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Minoshima M, Reja SI, Hashimoto R, Iijima K, Kikuchi K. Hybrid Small-Molecule/Protein Fluorescent Probes. Chem Rev 2024; 124:6198-6270. [PMID: 38717865 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00549] [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: 05/23/2024]
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Hybrid small-molecule/protein fluorescent probes are powerful tools for visualizing protein localization and function in living cells. These hybrid probes are constructed by diverse site-specific chemical protein labeling approaches through chemical reactions to exogenous peptide/small protein tags, enzymatic post-translational modifications, bioorthogonal reactions for genetically incorporated unnatural amino acids, and ligand-directed chemical reactions. The hybrid small-molecule/protein fluorescent probes are employed for imaging protein trafficking, conformational changes, and bioanalytes surrounding proteins. In addition, fluorescent hybrid probes facilitate visualization of protein dynamics at the single-molecule level and the defined structure with super-resolution imaging. In this review, we discuss development and the bioimaging applications of fluorescent probes based on small-molecule/protein hybrids.
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- Masafumi Minoshima
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan
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- Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan
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Ma B, Niu W, Guo J. Proximity-enhanced protein crosslinking through an alkene-tetrazine reaction. Bioorg Chem 2023; 132:106359. [PMID: 36642019 PMCID: PMC9957846 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106359] [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: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The inverse electron demand Diels-Alder (iEDDA) reaction between a tetrazine and a strained alkene has been widely explored as useful bioorthogonal chemistry for selective labeling of biomolecules. In this work, we exploit the slow reaction between a non-conjugated terminal alkene and a tetrazine, and apply this reaction to achieving a proximity-enhanced protein crosslinking. In one protein subunit, a terminal alkene-containing amino acid was site-specifically incorporated in response to an amber nonsense codon. In another protein subunit, a tetrazine moiety was introduced through the attachment to a cysteine residue. Fast protein crosslinking was achieved due to a large increase in effective molarity of the two reactants that were brought to close proximity by the two interacting protein subunits. Such a proximity-enhanced protein crosslinking is useful for the study of protein-protein interactions.
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- Bin Ma
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States; The Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication (NCIBC), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States.
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Update of the Pyrrolysyl-tRNA Synthetase/tRNA Pyl Pair and Derivatives for Genetic Code Expansion. J Bacteriol 2023; 205:e0038522. [PMID: 36695595 PMCID: PMC9945579 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00385-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The cotranslational incorporation of pyrrolysine (Pyl), the 22nd proteinogenic amino acid, into proteins in response to the UAG stop codon represents an outstanding example of natural genetic code expansion. Genetic encoding of Pyl is conducted by the pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase (PylRS) and its cognate tRNA, tRNAPyl. Owing to the high tolerance of PylRS toward diverse amino acid substrates and great orthogonality in various model organisms, the PylRS/tRNAPyl-derived pairs are ideal for genetic code expansion to insert noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) into proteins of interest. Since the discovery of cellular components involved in the biosynthesis and genetic encoding of Pyl, synthetic biologists have been enthusiastic about engineering PylRS/tRNAPyl-derived pairs to rewrite the genetic code of living cells. Recently, considerable progress has been made in understanding the molecular phylogeny, biochemical properties, and structural features of the PylRS/tRNAPyl pair, guiding its further engineering and optimization. In this review, we cover the basic and updated knowledge of the PylRS/tRNAPyl pair's unique characteristics that make it an outstanding tool for reprogramming the genetic code. In addition, we summarize the recent efforts to create efficient and (mutually) orthogonal PylRS/tRNAPyl-derived pairs for incorporation of diverse ncAAs by genome mining, rational design, and advanced directed evolution methods.
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Tang L, Bednar RM, Rozanov ND, Hemshorn ML, Mehl RA, Fang C. Rational Design for High Bioorthogonal Fluorogenicity of Tetrazine-Encoded Green Fluorescent Proteins. NATURAL SCIENCES (WEINHEIM, GERMANY) 2022; 2:e20220028. [PMID: 36440454 PMCID: PMC9699285 DOI: 10.1002/ntls.20220028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The development of bioorthogonal fluorogenic probes constitutes a vital force to advance life sciences. Tetrazine-encoded green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) show high bioorthogonal reaction rate and genetic encodability, but suffer from low fluorogenicity. Here, we unveil the real-time fluorescence mechanisms by investigating two site-specific tetrazine-modified superfolder GFPs via ultrafast spectroscopy and theoretical calculations. Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) is quantitatively modeled and revealed to govern the fluorescence quenching; for GFP150-Tet with a fluorescence turn-on ratio of ~9, it contains trimodal subpopulations with good (P1), random (P2), and poor (P3) alignments between the transition dipole moments of protein chromophore (donor) and tetrazine tag (Tet-v2.0, acceptor). By rationally designing a more free/tight environment, we created new mutants Y200A/S202Y to introduce more P2/P1 populations and improve the turn-on ratios to ~14/31, making the fluorogenicity of GFP150-Tet-S202Y the highest among all up-to-date tetrazine-encoded GFPs. In live eukaryotic cells, the GFP150-Tet-v3.0-S202Y mutant demonstrates notably increased fluorogenicity, substantiating our generalizable design strategy.
