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ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages 672-677Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1ob02116h
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [22177103, 21472172]
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LY17B060009]
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The study introduces a dual-functional imaging probe that can track intracellular viscosity and endogenous cysteine, revealing their synergistic relationship in the inflammation process. The probe shows promising potential for identifying changes in cysteine and viscosity in associated diseases.
Abnormal changes in intracellular viscosity and cysteine are both associated with several important biological processes such as reversible redox reactions, which play a pivotal role in the process of inflammation. However, it remains unclear how cysteine and viscosity are altered in inflammation. Herein, we firstly report a high-sensitivity and -selectivity near-infrared imaging probe (FCV) for tracking intracellular viscosity and endogenous cysteine. This dual-functional probe displays excellent photostability and large Stokes shifts. FCV exhibits a 54-fold enhancement in fluorescence emission at 560 nm with increasing Cys (lambda(ex) = 420 nm) and an approximately 63-fold enhancement at 660 nm (lambda(ex) = 460 nm) with increasing viscosity from 1.0 cP to 952.5 cP. Moreover, FCV reveals the synergistic relationship between viscosity and cysteine in the inflammation model of living cells and zebrafish for the first time. Thus, FCV is a promising vehicle to identify the changes in Cys and viscosity in associated diseases.
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