- MRC
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
- Department
of Medicine, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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