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- Longteng Tang
- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, 153 Gilbert Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-4003, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, 2011 Agricultural and Life Sciences Building, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-7305, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, 153 Gilbert Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-4003, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, 2011 Agricultural and Life Sciences Building, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-7305, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, 2011 Agricultural and Life Sciences Building, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-7305, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, 153 Gilbert Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-4003, USA
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Ting CY, Kolbeck PT, Colombo R, Chakiath C, Rice M, Marelli M, Christie RJ. Cyclopentadiene as a Multifunctional Reagent for Normal- and Inverse-Electron Demand Diels-Alder Bioconjugation. Bioconjug Chem 2022; 33:1609-1619. [PMID: 35943835 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Optimizing the Diels-Alder (DA) reaction for aqueous coupling has resulted in practical methods to link molecules such as drugs and diagnostic agents to proteins. Both normal electron demand (NED) and inverse electron demand (IED) DA coupling schemes have been employed, but neither mechanism entails a common multipurpose reactive group. This report focuses on expanding the bioconjugation toolbox for cyclopentadiene through the identification of reactive groups that couple through NED or IED mechanisms in aqueous solution. Dienophiles and tetrazine derivatives were screened for reactivity and selectivity toward antibodies bearing cyclopentadiene amino acids to yield bioconjugates. Twelve NED dienophiles and four tetrazine-based IED substrates were identified as capable of practical biocoupling. Furthermore, tetrazine ligation to cyclopentadiene occurred at a rate of 3.3 ± 0.5 M-1 s-1 and was capable of bioorthogonal transformations, as evidenced by the selective protein labeling in serum. Finally, an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC)-bearing monomethyl auristatin E was prepared via tetrazine conjugation to cyclopentadiene. The resulting ADC was stable and demonstrated potent activity in vitro. These findings expand the utility of cyclopentadiene as a tool to couple entities to proteins via dual DA addition mechanisms.
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- Cheng-Yueh Ting
- AstraZeneca R&D, Biologics Engineering, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878, United States
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- AstraZeneca R&D, Biologics Engineering, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878, United States
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- AstraZeneca R&D, Biologics Engineering, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878, United States
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- AstraZeneca R&D, Biologics Engineering, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878, United States
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- AstraZeneca R&D, Biologics Engineering, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878, United States
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- AstraZeneca R&D, Biologics Engineering, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878, United States
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- AstraZeneca R&D, Biologics Engineering, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878, United States
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Xiao M, Zhang YK, Li R, Li S, Wang D, An P. Photoactivatable Fluorogenic Azide-Alkyne Click Reaction: A Dual-Activation Fluorescent Probe. Chem Asian J 2022; 17:e202200634. [PMID: 35819362 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Aryl azide and diaryl tetrazole are both photoactive molecules, which can form nitrene and nitrile imine intermediates respectively by photolysis. Depending on the new finding that the azide can suppress the photolysis of tetrazole in the azide-tetrazole conjugated system, we developed aryl azide-tetrazole probes for the photoactivatable fluorogenic azide alkyne click (PFAAC) reaction, in which the aryl azide-tetrazole probes were not phoroactivatable fluorogenic itself, but the triazole products after click reaction were prefluorophore that can be activated by light. Therefore, in PFAAC chemistry, the fluorescent probes can be activated by two orthogonal events: azide-alkyne click reaction and light, which leads to spatiotemporal resolution and high signal-to-noise ratio. This PFAAC process was proved in vitro by copper catalyzed or strain-promoted azide-alkyne reactions and in live cells by spatiotemporally controlled organelle imaging. By incorporation a linker to the azide-tetrazole conjugate, this PFAAC chemistry could covalently label extra probes to the biomolecules and spatiotemporally detecting this process by photoinduced fluorescence.
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- Yunnan University, chemistry, CHINA
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- Yunnan University, school of chemical science and technology, South Outer Ring Road, 650500, Kunming, CHINA
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Zawada Z, Guo Z, Oliveira BL, Navo CD, Li H, Cal PMSD, Corzana F, Jiménez-Osés G, Bernardes GJL. Arylethynyltrifluoroborate Dienophiles for on Demand Activation of IEDDA Reactions. Bioconjug Chem 2021; 32:1812-1822. [PMID: 34264651 PMCID: PMC8806140 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Strained
alkenes and alkynes are the predominant dienophiles used
in inverse electron demand Diels–Alder (IEDDA) reactions. However,
their instability, cross-reactivity, and accessibility are problematic.
