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A far-red emitting probe for unambiguous detection of mobile zinc in acidic vesicles and deep tissue
Imaging mobile zinc in acidic environments remains challenging because most small-molecule optical probes display pH-dependent fluorescence. Here we report a reaction-based sensor that detects mobile zinc unambiguously at low pH. The sensor responds reversibly and with a large dynamic range to exoge...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Royal Society of Chemistry
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4372157/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25815162 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4sc03388d |
Sumario: | Imaging mobile zinc in acidic environments remains challenging because most small-molecule optical probes display pH-dependent fluorescence. Here we report a reaction-based sensor that detects mobile zinc unambiguously at low pH. The sensor responds reversibly and with a large dynamic range to exogenously applied Zn(2+) in lysosomes of HeLa cells, endogenous Zn(2+) in insulin granules of MIN6 cells, and zinc-rich mossy fiber boutons in hippocampal tissue from mice. This long-wavelength probe is compatible with the green-fluorescent protein, enabling multicolor imaging, and facilitates visualization of mossy fiber boutons at depths of >100 μm, as demonstrated by studies in live tissue employing two-photon microscopy. |
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