Highly selective "Off-On" fluorescent probe for histidine and its imaging in living cells

  • Tiantian Chen
  • , Liyan Yin
  • , Chusen Huang*
  • , Yiqiao Qin
  • , Weiping Zhu
  • , Yufang Xu
  • , Xuhong Qian
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A naphthalimide-based fluorescent probe CP has been synthesized with simple steps. It can selectively and sensitively recognize copper ions (Cu2+) in HEPES buffer (50mM, pH 7.2). The fluorescence intensity of CP is linearly proportional to the concentration of Cu2+ ranging from 0-8.3μM (correlation coefficient R2=0.9808). The resulted complex CP@Cu can serve as a turn-on fluorescent probe for the detection of histidine and histidine rich proteins in broad pH application range. Upon the addition of histidine, the fluorescence intensity of CP@Cu exhibits a linear correlation with the concentration of histidine ranging from 0-200μM (correlation coefficient R2=0.9912). Moreover, CP@Cu has potential for imaging histidine in vitro experiments and has promise in real sample applications with great validity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)259-265
Number of pages7
JournalBiosensors and Bioelectronics
Volume66
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Apr 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Copper ion
  • Fluorescent probe
  • Histidine
  • Live cell imaging
  • Naphthalimide

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