Unstrained dienophiles, although physiologically stable and synthetically
accessible, react with tetrazines significantly slower relative to
strained variants. Here we report the development of potassium arylethynyltrifluoroborates
as unstrained dienophiles for fast, chemically triggered IEDDA reactions.
By varying the substituents on the tetrazine (e.g., pyridyl- to benzyl-substituents),
cycloaddition kinetics can vary from fast (k2 = 21 M–1 s–1) to no reaction
with an alkyne-BF3 dienophile. The reported system was
applied to protein labeling both in the test tube and fixed cells
and even enabled mutually orthogonal labeling of two distinct proteins.
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- Zbigniew Zawada
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, United Kingdom.,Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technological Park, Building 801A, 48160 Derio-Bizkaia, Spain
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad de La Rioja, Centro de Investigación en Síntesis Química, 26006 Logroño, Spain
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technological Park, Building 801A, 48160 Derio-Bizkaia, Spain.,lkerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, United Kingdom.,Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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Miomandre F, Audebert P. 1,2,4,5-Tetrazines: An intriguing heterocycles family with outstanding characteristics in the field of luminescence and electrochemistry. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2020.100372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Galeta J, Dzijak R, Obořil J, Dračínský M, Vrabel M. A Systematic Study of Coumarin-Tetrazine Light-Up Probes for Bioorthogonal Fluorescence Imaging. Chemistry 2020; 26:9945-9953. [PMID: 32339341 PMCID: PMC7497033 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Fluorescent probes that light-up upon reaction with complementary bioorthogonal reagents are superior tools for no-wash fluorogenic bioimaging applications. In this work, a thorough study is presented on a set of seventeen structurally diverse coumarin-tetrazine probes that produce fluorescent dyes with exceptional turn-on ratios when reacted with trans-cyclooctene (TCO) and bicyclononyne (BCN) dienophiles. In general, formation of the fully aromatic pyridazine-containing dyes resulting from the reaction with BCN was found superior in terms of fluorogenicity. However, evaluation of the probes in cellular imaging experiments revealed that other factors, such as reaction kinetics and good cell permeability, prevail over the fluorescence turn-on properties. The best compound identified in this study showed excellent performance in live cell-labeling experiments and enabled no-wash fluorogenic imaging on a timescale of seconds.
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- Juraj Galeta
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and BiochemistryCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and BiochemistryCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and BiochemistryCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and BiochemistryCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and BiochemistryCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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Design of fluorescent protein-based sensors through a general protection-deprotection strategy. Methods Enzymol 2020; 640:63-82. [PMID: 32560806 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2020.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Engineered fluorescent proteins have been extensively used in biological research for the study of gene expression, protein function and trafficking, and protein-protein interactions. In addition, fluorescent proteins have also been engineered to act as biosensing agents to detect intracellular signaling molecules and other small-molecule metabolites. Although they have been engineered extensively to achieve novel properties, fluorescent proteins are traditionally modified using the 20 canonical amino acids. This limits the number of functional groups that are available to the design and construction of novel fluorescent proteins. The expansion of the genetic code through the incorporation of noncanonical amino acids presents an opportunity to add new functionalities with the intent of modifying chemical and physical properties of fluorescent proteins. Herein we provide a general procedure for the site-specific incorporation of noncanonical amino acids into fluorescent proteins in live cells. We will also discuss a noncanonical amino acid-containing fluorescent protein sensor that is based on a general protection-deprotection design strategy, for the selective detection and quantification of Hg2+.
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Dou Y, Wang Y, Duan Y, Liu B, Hu Q, Shen W, Sun H, Zhu Q. Color‐Tunable Light‐up Bioorthogonal Probes for In Vivo Two‐Photon Fluorescence Imaging. Chemistry 2020; 26:4576-4582. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Revised: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Yandong Dou
- College of Biotechnology and BioengineeringZhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou 310014 P. R. China
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- College of Biotechnology and BioengineeringZhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou 310014 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringNational University of Singapore 4 Science Drive 4 117585 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringNational University of Singapore 4 Science Drive 4 117585 Singapore Singapore
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- College of Biotechnology and BioengineeringZhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou 310014 P. R. China
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- Department of General SurgeryJinhua Municipal Central Hospital Jinhua 321000 P. R. China
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- Department of ChemistryCity University of Hong Kong 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Hong Kong P. R. China
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- College of Biotechnology and BioengineeringZhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou 310014 P. R. China
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Sulzbach M, Kunjapur AM. The Pathway Less Traveled: Engineering Biosynthesis of Nonstandard Functional Groups. Trends Biotechnol 2020; 38:532-545. [PMID: 31954529 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The field of metabolic engineering has achieved biochemical routes for conversion of renewable inputs to structurally diverse chemicals, but these products contain a limited number of chemical functional groups. In this review, we provide an overview of the progression of uncommon or 'nonstandard' functional groups from the elucidation of their biosynthetic machinery to the pathway optimization framework of metabolic engineering. We highlight exemplary efforts from primarily the last 5 years for biosynthesis of aldehyde, ester, terminal alkyne, terminal alkene, fluoro, epoxide, nitro, nitroso, nitrile, and hydrazine functional groups. These representative nonstandard functional groups vary in development stage and showcase the pipeline of chemical diversity that could soon appear within customized, biologically produced molecules.
