Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 8, Issue 17, Pages 10690-10699Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b00675
Keywords
nuclear stain; fluorescence microscopy; selenium organochalcogen; DNA detection; cell imaging
Funding
- Department of Science and Technology, India [SERB/F/2408/2012-13]
- DST
- CSIR
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Successful integration of selenium unit into a newly designed cationic chemical architecture led to the development of a highly photostable molecular maker PAS to be used in fluorescence microscopy as cellular nucleus staining agent for longer duration imaging under continuous laser illumination. Adaptation of a targeted single-atom modification strategy led to the development of a series of proficient DNA light-up probes (PA1-PA5). Further, their comparative photophysical studies in the presence of DNA revealed the potential of electron rich heteroatoms of chalcogen family in improving binding efficiency and specificity of molecular probes toward DNA. The findings of cell studies confirmed the outstanding cell compatibility of probe PAS in terms of cell permeability, biostability, and extremely low cytotoxicity. Moreover, the photostability experiment employing continuous laser illumination in solution phase as well as in cell assay (both fixed and live cells) revealed the admirable photobleaching resistance of PAS. Finally, while investigating the phototoxicity of PAS, the probe was found not to exhibit light-induced toxicity even when irradiated for longer duration. All these experimental results demonstrated the promising standing of PAS as a futuristic cell compatible potential stain for bioimaging and temporal profiling of DNA.
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