Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 7, Issue 51, Pages 28474-28481Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09573
Keywords
two-photon; ratiometric fluorescent probe; carboxylesterase 2; specific sensing; bioimaging
Funding
- National S&T Major Projects of China [2012ZX09501001, 2012ZX09506001]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2013C13531800]
- NSF of China [81473181, 81302793, 21421005, 21572029]
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals [KF1304, KF1408]
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In this study, a two-photon ratiometric fluorescent probe NCEN has been designed and developed for highly selective and sensitive sensing of human carboxylesterase 2 (hCE2) based on the catalytic properties and substrate preference of hCE2. Upon addition of hCE2, the probe could be readily hydrolyzed to release 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide (NAH), which brings remarkable red-shift in fluorescence (90 nm) spectrum. The newly developed probe exhibits good specificity, ultrahigh sensitivity, and has been successfully applied to determine the real activities of hCE2 in complex biological samples such as cell and tissue preparations. NCEN has also been used for two-photon imaging of intracellular hCE2 in living cells as well as in deep-tissues for the first time, and the results showed that the probe exhibited high ratiometric imaging resolution and deep-tissue imaging depth. All these findings suggested that this probe holds great promise for applications in bioimaging of endogenous hCE2 in living cells and in exploring the biological functions of hCE2 in complex biological systems.
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