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- Morgan Sulzbach
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19711, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19711, USA.
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Yang N, Xiao W, Song X, Wang W, Dong X. Recent Advances in Tumor Microenvironment Hydrogen Peroxide-Responsive Materials for Cancer Photodynamic Therapy. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2020; 12:15. [PMID: 34138092 PMCID: PMC7770924 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-019-0347-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2019] [Accepted: 11/17/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT), as one of the noninvasive clinical cancer phototherapies, suffers from the key drawback associated with hypoxia at the tumor microenvironment (TME), which plays an important role in protecting tumor cells from damage caused by common treatments. High concentration of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), one of the hallmarks of TME, has been recognized as a double-edged sword, posing both challenges, and opportunities for cancer therapy. The promising perspectives, strategies, and approaches for enhanced tumor therapies, including PDT, have been developed based on the fast advances in H2O2-enabled theranostic nanomedicine. In this review, we outline the latest advances in H2O2-responsive materials, including organic and inorganic materials for enhanced PDT. Finally, the challenges and opportunities for further research on H2O2-responsive anticancer agents are envisioned .
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- Nan Yang
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), Nanjing, 211800, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), Nanjing, 211800, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), Nanjing, 211800, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Physical Science and Information Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), Nanjing, 211800, People's Republic of China.
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, People's Republic of China.
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Yang N, Xiao W, Song X, Wang W, Dong X. Recent Advances in Tumor Microenvironment Hydrogen Peroxide-Responsive Materials for Cancer Photodynamic Therapy. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2020; 12:15. [PMID: 34138092 DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab5f08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2019] [Accepted: 11/17/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT), as one of the noninvasive clinical cancer phototherapies, suffers from the key drawback associated with hypoxia at the tumor microenvironment (TME), which plays an important role in protecting tumor cells from damage caused by common treatments. High concentration of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), one of the hallmarks of TME, has been recognized as a double-edged sword, posing both challenges, and opportunities for cancer therapy. The promising perspectives, strategies, and approaches for enhanced tumor therapies, including PDT, have been developed based on the fast advances in H2O2-enabled theranostic nanomedicine. In this review, we outline the latest advances in H2O2-responsive materials, including organic and inorganic materials for enhanced PDT. Finally, the challenges and opportunities for further research on H2O2-responsive anticancer agents are envisioned .
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- Nan Yang
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), Nanjing, 211800, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), Nanjing, 211800, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), Nanjing, 211800, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Physical Science and Information Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), Nanjing, 211800, People's Republic of China.
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, People's Republic of China.
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Bioorthogonal chemistry has offered an invaluable reactivity-based tool to chemical biology owing to its exquisite specificity in tagging a diverse set of biomolecules in their native environment. Despite tremendous progress in the field over the past decade, designing a suitable bioorthogonal chemical probe to investigate a given biological system remains a challenge. In this Perspective, we put forward a series of fitness factors that can be used to assess the performance of bioorthogonal chemical probes. The consideration of these criteria should encourage continuous innovation in bioorthogonal probe development as well as enhance the quality of biological data.
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- Yulin Tian
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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Addy PS, Zheng Y, Italia JS, Chatterjee A. A "Quenchergenic" Chemoselective Protein Labeling Strategy. Chembiochem 2019; 20:1659-1663. [PMID: 30740850 PMCID: PMC6663590 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Dynamic changes in protein structure can be monitored by using a fluorescent probe and a dark quencher. This approach is contingent upon the ability to precisely introduce a fluorophore/quencher pair into two specific sites of a protein of interest. Despite recent advances, there is continued demand for new and convenient approaches to site-selectively label proteins with such optical probes. We have recently developed a chemoselectively rapid azo-coupling reaction (CRACR) for site-specific protein labeling; it relies on rapid coupling between a genetically encoded 5-hydroxytryptophan residue and various aromatic diazonium ions. Herein, it is reported that the product of this conjugation reaction, a highly chromophoric biarylazo group, is a potent fluorescence quencher. The absorption properties of this azo product can be tuned by systematically altering the structure of the aryldiazonium species. A particular "quenchergenic" aryldiazonium has been identified that, upon conjugation, efficiently quenches the fluorescence of green fluorescent protein, which is a widely used genetically encoded fluorescent probe that can be terminally attached to target proteins. This fluorophore/quencher pair was used to evaluate the protein-labeling kinetics of CRACR, as well as to monitor the proteolysis of a fusion protein.
