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Polita A, Žvirblis R, Dodonova-Vaitkūnienė J, Shivabalan AP, Maleckaitė K, Valinčius G. Bimodal effects on lipid droplets induced in cancer and non-cancer cells by chemotherapy drugs as revealed with a green-emitting BODIPY fluorescent probe. J Mater Chem B 2024; 12:3022-3030. [PMID: 38426244 DOI: 10.1039/d3tb02979d] [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: 03/02/2024]
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Lipid droplets (LDs) are cytoplasmic lipid-rich organelles with important roles in lipid storage and metabolism, cell signaling and membrane biosynthesis. Additionally, multiple diseases, such as obesity, fatty liver, cardiovascular diseases and cancer, are related to the metabolic disorders of LDs. In various cancer cells, LD accumulation is associated with resistance to cell death, reduced effectiveness of chemotherapeutic drugs, and increased proliferation and aggressiveness. In this work, we present a new viscosity-sensitive, green-emitting BODIPY probe capable of distinguishing between ordered and disordered lipid phases and selectively internalising into LDs of live cells. Through the use of fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), we demonstrate that LDs in live cancer (A549) and non-cancer (HEK 293T) cells have vastly different microviscosities. Additionally, we quantify the microviscosity changes in LDs under the influence of DNA-damaging chemotherapy drugs doxorubicin and etoposide. Finally, we show that doxorubicin and etoposide have different effects on the microviscosities of LDs in chemotherapy-resistant A549 cancer cells.
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- Artūras Polita
- Institute of Biochemistry, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio av. 7, Vilnius, LT-10257, Lithuania.
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- Life Sciences Center, Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio av. 7, Vilnius, LT-10257, Lithuania
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- Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, Vilnius University, Naugarduko st. 24, Vilnius, LT-03225, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio av. 7, Vilnius, LT-10257, Lithuania.
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- Center of Physical Sciences and Technology, Saulėtekio av. 3, Vilnius, LT-10257, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio av. 7, Vilnius, LT-10257, Lithuania.
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de Moliner F, Konieczna Z, Mendive-Tapia L, Saleeb RS, Morris K, Gonzalez-Vera JA, Kaizuka T, Grant SGN, Horrocks MH, Vendrell M. Small Fluorogenic Amino Acids for Peptide-Guided Background-Free Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202216231. [PMID: 36412996 PMCID: PMC10108274 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202216231] [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: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The multiple applications of super-resolution microscopy have prompted the need for minimally invasive labeling strategies for peptide-guided fluorescence imaging. Many fluorescent reporters display limitations (e.g., large and charged scaffolds, non-specific binding) as building blocks for the construction of fluorogenic peptides. Herein we have built a library of benzodiazole amino acids and systematically examined them as reporters for background-free fluorescence microscopy. We have identified amine-derivatized benzoselenadiazoles as scalable and photostable amino acids for the straightforward solid-phase synthesis of fluorescent peptides. Benzodiazole amino acids retain the binding capabilities of bioactive peptides and display excellent signal-to-background ratios. Furthermore, we have demonstrated their application in peptide-PAINT imaging of postsynaptic density protein-95 nanoclusters in the synaptosomes from mouse brain tissues.
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- Fabio de Moliner
- Centre for Inflammation Research, The University of Edinburgh, UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Inflammation Research, The University of Edinburgh, UK
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de Moliner F, Konieczna Z, Mendive‐Tapia L, Saleeb RS, Morris K, Gonzalez‐Vera JA, Kaizuka T, Grant SGN, Horrocks MH, Vendrell M. Small Fluorogenic Amino Acids for Peptide-Guided Background-Free Imaging. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 135:e202216231. [PMID: 38515539 PMCID: PMC10952862 DOI: 10.1002/ange.202216231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The multiple applications of super-resolution microscopy have prompted the need for minimally invasive labeling strategies for peptide-guided fluorescence imaging. Many fluorescent reporters display limitations (e.g., large and charged scaffolds, non-specific binding) as building blocks for the construction of fluorogenic peptides. Herein we have built a library of benzodiazole amino acids and systematically examined them as reporters for background-free fluorescence microscopy. We have identified amine-derivatized benzoselenadiazoles as scalable and photostable amino acids for the straightforward solid-phase synthesis of fluorescent peptides. Benzodiazole amino acids retain the binding capabilities of bioactive peptides and display excellent signal-to-background ratios. Furthermore, we have demonstrated their application in peptide-PAINT imaging of postsynaptic density protein-95 nanoclusters in the synaptosomes from mouse brain tissues.
