Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 179, Issue -, Pages 34-46Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.12.260
Keywords
Water-soluble fluorescent probe; Coumarin-based probe; Mitochondria-targeted two-photon fluorescent probe; Redox probe; Peroxynitrite
Funding
- Polish National Science Centre (NCN) within the SONATA BIS 6 program [2016/22/E/ST4/00549]
- Polish National Science Centre (NCN) [2020/04/X/ST4/01002]
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A new water-soluble and cationic boronate probe (CI-Bz-BA) based on a coumarin-imidazolium scaffold for the fluorescent detection of ONOO- in cells was developed. The probe reacts stoichiometrically with ONOO- to form major phenolic product CI-OH and minor nitrated product CI-Bz-NO2, which were not formed by other oxidants tested. Detection of endogenously produced ONOO- was demonstrated using the probe in RAW 264.7 cells through fluorescence measurements and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry analyses.
Peroxynitrite (ONOO-) has been implicated in numerous pathologies associated with an inflammatory component, but its selective and sensitive detection in biological settings remains a challenge. Here, the development of a new water-soluble and cationic boronate probe based on a coumarin-imidazolium scaffold (CI-Bz-BA) for the fluorescent detection of ONOO- in cells is reported. The chemical reactivity of the CI-Bz-BA probe toward selected oxidants known to react with the boronate moiety was characterized, and the suitability of the probe for the direct detection of ONOO- in cell-free and cellular system is reported. Oxidation of the probe results in the formation of the primary hydroxybenzyl product (CI-Bz-OH), followed by the spontaneous elimination of the quinone methide moiety to produce the secondary phenol (CI-OH), which is accompanied by a red shift in the fluorescence emission band from 405 nm to 481 nm. CI-Bz-BA reacts with ONOO- stoichiometrically with a rate constant of similar to 1 x 10(6) M(-1)s(-1) to form, in addition to the major phenolic product CI-OH, the minor nitrated product CI-Bz-NO2, which is not formed by other oxidants tested or via myeloperoxidase-catalyzed oxidation/nitration. Both CI-OH and CI-Bz-NO2 products were also formed in the presence of cogenerated fluxes of nitric oxide and superoxide radical anion produced during decomposition of a SIN-1 donor. Using RAW 264.7 cells, we demonstrate the ability of the probe to report endogenously produced ONOO- via fluorescence measurements, including plate reader real time monitoring and two-photon fluorescence imaging. Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry analyses of cell extracts and media confirmed the formation of both CI-OH and CI-Bz-NO2 in macrophages activated to produce ONOO-. We propose the use of a combination of real-time monitoring of probe oxidation using fluorimetry and fluorescence microscopy with liquid chromatography/mass spectrometrybased product identification for rigorous detection and quantitative analyses of ONOO- in biological systems.
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