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- Partha Sarathi Addy
- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, 2609 Beacon Street, 246B Merkert Chemistry Center, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, 2609 Beacon Street, 246B Merkert Chemistry Center, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, 2609 Beacon Street, 246B Merkert Chemistry Center, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, 2609 Beacon Street, 246B Merkert Chemistry Center, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA
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Siegl SJ, Galeta J, Dzijak R, Dračínský M, Vrabel M. Bioorthogonal Fluorescence Turn-On Labeling Based on Bicyclononyne-Tetrazine Cycloaddition Reactions that Form Pyridazine Products. Chempluschem 2019; 84:493-497. [PMID: 31245251 PMCID: PMC6582594 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201900176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Fluorogenic bioorthogonal reactions enable visualization of biomolecules with excellent signal-to-noise ratio. A bicyclononyne-tetrazine ligation that produces fluorescent pyridazine products has been developed. In stark contrast to previous approaches, the formation of the dye is an inherent result of the chemical reaction and no additional fluorophores are needed in the reagents. The crucial structural elements that determine dye formation are electron-donating groups present in the starting tetrazine unit. The newly formed pyridazine fluorophores show interesting photophysical properties the fluorescence intensity increase in the reaction can reach an excellent 900-fold. Model imaging experiments demonstrate the application potential of this new fluorogenic bioorthogonal reaction.
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- Sebastian J. Siegl
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of theCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of theCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of theCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of theCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of theCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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Siegl SJ, Galeta J, Dzijak R, Vázquez A, Del Río‐Villanueva M, Dračínský M, Vrabel M. An Extended Approach for the Development of Fluorogenic trans-Cyclooctene-Tetrazine Cycloadditions. Chembiochem 2019; 20:886-890. [PMID: 30561884 PMCID: PMC6471176 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Inverse-electron-demand Diels-Alder (iEDDA) cycloaddition between 1,2,4,5-tetrazines and strained dienophiles belongs among the most popular bioconjugation reactions. In addition to its fast kinetics, this cycloaddition can be tailored to produce fluorescent products from non-fluorescent starting materials. Here we show that even the reaction intermediates formed in iEDDA cycloaddition can lead to the formation of new types of fluorophores. The influence of various substituents on their photophysical properties and the generality of the approach with use of various trans-cyclooctene derivatives were studied. Model bioimaging experiments demonstrate the application potential of fluorogenic iEDDA cycloaddition.
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- Sebastian J. Siegl
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of theCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of theCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of theCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of theCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of theCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of theCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of theCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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An P, Lin Q. Sterically shielded tetrazoles for a fluorogenic photoclick reaction: tuning cycloaddition rate and product fluorescence. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 16:5241-5244. [PMID: 29995029 DOI: 10.1039/c8ob01404c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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 panel of sterically shielded tetrazoles with different N-aryl groups were synthesized and subsequently evaluated in the photoinduced tetrazole-alkene cycloaddition reaction. It was found that increase in the HOMO energy of the corresponding nitrile imines leads to a faster cycloaddition reaction along with a red shift in the fluorescence emission of the pyrazoline cycloadduct.
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- Peng An
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA.
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Design and synthesis of a highly efficient labelling reagent for incorporation of tetrafluorinated aromatic azide into proteins. Tetrahedron 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2019.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cheng L, Kang X, Wang D, Gao Y, Yi L, Xi Z. The one-pot nonhydrolysis Staudinger reaction and Staudinger or SPAAC ligation. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:5675-5679. [DOI: 10.1039/c9ob00528e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The one-pot nonhydrolysis Staudinger reaction and Staudinger or SPAAC ligation were used for producing a FRET-based dyad in living cells as a proof-of-concept study.
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- Longhuai Cheng
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology
- National Engineering Research Center of Pesticide (Tianjin)
- College of Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic–Inorganic Composites and Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT)
- Beijing 100029
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology
- National Engineering Research Center of Pesticide (Tianjin)
- College of Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic–Inorganic Composites and Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT)
- Beijing 100029
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic–Inorganic Composites and Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT)
- Beijing 100029
- China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology
- National Engineering Research Center of Pesticide (Tianjin)
- College of Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
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Wang ZW, Su D, Li XQ, Cao JJ, Yang DC, Liu JY. A H₂O₂-Responsive Boron Dipyrromethene-Based Photosensitizer for Imaging-Guided Photodynamic Therapy. Molecules 2018; 24:E32. [PMID: 30577688 PMCID: PMC6337283 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24010032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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In this study, we demonstrate a novel H₂O₂ activatable photosensitizer (compound 7) which contains a diiodo distyryl boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) core and an arylboronate group that quenches the excited state of the BODIPY dye by photoinduced electron transfer (PET). The BODIPY-based photosensitizer is highly soluble and remains nonaggregated in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as shown by the intense and sharp Q-band absorption (707 nm). As expected, compound 7 exhibits negligible fluorescence emission and singlet oxygen generation efficiency. However, upon interaction with H₂O₂, both the fluorescence emission and singlet oxygen production of the photosensitizer can be restored in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) solution and PBS buffer solution containing 20% DMSO as a result of the cleavage of the arylboronate group. Due to the higher concentration of H₂O₂ in cancer cells, compound 7 even with low concentration is particularly sensitive to human cervical carcinoma (HeLa) cells (IC50 = 0.95 μM) but hardly damage human embryonic lung fibroblast (HELF) cells. The results above suggest that this novel BODIPY derivative is a promising candidate for fluorescence imaging-guided photodynamic cancer therapy.
