Fluorescent Imaging for Cysteine Detection In Vivo with High Selectivity

Abstract As an essential amino acid, cysteine is involved in various biosynthetic and metabolic processes, such as protein synthesis, hormone synthesis, and redox homeostatic maintenance. Inordinate cysteine levels are often associated with serious diseases. Thus, designing and synthesizing a novel...

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Main Authors: Zhuwen Duan, Youming Zhu, Yuyun Yang, Zixu He, Prof. Ju Liu, Prof. Ping Li, Dr. Hui Wang, Prof. Bo Tang
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Published: Wiley-VCH 2019-03-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/open.201900045
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author Zhuwen Duan
Youming Zhu
Yuyun Yang
Zixu He
Prof. Ju Liu
Prof. Ping Li
Dr. Hui Wang
Prof. Bo Tang
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Youming Zhu
Yuyun Yang
Zixu He
Prof. Ju Liu
Prof. Ping Li
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Prof. Bo Tang
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description Abstract As an essential amino acid, cysteine is involved in various biosynthetic and metabolic processes, such as protein synthesis, hormone synthesis, and redox homeostatic maintenance. Inordinate cysteine levels are often associated with serious diseases. Thus, designing and synthesizing a novel fluorescent probe for determining the concentration of cellular cysteine, which could indirectly monitor the prevalence of these diseases, is essential. We developed a florescence probe P−Cy with good sensitivity for cysteine detection in vivo. P−Cy only exhibited good response toward cysteine but did not show response toward other biothiols, such as homocysteine (Hcy) and glutathione (GSH). In this study, we used P−Cy by successfully imaging cellular endogenous and exogenous cysteine levels. Furthermore, P−Cy was also performed in mice to detect cysteine level, indicating that P−Cy is a powerful tool for cysteine detection in situ.
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spelling doaj.art-0fc546e344c743d7839d6a3ba406219b2023-07-27T14:18:47ZengWiley-VCHChemistryOpen2191-13632019-03-018331632010.1002/open.201900045Fluorescent Imaging for Cysteine Detection In Vivo with High SelectivityZhuwen Duan0Youming Zhu1Yuyun Yang2Zixu He3Prof. Ju Liu4Prof. Ping Li5Dr. Hui Wang6Prof. Bo Tang7College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education Shandong normal University Jinan 250014 PR ChinaCollege of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education Shandong normal University Jinan 250014 PR ChinaCollege of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education Shandong normal University Jinan 250014 PR ChinaCollege of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education Shandong normal University Jinan 250014 PR ChinaCollege of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education Shandong normal University Jinan 250014 PR ChinaCollege of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education Shandong normal University Jinan 250014 PR ChinaCollege of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education Shandong normal University Jinan 250014 PR ChinaCollege of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education Shandong normal University Jinan 250014 PR ChinaAbstract As an essential amino acid, cysteine is involved in various biosynthetic and metabolic processes, such as protein synthesis, hormone synthesis, and redox homeostatic maintenance. Inordinate cysteine levels are often associated with serious diseases. Thus, designing and synthesizing a novel fluorescent probe for determining the concentration of cellular cysteine, which could indirectly monitor the prevalence of these diseases, is essential. We developed a florescence probe P−Cy with good sensitivity for cysteine detection in vivo. P−Cy only exhibited good response toward cysteine but did not show response toward other biothiols, such as homocysteine (Hcy) and glutathione (GSH). In this study, we used P−Cy by successfully imaging cellular endogenous and exogenous cysteine levels. Furthermore, P−Cy was also performed in mice to detect cysteine level, indicating that P−Cy is a powerful tool for cysteine detection in situ.https://doi.org/10.1002/open.201900045cysteinein vivo detectionfluorescence imagingbiothiolprobes
spellingShingle Zhuwen Duan
Youming Zhu
Yuyun Yang
Zixu He
Prof. Ju Liu
Prof. Ping Li
Dr. Hui Wang
Prof. Bo Tang
Fluorescent Imaging for Cysteine Detection In Vivo with High Selectivity
ChemistryOpen
cysteine
in vivo detection
fluorescence imaging
biothiol
probes
title Fluorescent Imaging for Cysteine Detection In Vivo with High Selectivity
title_full Fluorescent Imaging for Cysteine Detection In Vivo with High Selectivity
title_fullStr Fluorescent Imaging for Cysteine Detection In Vivo with High Selectivity
title_full_unstemmed Fluorescent Imaging for Cysteine Detection In Vivo with High Selectivity
title_short Fluorescent Imaging for Cysteine Detection In Vivo with High Selectivity
title_sort fluorescent imaging for cysteine detection in vivo with high selectivity
topic cysteine
in vivo detection
fluorescence imaging
biothiol
probes
url https://doi.org/10.1002/open.201900045
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