Journal
CHEMBIOCHEM
Volume 5, Issue 8, Pages 1119-1128Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200300814
Keywords
cage compounds; nucleotides; protecting groups; signal transduction; two-photon excitation
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Cyclic nucleoside monophosphates (cNMPs) play key roles in many cellular regulatory processes, such as growth, differentiation, motility, and gene expression. Caged derivatives that can be activated by irradiation could be powerful tools for studying such diverse functions of intracellular second messengers, since the spatiotemporal dynamics of these molecules con be controlled by irradiation with appropriately focused light. Here we report the synthesis, photochemistry, and biological testing of 6-bromo-7-hydroxycoumarin-4-ylmethyl esters of cNMP (Bhc-cNMP) and their acetyl derivatives (Bhc-cNMP/Ac) as new caged second messengers. Irradiation of Bhc-cNMPs quantitatively produced the parent cNMPs with one-photon uncaging efficiencies (Phiepsilon) of up to one order of magnitude better than those of 2-nitrophenethyl (NPE) cNMPs. In addition, two-photon induced photochemical release of cNMP from Bhc-cNMPs (7 and 8) con be observed with the two-photon uncaging action cross-sections (delta(u)) of up to 2.28 GM (1 GM = 10(-50) cm(4) s photon(-1)), which is the largest value among those of the reported Bhc-caged compounds. The wavelength dependence of the delta(u) values of 7 revealed that the peak wavelength was twice that of the one-photon absorption maximum. Bhc-cNMPs showed practically useful water solubility (nearly 500 mum), whereas 7-acetylated derivatives (Bhc-cNMPs/Ac) were expected to have a certain membrane permeability. Their 1 advantages were demonstrated in two types of biological Systems: the opening of cAMP-mediated transduction channels in newt olfactory receptor cells and cAMP-mediated motility responses in epidermal melanophores in scales from medaka fish. I Both examples showed that Bhc and Bhc/Ac caged compounds have great potential for use in many cell biological applications.
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