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Hu G, Xu HD, Fang J. Sulfur-based fluorescent probes for biological analysis: A review. Talanta 2024; 279:126515. [PMID: 39024854 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2024.126515] [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: 04/07/2024] [Revised: 06/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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The widespread adoption of small-molecule fluorescence detection methodologies in scientific research and industrial contexts can be ascribed to their inherent merits, including elevated sensitivity, exceptional selectivity, real-time detection capabilities, and non-destructive characteristics. In recent years, there has been a growing focus on small-molecule fluorescent probes engineered with sulfur elements, aiming to detect a diverse array of biologically active species. This review presents a comprehensive survey of sulfur-based fluorescent probes published from 2017 to 2023. The diverse repertoire of recognition sites, including but not limited to N, N-dimethylthiocarbamyl, disulfides, thioether, sulfonyls and sulfoxides, thiourea, thioester, thioacetal and thioketal, sulfhydryl, phenothiazine, thioamide, and others, inherent in these sulfur-based probes markedly amplifies their capacity for detecting a broad spectrum of analytes, such as metal ions, reactive oxygen species, reactive sulfur species, reactive nitrogen species, proteins, and beyond. Owing to the individual disparities in the molecular structures of the probes, analogous recognition units may be employed to discern diverse substrates. Subsequent to this classification, the review provides a concise summary and introduction to the design and biological applications of these probe molecules. Lastly, drawing upon a synthesis of published works, the review engages in a discussion regarding the merits and drawbacks of these fluorescent probes, offering guidance for future endeavors.
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- Guodong Hu
- School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210094, China.
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Dong B, Wang J, Wang M, Chen Q, Kong X, Chang J, Li X, Yue T, Wang Y. An FRET-based and ER-targeting fluorescent probe for tracking superoxide anion (O 2•-) in the hippocampus of the depressive mouse. Talanta 2024; 268:125272. [PMID: 37857106 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125272] [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: 07/09/2023] [Revised: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Exploration of the pathway for the excessive generation of O2•- in hippocampus during depression is critical for the study on molecular mechanism of depression, and is currently still inconclusive. Herein, we put forward a hypothesis that depression increases the generation of O2•- in hippocampus by triggering ER stress, and verified this hypothesis by constructing an FRET-based ER-targeting fluorescent probe (ER-CRh) which can provide ratiometric detection of O2•- with high sensitivity and selectivity. The probe ER-CRh showed desirable ER-targeting capability, and could detect the endogenous O2•- in the ER of the hippocampal neuronal cells experiencing ER stress. Fluorescence imaging indicates that ER-CRh possesses the capability to penetrate the blood-brain barrier in mouse, and depression could promote the production of endogenous O2•- in hippocampus. Western blotting analysis reveals that the proteins GRP78 and CHOP from the hippocampus of depressive mouse show an up-regulated expression, and it suggests depression causes ER stress in hippocampal neurons. These findings prove our hypothesis, and could conduce to develop safe and effective antidepressants by the protection and repair of hippocampal neurons.
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- Baoli Dong
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, China.
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- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250117, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, China
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- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250117, China
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- Shandong Chemical Technology Academy, Qingdao University of Science and Technology (Jinan), Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China.
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- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250117, China.
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Highly selective and sensitive response of curcumin thioether derivative for the detection of hypochlorous acid by fluorimetric method. JOURNAL OF THE IRANIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13738-022-02528-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Yu X, Zhu W, Ouyang W, Zhang X, Qiu H, Zhang Z, Xing B. Protein-Mediated Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (P-FRET) Probe: Fabrication and Hydroxyl Radical Detection. Photochem Photobiol 2022; 98:371-377. [PMID: 35064566 DOI: 10.1111/php.13595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 01/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fluorescent probes based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) are highly promising for diverse bioapplications. The key to constructing FRET probes is to confine the donor and acceptor within a sufficiently close distance. However, the commonly used covalent linkage often requires elaborate design and complex organic synthesis, and sometimes causes changes in the fluorescence properties of the donor and acceptor. Inspired by the binding between small molecules and protein in nature, herein, we propose a protein-mediated strategy to fabricate FRET probe. In such protein-mediated FRET (P-FRET) probe, protein acts as a carrier to simultaneously confine donor and acceptor in its cavity. As a proof of concept, we use bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a model protein, coumarin derivative as a donor and hydroxyl radical (·OH)-responsive dye fluorescein as an acceptor. Through a series of investigations, including binding parameters, fluorescence properties and detection performance, we prove that the construction of P-FRET probe is simple and feasible and the detection is sensitive. Our P-FRET strategy will provide new insights for the design of FRET probes.
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- Xiaokan Yu
- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore.,School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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Zhao X, Peng M, Wang J, Chen S, Lin Y. Au nanoflower film-based stretchable biosensors for in situ monitoring of superoxide anion release in cell mechanotransduction. Analyst 2022; 147:4055-4062. [DOI: 10.1039/d2an01095j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cell mechanotransduction plays an important role in vascular regulation and disease development.
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- Xu Zhao
- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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Ratiometric two-photon fluorescence probes for sensing, imaging and biomedicine applications at living cell and small animal levels. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Xu C, Xu W, Yang Z, Li S, Wang Y, Hua J. A turn-on mitochondria-targeted near-infrared fluorescent probe with a large Stokes shift for detecting and imaging endogenous superoxide anion in cells. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2021.113304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ratiometric fluorescence imaging of Cu2+ based on spirolactamized benzothiazole-substituted N,N-diethylrhodol probe. J Mol Struct 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.129360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Dual-emission copper nanoclusters-based ratiometric fluorescent probe for intracellular detection of hydroxyl and superoxide anion species. Mikrochim Acta 2021; 188:13. [PMID: 33389152 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-020-04683-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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A fluorescent nanoprobe based on copper nanoclusters (CuNCs) has been developed for ratiometric detection of hydroxyl radicals (•OH) and superoxide anion radicals (O2•-). Two differently luminescent CuNCs, namely cyan-emissive poly(methacrylic acid)-protected copper nanoclusters (PCuNCs) and orange-emissive bovine serum albumin-protected CuNCs (BCuNCs), were conjugated to obtain a hybrid, dual-emission nanoprobe (PCuNCs-BCuNCs) with the corresponding peaks at 445 nm and 652 nm at an excitation wavelength of 360 nm. In particular, the fluorescence peak at 445 nm gradually enhanced with the incremental addition of •OH and O2•-. However, the fluorescence emission at 652 nm was greatly quenched in the presence of •OH, while in case of O2•-, the fluorescence intensity remained constant. The differential response of the PCuNCs-BCuNCs towards •OH and O2•- formed the basis of ratiometric detection. Under optimal conditions, the PCuNCs-BCuNCs exhibited good sensitivity and linearity towards •OH and O2•- with limits of detection of 0.15 μM and 1.8 μM, respectively. Moreover, the nanoprobe exhibited high selectivity for •OH and O2•- over other potential ROS interferences. Besides, PCuNCs-BCuNCs were eventually applied for qualitative and quantitative ratiometric assessment of intracellular •OH and O2•- in L-132 cells. Therefore, this strategy unveils a new potential for copper nanocluster-based sensing of ROS.
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Zhang Z, Fan J, Du J, Peng X. Two-channel responsive luminescent chemosensors for dioxygen species: Molecular oxygen, singlet oxygen and superoxide anion. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Jiao C, Liu Y, Pang J, Lu W, Zhang P, Wang Y. A simple lysosome-targeted probe for detection of hypochlorous acid in living cells. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.112399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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