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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 137, Issue 21, Pages 6837-6843Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b01881
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- University of Hong Kong
- University Development Fund
- Hong Kong Research Grants Council under General Research Fund Scheme [HKU 17305714]
- Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation
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Superoxide anion radical (O-2(center dot-)) is undoubtedly the most important primary reactive oxygen species (ROS) found in cells, whose formation and fate are intertwined with diverse physiological and pathological processes. Here we report a highly sensitive and selective O-2(center dot-) detecting strategy involving O-2(center dot-) cleavage of an aryl trifluoromethanesulfonate group to yield a free phenol. We have synthesized three new O-2 fluorescent probes (HKSOX-1, HKSOX-1r for cellular retention, and HKSOX-1m for mitochondria-targeting) which exhibit excellent selectivity and sensitivity toward O-2(center dot-) over a broad range of pH, strong oxidants, and abundant reductants found in cells. In confocal imaging, flow cytometry, and 96-well microplate assay, HKSOX-1r has been robustly applied to detect O-2(center dot-) in multiple cellular models, such as inflammation and mitochondrial stress. Additionally, our probes can be efficiently applied to visualize O-2(center dot-) in intact live zebrafish embryos. These probes open up exciting opportunities for unmasking the roles of O-2(center dot-) in health and disease.
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