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- Zhi-Wei Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China.
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An P, Wu HY, Lewandowski TM, Lin Q. Hydrophilic azaspiroalkenes as robust bioorthogonal reporters. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:14005-14008. [PMID: 30483687 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc07432a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Two hydrophilic spiroalkenes, azaspiro[2.3]hex-1-ene and azaspiro[2.4]hept-1-ene, were designed and synthesized. Compared to the previously reported spiro[2.3]hex-1-ene, the azaspiroalkenes exhibited greater water solubility and reactivity as dipolarophiles in the photoinduced tetrazole-alkene cycloaddition reaction. In addition, an azaspiro[2.3]hex-1-ene-containing amino acid, AsphK, was found to be charged by an engineered pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase into proteins via amber codon suppression in E. coli as well as in mammalian cells.
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- Peng An
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA.
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Qin LH, Hu W, Long YQ. Bioorthogonal chemistry: Optimization and application updates during 2013–2017. Tetrahedron Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2018.04.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Oliveira BL, Guo Z, Bernardes GJL. Inverse electron demand Diels-Alder reactions in chemical biology. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 46:4895-4950. [PMID: 28660957 DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00184c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 641] [Impact Index Per Article: 106.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The emerging inverse electron demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) reaction stands out from other bioorthogonal reactions by virtue of its unmatchable kinetics, excellent orthogonality and biocompatibility. With the recent discovery of novel dienophiles and optimal tetrazine coupling partners, attention has now been turned to the use of IEDDA approaches in basic biology, imaging and therapeutics. Here we review this bioorthogonal reaction and its promising applications for live cell and animal studies. We first discuss the key factors that contribute to the fast IEDDA kinetics and describe the most recent advances in the synthesis of tetrazine and dienophile coupling partners. Both coupling partners have been incorporated into proteins for tracking and imaging by use of fluorogenic tetrazines that become strongly fluorescent upon reaction. Selected notable examples of such applications are presented. The exceptional fast kinetics of this catalyst-free reaction, even using low concentrations of coupling partners, make it amenable for in vivo radiolabelling using pretargeting methodologies, which are also discussed. Finally, IEDDA reactions have recently found use in bioorthogonal decaging to activate proteins or drugs in gain-of-function strategies. We conclude by showing applications of the IEDDA reaction in the construction of biomaterials that are used for drug delivery and multimodal imaging, among others. The use and utility of the IEDDA reaction is interdisciplinary and promises to revolutionize chemical biology, radiochemistry and materials science.
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- B L Oliveira
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK. and Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, Lisboa, 1649-028, Portugal.
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Siegl SJ, Vázquez A, Dzijak R, Dračínský M, Galeta J, Rampmaier R, Klepetářová B, Vrabel M. Design and Synthesis of Aza-Bicyclononene Dienophiles for Rapid Fluorogenic Ligations. Chemistry 2018; 24:2426-2432. [PMID: 29243853 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Fluorogenic bioorthogonal reactions enable visualization of biomolecules under native conditions with excellent signal-to-noise ratio. Here, we present the design and synthesis of conformationally-strained aziridine-fused trans-cyclooctene (aza-TCO) dienophiles, which lead to the formation of fluorescent products in tetrazine ligations without the need for attachment of an extra fluorophore moiety. The presented aza-TCOs adopt the highly strained "half-chair" conformation, which was predicted computationally and confirmed by NMR measurements and X-ray crystallography. Kinetic studies revealed that the aza-TCOs belong to the most reactive dienophiles known to date. The potential of the newly developed aza-TCO probes for bioimaging applications is demonstrated by protein labeling experiments, imaging of cellular glycoconjugates and peptidoglycan imaging of live bacteria.
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- Sebastian J Siegl
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Muttach F, Muthmann N, Reichert D, Anhäuser L, Rentmeister A. A benzylic linker promotes methyltransferase catalyzed norbornene transfer for rapid bioorthogonal tetrazine ligation. Chem Sci 2017; 8:7947-7953. [PMID: 29619168 PMCID: PMC5858020 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc03631k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Site-specific alkylation of complex biomolecules is critical for late-stage product diversification as well as post-synthetic labeling and manipulation of proteins and nucleic acids. Promiscuous methyltransferases in combination with analogs of S-adenosyl-l-methionine (AdoMet) can functionalize all major classes of biomolecules. We show that benzylic moieties are transferred by Ecm1 with higher catalytic efficiency than the natural AdoMet. A relative specificity of up to 80% is achieved when a norbornene moiety is placed in para-position, enabling for the first time enzymatic norbornene transfer to specific positions in DNA and RNA- even in cell lysate. Subsequent tetrazine ligation of the stable norbornene moiety is fast, efficient, biocompatible and - in combination with an appropriate tetrazine - fluorogenic.
