Journal
ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 327, Issue 1, Pages 82-90Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2003.12.026
Keywords
ratiometric cyanide probes; colorimetric response; boronic acid
Funding
- NCRR NIH HHS [RR 08119, P41 RR008119] Funding Source: Medline
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We characterize three new fluorescent probes that show both spectral shifts and intensity changes in the presence of aqueous cyanide, allowing for both excitation and fluorescence emission wavelength ratiometric and colorimetric sensing. The relatively high binding constants of the probes for cyanide enables a distinct colorimetric change to be visually observed with as little as 10 muM cyanide. The response of the new probes is based on the ability of the boronic acid group to interact with the CN- anion, changing from the neutral form of the boronic acid group R-B(OH)(2) to the anionic R-B-(OH)(3) form, which is an electron-donating group. The presence of an electron-deficient quaternary heterocyclic nitrogen center and a strong electron-donating amino group in the 6 position on the quinolinium backbone provides for the spectral changes observed upon CN- complexation. We have determined the binding constants for the ortho-, meta-, and para-boronic acid probes to be 0.12, 0.17, and 0.14 muM(-3). In addition we have synthesized a control compound that does not contain the boronic acid moiety, allowing for structural comparisons and a rationale for the sensing mechanism to be made. Finally we show that the affinity for monosaccharides, such as glucose or fructose, is relatively low as compared to that for cyanide, enabling the potential detection of cyanide in physiologies up to lethal levels. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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