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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 94, Issue 20, Pages 7272-7277Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c00512
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21877100, 22177104, 21708034]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Provincial Universities of Zhejiang [RF-B2019003]
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This study presents the design and synthesis of a new NTR fluorescent probe FY, which achieves permanent retention and enhanced spatial resolution by integrating with QM protein labeling. Compared to conventional fluorescent probes, FY offers mitochondrial localization, fluorogenic response, and high detection sensitivity even after cell fixation.
Nitroreductase (NTR), one of the flavin-dependent enzymes and an upregulated enzyme under tumor hypoxia, has been studied for decades. Many fluorescent probes were developed to detect NTR activity; however, these probes tend to diffuse away from their reaction site (NTR) inevitably, leading to inappropriate sample fixation, lower accuracy of NTR localization, and weaker signal-to-noise ratio. Herein, we present the design, synthesis, in vitro evaluation, and biological applications of an NTR-activatable fluorogenic and labeling probe FY. By integrating with quinone methide (QM) proximity-based protein labeling, the additional fluoromethyl group on FY serves as a potential origin of QM. Compared with conventional fluorescent probes, this new NTR probe not only offers mitochondrial localizable and fluorogenic response but also achieves permanent retention on the site of activation with an enhanced spatial resolution to improve the detection sensitivity even after cell fixation. We believe our work could offer an expandable synthetic approach to develop these permanent labeling and imaging fluorescence probes for deciphering complex biological events.
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