Fluorescent chemodosimeter for Cys/Hcy with a large absorption shift and imaging in living cells

  • Mingming Hu
  • , Jiangli Fan*
  • , Honglin Li
  • , Kedong Song
  • , Song Wang
  • , Guanghui Cheng
  • , Xiaojun Peng
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A novel molecule T1 with efficient intramolecular charge transfer was designed as a fluorescent chemodosimeter for cysteine (Cys) and homocysteine (Hcy). Upon addition of Cys/Hcy, T1 exhibited greatly enhanced fluorescence intensity as well as a large absorption peak shift (70 nm), and can be used for bioimaging of Cys/Hcy in living cells and detection in human plasma by visual color change. The detection mechanism was proved by 1H NMR, mass spectrometry analysis and Gaussian calculations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)980-983
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Volume9
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Feb 2011
Externally publishedYes

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