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- EaStCHEM School of ChemistryThe University of EdinburghUK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain SciencesThe University of EdinburghUK
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- Centre for Inflammation ResearchThe University of EdinburghUK
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Imaging of lipid droplets using coumarin fluorophores in live cells and C. elegans. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B: BIOLOGY 2022; 237:112589. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2022.112589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Mandal S, Singh A, Paul S, Ghosh A, Sen P. Amino acid triggered water-soluble NBD derivatives for differential organelle staining and the role of the chemical moiety for their specific localization. Chem Asian J 2022; 17:e202200837. [PMID: 35993447 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200837] [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: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Apart from being the unit of protein, amino acids have diverse roles. Here we have shown that amino acids guide the differential transportation of the dye molecule to the cellular organelles depending upon the property of their intrinsic functionality. We have conjugated nitrobenzofurazan (NBD) moiety with two amino acids (lysine and histidine derivatives) with a linker. Both the derivates are water-soluble and biocompatible in nature. Surprisingly we found that lysine conjugated NBD (NBD-Lys) stains lipid droplets whereas the histidine conjugated NBD (NBD-His) stains lysosomes. We also measured the spectral properties of these two NBD conjugates. Results depict that both the conjugates are extremely stable both in air and inert atmosphere and the fluorescence of the derivatives almost remain unaltered at different pH. Further by altering the functionality of the side chain, we established the contribution of each functional group towards this differential organelle targeting.
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- Subhasis Mandal
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, school of biological Science, INDIA
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- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, school of biological Science, INDIA
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- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, school of biological Science, INDIA
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- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, school of biological Science, INDIA
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- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Biological Chemistry, 2A & 2B Raja S.C.Mullick Road, 2A & 2B Raja S.C.Mullick Road, 700032, India, 700032, Kolkata, INDIA
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Benson S, de Moliner F, Tipping W, Vendrell M. Miniaturized Chemical Tags for Optical Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202204788. [PMID: 35704518 PMCID: PMC9542129 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202204788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Recent advances in optical bioimaging have prompted the need for minimal chemical reporters that can retain the molecular recognition properties and activity profiles of biomolecules. As a result, several methodologies to reduce the size of fluorescent and Raman labels to a few atoms (e.g., single aryl fluorophores, Raman‐active triple bonds and isotopes) and embed them into building blocks (e.g., amino acids, nucleobases, sugars) to construct native‐like supramolecular structures have been described. The integration of small optical reporters into biomolecules has also led to smart molecular entities that were previously inaccessible in an expedite manner. In this article, we review recent chemical approaches to synthesize miniaturized optical tags as well as some of their multiple applications in biological imaging.
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- Sam Benson
- Centre for Inflammation Research The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh EH16 4TJ UK
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- Centre for Inflammation Research The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh EH16 4TJ UK
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- Centre for Molecular Nanometrology The University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1RD UK
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- Centre for Inflammation Research The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh EH16 4TJ UK
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Benson S, de Moliner F, Tipping W, Vendrell M. Miniaturized Chemical Tags for Optical Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202204788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Sam Benson
- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research UNITED KINGDOM
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research UNITED KINGDOM
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- University of Strathclyde Centre for Molecular Nanometrology UNITED KINGDOM
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- University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research 47 Little France Crescent EH16 4TJ Edinburgh UNITED KINGDOM
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Doloczki S, Holmberg KO, Fdez Galván I, Swartling FJ, Dyrager C. Photophysical characterization and fluorescence cell imaging applications of 4- N-substituted benzothiadiazoles. RSC Adv 2022; 12:14544-14550. [PMID: 35702197 PMCID: PMC9101220 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra01404a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In this work, a series of fluorescent 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole derivatives with various N-substituents in the 4-position was synthesized and photophysically characterized in various solvents. Three compounds emerged as excellent fluorescent probes for imaging lipid droplets in cancer cells. A correlation between their high lipophilicity and lipid droplet specificity could be found, with log P ≥ 4 being characteristic for lipid droplet accumulation.