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- F Muttach
- University of Münster , Department of Chemistry , Institute of Biochemistry , Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 2 , 48149 Münster , Germany .
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- University of Münster , Department of Chemistry , Institute of Biochemistry , Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 2 , 48149 Münster , Germany .
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- University of Münster , Department of Chemistry , Institute of Biochemistry , Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 2 , 48149 Münster , Germany .
- Cells-in-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003-CiM) , University of Münster , Germany .
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- University of Münster , Department of Chemistry , Institute of Biochemistry , Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 2 , 48149 Münster , Germany .
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- University of Münster , Department of Chemistry , Institute of Biochemistry , Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 2 , 48149 Münster , Germany .
- Cells-in-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003-CiM) , University of Münster , Germany .
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Werther P, Möhler JS, Wombacher R. A Bifunctional Fluorogenic Rhodamine Probe for Proximity-Induced Bioorthogonal Chemistry. Chemistry 2017; 23:18216-18224. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201703607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Philipp Werther
- Institut für Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie; Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; Im Neuenheimer Feld 364 69120 Heidelberg Germany
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- Institut für Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie; Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; Im Neuenheimer Feld 364 69120 Heidelberg Germany
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- Institut für Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie; Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; Im Neuenheimer Feld 364 69120 Heidelberg Germany
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Shang X, Lai R, Song X, Li H, Niu W, Guo J. Improved Photoinduced Fluorogenic Alkene-Tetrazole Reaction for Protein Labeling. Bioconjug Chem 2017; 28:2859-2864. [PMID: 29022697 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between an alkene and a tetrazole represents one elegant and rare example of fluorophore-forming bioorthogonal chemistry. This is an attractive reaction for imaging applications in live cells that requires less intensive washing steps and/or needs spatiotemporal resolutions. In the present work, as an effort to improve the fluorogenic property of the alkene-tetrazole reaction, an aromatic alkene (styrene) was investigated as the dipolarophile. Over 30-fold improvement in quantum yield of the reaction product was achieved in aqueous solution. According to our mechanistic studies, the observed improvement is likely due to an insufficient protonation of the styrene-tetrazole reaction product. This finding provides useful guidance to the future design of alkene-tetrazole reactions for biological studies. Fluorogenic protein labeling using the styrene-tetrazole reaction was demonstrated both in vitro and in vivo. This was realized by the genetic incorporation of an unnatural amino acid containing the styrene moiety. It is anticipated that the combination of styrene with different tetrazole derivatives can generally improve and broaden the application of alkene-tetrazole chemistry in real-time imaging in live cells.
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- Xin Shang
- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Chemistry, Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, and Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication, and §Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Chemistry, Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, and Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication, and §Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Chemistry, Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, and Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication, and §Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Chemistry, Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, and Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication, and §Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Chemistry, Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, and Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication, and §Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Chemistry, Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, and Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication, and §Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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Liu K, Enns B, Evans B, Wang N, Shang X, Sittiwong W, Dussault PH, Guo J. A genetically encoded cyclobutene probe for labelling of live cells. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:10604-10607. [PMID: 28902227 PMCID: PMC5648060 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc05580c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We have identified an aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair for the efficient and site-specific incorporation of a cyclobutene-containing amino acid into proteins in response to an amber nonsense codon. Fast and fluorescent labeling of purified proteins and intact proteins in live cells was demonstrated using the inverse electron demand Diels-Alder reaction with a tetrazine.
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- K Liu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA.
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Shang X, Wang N, Cerny R, Niu W, Guo J. Fluorescent Protein-Based Turn-On Probe through a General Protection-Deprotection Design Strategy. ACS Sens 2017; 2:961-966. [PMID: 28750537 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.7b00223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We demonstrated a general protection-deprotection strategy for the design of fluorescent protein biosensors through the construction of a turn-on Hg2+ sensor. A combination of fluorescent protein engineering and unnatural amino acid mutagenesis was used. Unlike previously reported fluorescent protein-based Hg2+ sensors that relied on the binding of Hg2+ to the sulfhydryl group of cysteine residues, a well-established chemical reaction, oxymercuration, was transformed into biological format and incorporated into our sensor design. This novel Hg2+ sensor displayed good sensitivity and selectivity both in vitro and in live bacterial cells. Over 60-fold change in fluorescence signal output was observed in the presence of 10 μM Hg2+, while such a change was undetectable when nine other metal ions were tested. This new design strategy could expand the repertoire of fluorescent protein-based biosensors for the detection of small-molecule analytes.
