A highly selective and sensitive fluorescent probe for Cu2+ based on a novel naphthalimide-rhodamine platform and its application in live cell imaging

Org Biomol Chem. 2017 May 10;15(18):3947-3954. doi: 10.1039/c7ob00538e.

Abstract

Copper plays important roles in a variety of fundamental physiological processes. At the cell organelle level, aberrant copper homeostasis in lysosomes can lead to various serious diseases. Herein, a bifluorophore-based, lysosome-targetable Cu2+-selective ratiometric fluorescent probe (V) has been synthesized by reasonable design. The probe V shows high selectivity toward Cu2+ ions over other cations and exhibits high sensitivity (1.45 nM) for the detection of Cu2+ ions. Meanwhile, the probe is cell permeable and suitable for ratiometric visualization of lysosomal Cu2+ in the living cell.

MeSH terms

  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival
  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Copper / metabolism*
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • Fluorescent Dyes / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Limit of Detection*
  • Lysosomes / metabolism
  • Naphthalimides / chemistry*
  • Optical Imaging / methods*
  • Permeability
  • Rhodamines / chemistry*

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Naphthalimides
  • Rhodamines
  • Copper