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- Susanne Doloczki
- Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University Box 576 75123 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University 75185 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University Box 576 75123 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University 75185 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University Box 576 75123 Uppsala Sweden
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Neto BAD, Correa JR, Spencer J. Fluorescent Benzothiadiazole Derivatives as Fluorescence Imaging Dyes: A Decade of New Generation Probes. Chemistry 2021; 28:e202103262. [PMID: 34643974 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The current review describes advances in the use of fluorescent 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (BTD) derivatives after nearly one decade since the first description of bioimaging experiments using this class of fluorogenic dyes. The review describes the use of BTD-containing fluorophores applied as, inter alia, bioprobes for imaging cell nuclei, mitochondria, lipid droplets, sensors, markers for proteins and related events, biological processes and activities, lysosomes, plasma membranes, multicellular models, and animals. A number of physicochemical and photophysical properties commonly observed for BTD fluorogenic structures are also described.
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- Brenno A D Neto
- Laboratory of Medicinal and Technological Chemistry, Chemistry Institute (IQ-UnB), University of Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Distrito Federal, 70904-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Medicinal and Technological Chemistry, Chemistry Institute (IQ-UnB), University of Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Distrito Federal, 70904-900, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sussex School of Life Sciences, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QJ, U.K
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Tu X, He L, Huang H, Ye H, Sun L, Yi L. Thiolysis of CBD arylethers for development of highly GSH-selective fluorescent probes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:8802-8805. [PMID: 34382627 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc03893a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Thiolysis of 7-cyanobenzoxadiazole (CBD) arylether was investigated for development of GSH-selective fluorescent probes for the first time. The results demonstrate that CBD-based probes have tunable reactivities and appropriate dissociation constants for GSH, and are highly GSH-selective and suitable for bioimaging.
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- Xiaoqiang Tu
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites and Beijing Key Lab of Bioprocess, Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), Beijing 100029, China.
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Jiang C, Huang H, Kang X, Yang L, Xi Z, Sun H, Pluth MD, Yi L. NBD-based synthetic probes for sensing small molecules and proteins: design, sensing mechanisms and biological applications. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:7436-7495. [PMID: 34075930 PMCID: PMC8763210 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01096k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Compounds with a nitrobenzoxadiazole (NBD) skeleton exhibit prominent useful properties including environmental sensitivity, high reactivity toward amines and biothiols (including H2S) accompanied by distinct colorimetric and fluorescent changes, fluorescence-quenching ability, and small size, all of which facilitate biomolecular sensing and self-assembly. Amines are important biological nucleophiles, and the unique activity of NBD ethers with amines has allowed for site-specific protein labelling and for the detection of enzyme activities. Both H2S and biothiols are involved in a wide range of physiological processes in mammals, and misregulation of these small molecules is associated with numerous diseases including cancers. In this review, we focus on NBD-based synthetic probes as advanced chemical tools for biomolecular sensing. Specifically, we discuss the sensing mechanisms and selectivity of the probes, the design strategies for multi-reactable multi-quenching probes, and the associated biological applications of these important constructs. We also highlight self-assembled NBD-based probes and outline future directions for NBD-based chemosensors. We hope that this comprehensive review will facilitate the development of future probes for investigating and understanding different biological processes and aid the development of potential theranostic agents.
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- Chenyang Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites and Beijing Key Lab 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 Lab 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 Lab of Bioprocess, Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), Beijing 100029, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, National Pesticide Engineering Research Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. and Key Laboratory of Biochip Technology, Biotech and Health Centre, Shenzhen Research Institute of City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites and Beijing Key Lab of Bioprocess, Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), Beijing 100029, China.
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Colas K, Doloczki S, Kesidou A, Sainero‐Alcolado L, Rodriguez‐Garcia A, Arsenian‐Henriksson M, Dyrager C. Photophysical Characteristics of Polarity‐Sensitive and Lipid Droplet‐Specific Phenylbenzothiadiazoles. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202100040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Kilian Colas
- Department of Chemistry-BMC Uppsala University Box 576 75123 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-BMC Uppsala University Box 576 75123 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-BMC Uppsala University Box 576 75123 Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell biology (MTC), Biomedicum Karolinska Institute 17165 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell biology (MTC), Biomedicum Karolinska Institute 17165 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell biology (MTC), Biomedicum Karolinska Institute 17165 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-BMC Uppsala University Box 576 75123 Uppsala Sweden
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Optimization of high-throughput lipid screening of the microalga Nannochloropsis oceanica using BODIPY 505/515. ALGAL RES 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2020.102138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Lampkin BJ, Karadakov PB, VanVeller B. Detailed Visualization of Aromaticity Using Isotropic Magnetic Shielding. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202008362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA
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Sodre ER, Guido BC, de Souza PEN, Machado DFS, Carvalho-Silva VH, Chaker JA, Gatto CC, Correa JR, Fernandes TDA, Neto BAD. Deciphering the Dynamics of Organic Nanoaggregates with AIEE Effect and Excited States: Lipophilic Benzothiadiazole Derivatives as Selective Cell Imaging Probes. J Org Chem 2020; 85:12614-12634. [PMID: 32876447 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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An aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) effect in fluorescent lipophilic 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (BTD) derivatives and their organic nanoaggregates were studied. A set of techniques such as single-crystal X-ray, dynamic light scattering (DLS), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), UV-vis, fluorescence, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been used to decipher the formation/break (kinetics), properties, and dynamics of the organic nanoaggregates of three BTD small organic molecules. An in-depth study of the excited-state also revealed the preferential relaxation emissive pathways for the BTD derivatives and the dynamics associated with it. The results described herein, for the first time, explain the formation of fluorescent BTD nanoaggregate derivatives and allow for the understanding of their dynamics in solution as well as the ruling forces of both aggregation and break processes along with the involved equilibrium. One of the developed dyes could be used at a nanomolar concentration to selectively stain lipid droplets emitting an intense and bright fluorescence at the red channel. The other two BTDs could also stain lipid droplets at very low concentrations and were visualized preferentially at the blue channel.
