Journal
DYES AND PIGMENTS
Volume 202, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110220
Keywords
Nitro reductase; Lysosome localization; BODIPY; PET; Metal-organic frameworks
Funding
- National Key Research and Development Project [2021YFC2100104]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [22007048]
- Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China [20KJB150046]
- Jiangsu innovation and entrepreneurship doctoral program
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In this study, a nanocomposite based on BODIPY fluorophore and ZIF-8 was developed for the detection of NTR. The probe showed high sensitivity and fluorescence imaging feature for NTR. This work has important implications in the field of enzyme detection.
Hypoxia is one of the common characteristics in tumor cells. It has been confirmed that the nitro reductase (NTR) overexpression is closely related to hypoxia cells. Thus, developing a facile method to detect nitro reductase is of great significance. Although several detection techniques have been designed for the NTR, these probes still have limitations, such as low sensitivity, poor water solubility, and compromised biocompatibility. In this study, we developed a nanocomposite (Nitro-BOD@ZIF-8) based on BODIPY fluorophore and zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8). A red emission BODIPY small molecule probe (Nitro-BOD) was synthesized and then encapsulated in ZIF-8. Morpholine and nitro groups were introduced to Nitro-BOD for lysosome localization and NTR detection, respectively. The results showed that reduction of the nitro group on the probe by NTR blocked the photoinduced electron transfer (PET), resulting in fluorescence enhancement. The low detection limit for the NTR proved the sensitivity of the sensor. In addition, confocal microscopy con-firmed the fluorescence imaging feature of the Nitro-BOD@ZIF-8 for NTR in A549 cells. This work also opens a useful path for probe and MOF in the field of enzyme detection.
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