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- Xin Shang
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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Kang K, Park J, Kim E. Tetrazine ligation for chemical proteomics. Proteome Sci 2017; 15:15. [PMID: 28674480 PMCID: PMC5485739 DOI: 10.1186/s12953-017-0121-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Determining small molecule-target protein interaction is essential for the chemical proteomics. One of the most important keys to explore biological system in chemical proteomics field is finding first-class molecular tools. Chemical probes can provide great spatiotemporal control to elucidate biological functions of proteins as well as for interrogating biological pathways. The invention of bioorthogonal chemistry has revolutionized the field of chemical biology by providing superior chemical tools and has been widely used for investigating the dynamics and function of biomolecules in live condition. Among 20 different bioorthogonal reactions, tetrazine ligation has been spotlighted as the most advanced bioorthogonal chemistry because of their extremely faster kinetics and higher specificity than others. Therefore, tetrazine ligation has a tremendous potential to enhance the proteomic research. This review highlights the current status of tetrazine ligation reaction as a molecular tool for the chemical proteomics.
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- Kyungtae Kang
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Gyeonggi 17104 Republic of Korea
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- Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 185 Cambridge St, CPZN 5206, Boston, Massachusetts 02114 USA
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon, 16499 Republic of Korea
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Fluorescent proteins of different colors are useful probes to study protein structure and function, and to investigate cellular events and conditions. Large efforts have focused on engineering new properties into fluorescent proteins via rational design and directed evolution. In addition to applications in imaging of protein expression level and subcellular localization, fluorescent proteins have been increasingly engineered to act as biosensors to track concentrations of small-molecule metabolites, enzyme activities, and protein conformational changes in living cells. Unlike small-molecule fluorescence biosensors, fluorescent proteins are genetically encodable, and thus can be expressed inside living cells. Attachment of organelle-specific signals to the proteins allows their localization to be specified. Recently, a new class of fluorescent protein biosensors has been developed to include unnatural amino acids as the sensing element. The unique chemical and physical properties of the unnatural amino acids enable sensor designs that cannot be realized by using the standard genetic code with the 20 canonical amino acids. In this chapter, we detail the general procedure for the genetic incorporation of unnatural amino acids. We further present two protocols for the in vitro and in vivo detection of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) using a fluorescent protein biosensor that contains an unnatural amino acid, p-boronophenylalanine.
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- Wei Niu
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.
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- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.
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Vázquez A, Dzijak R, Dračínský M, Rampmaier R, Siegl SJ, Vrabel M. Mechanism-Based Fluorogenic trans-Cyclooctene-Tetrazine Cycloaddition. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:1334-1337. [PMID: 28026913 PMCID: PMC5299526 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201610491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Revised: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The development of fluorogenic reactions which lead to the formation of fluorescent products from two nonfluorescent starting materials is highly desirable, but challenging. Reported herein is a new concept of fluorescent product formation upon the inverse electron-demand Diels-Alder reaction of 1,2,4,5-tetrazines with particular trans-cyclooctene (TCO) isomers. In sharp contrast to known fluorogenic reagents the presented chemistry leads to the rapid formation of unprecedented fluorescent 1,4-dihydropyridazines so that the fluorophore is built directly upon the chemical reaction. Attachment of an extra fluorophore moiety is therefore not needed. The photochemical properties of the resulting dyes can be easily tuned by changing the substitution pattern of the starting 1,2,4,5-tetrazine. We support the claim with NMR measurements and rationalize the data by computational study. Cell-labeling experiments were performed to demonstrate the potential of the fluorogenic reaction for bioimaging.
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- Arcadio Vázquez
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 2166 10PragueCzech Republic
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Ji X, Ji K, Chittavong V, Aghoghovbia RE, Zhu M, Wang B. Click and Fluoresce: A Bioorthogonally Activated Smart Probe for Wash-Free Fluorescent Labeling of Biomolecules. J Org Chem 2017; 82:1471-1476. [PMID: 28067514 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b02654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Bioorthogonally activated smart probes greatly facilitate the selective labeling of biomolecules in living system. Herein, we described a novel type of smart probes with tunable reaction rates, high fluorescence turn-on ratio, and easy access. The practicality of such probes was demonstrated by selective labeling of lipid and hCAII in Hela cells.
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- Xingyue Ji
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University , Atlanta, Georgia 30303 United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University , Atlanta, Georgia 30303 United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University , Atlanta, Georgia 30303 United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University , Atlanta, Georgia 30303 United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University , Atlanta, Georgia 30303 United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University , Atlanta, Georgia 30303 United States
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‐Cyclooctene–Tetrazine Cycloaddition. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201610491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Arcadio Vázquez
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Flemingovo nám. 2 166 10 Prague Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Flemingovo nám. 2 166 10 Prague Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Flemingovo nám. 2 166 10 Prague Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Flemingovo nám. 2 166 10 Prague Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Flemingovo nám. 2 166 10 Prague Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Flemingovo nám. 2 166 10 Prague Czech Republic
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