A Fluorescent Cy7-Mercaptopyridine for the Selective Detection of Glutathione over Homocysteine and Cysteine
- Authors
- Yoon, Shin A.; Kim, Wantae; Sharma, Amit; Verwilst, Peter; Won, Miae; Lee, Min Hee
- Issue Date
- 9월-2018
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- NIR fluorescent probe; Cy7 dye; glutathione (GSH); 2-mercaptopyridine
- Citation
- SENSORS, v.18, no.9
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- SENSORS
- Volume
- 18
- Number
- 9
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/73212
- DOI
- 10.3390/s18092897
- ISSN
- 1424-8220
- Abstract
- We describe a near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probe 1 for the selective detection of GSH over Hcy and Cys under physiological conditions. Probe 1 was composed of Cy7 as a NIR dye and 2-mercaptopyridine as a GSH-reactive site and fluorescence quencher. In the presence of GSH, the 2-mercaptopyridine functionality of probe 1 was replaced by the thiolate group of GSH through a nucleophilic substitution reaction with a fluorescence increase at 818 nm. The probe was found to be highly selective for GSH over Hcy, Cys, and other tested potential interferants, including ROS and metal ions. In addition, probe 1 successfully displayed fluorescence changes in response to changing the GSH concentrations in MDA-MB-231 cells in the presence of external agents i.e., N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC; as GSH inducer) or buthionine sulfoximine (BSO; as GSH inhibitor). We envision that probe 1 will serve as a promising sensing tool for monitoring the changes of the GSH level and the understanding of the roles of GSH under physiological and pathological conditions.
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