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- Elaine R Sodre
- Laboratory of Medicinal and Technological Chemistry, University of Brasília, Chemistry Institute (IQ-UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Distrito Federal 70904-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Medicinal and Technological Chemistry, University of Brasília, Chemistry Institute (IQ-UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Distrito Federal 70904-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Software and Instrumentation in Applied Physics and Laboratory of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Institute of Physics, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Distrito Federal 70904-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Medicinal and Technological Chemistry, University of Brasília, Chemistry Institute (IQ-UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Distrito Federal 70904-900, Brazil
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- Divisão de Modelagem de Transformações Físicas e Químicas, Grupo de Química Teo'rica e Estrutural de Ana'polis, Centro de Pesquisa e Pos-Graduação, Universidade Estadual de Goia's,, Ana'polis, Goia's 75001-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Medicinal and Technological Chemistry, University of Brasília, Chemistry Institute (IQ-UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Distrito Federal 70904-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Medicinal and Technological Chemistry, University of Brasília, Chemistry Institute (IQ-UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Distrito Federal 70904-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Medicinal and Technological Chemistry, University of Brasília, Chemistry Institute (IQ-UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Distrito Federal 70904-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Medicinal and Technological Chemistry, University of Brasília, Chemistry Institute (IQ-UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Distrito Federal 70904-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Medicinal and Technological Chemistry, University of Brasília, Chemistry Institute (IQ-UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Distrito Federal 70904-900, Brazil
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Lampkin BJ, Karadakov PB, VanVeller B. Detailed Visualization of Aromaticity Using Isotropic Magnetic Shielding. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:19275-19281. [PMID: 33448542 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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For many years, Clar's aromatic sextet theory has served as a qualitative method for assessing the aromatic character of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. A new approach, based on the calculation of isotropic magnetic shielding (IMS) contour plots, is shown to provide a feature-rich picture of aromaticity that is both quantitative yet still easily interpreted. Chemists are visual creatures who are adept at discerning reactivity and chemical behavior from molecular structures. To quote Roald Hoffmann, "People like pictures. Chemists live off them." Thus, the detailed image analysis we present simultaneously provides quantitative assessment of electronic structure, which is still easy-to-understand through visual inspection, embedded in an aesthetically appealing and intuitive picture that draws the reader in. We provide novel computed IMS contour plots for a representative selection of aromatic molecules. Where Clar's static drawings capture only a partial sketch of the electronic properties of a molecule, IMS contour plots present a detailed, global landscape of a molecule that sums all possible resonance structures. This novel analysis allows us to correct certain drawbacks of Clar's analysis with respect to polycyclic aromatics and quantitatively assess the bonding and electronic structure of acene hydrocarbons.
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- Bryan J Lampkin
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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Jana P, Siva A, Soppina V, Kanvah S. Live-cell imaging of lipid droplets using solvatochromic coumarin derivatives. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:5608-5616. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ob01277g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Lipid droplets (LDs), the lipid-rich intracellular organelles were selectively detected using simple coumarin containing fluorophores.
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- Palash Jana
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
- Gandhinagar 382355
- India
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- Department of Biological Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
- Gandhinagar 382355
- India
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- Department of Biological Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
- Gandhinagar 382355
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
- Gandhinagar 382355
- India
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