A thiourea dihydropyridine as a highly selective and sensitive “turn-on” fluorescent chemosensor for mercury(II) ion in water and its application for cell imaging
The existence of extremely toxic mercury contaminants in the environment, even at very low concentrations, poses severe human health issues. Mercury exposure may lead to various diseases, such as prenatal brain damage, cognitive severe, motion disorders, and Minamata diseases. Hence, developing an e...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier
2024-08-01
|
| Series: | Talanta Open |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666831924000304 |
| _version_ | 1797234261532606464 |
|---|---|
| author | Islah Muttaqin Waroton Paisuwan Thitiporn Pattarakankul Tanapat Palaga Mongkol Sukwattanasinitt Anawat Ajavakom |
| author_facet | Islah Muttaqin Waroton Paisuwan Thitiporn Pattarakankul Tanapat Palaga Mongkol Sukwattanasinitt Anawat Ajavakom |
| author_sort | Islah Muttaqin |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The existence of extremely toxic mercury contaminants in the environment, even at very low concentrations, poses severe human health issues. Mercury exposure may lead to various diseases, such as prenatal brain damage, cognitive severe, motion disorders, and Minamata diseases. Hence, developing an effective and selective method to detect Hg2+ in the environment and biological samples is of great interest. Amongst various Hg2+ detection techniques, fluorescent chemosensors offer more convenient procedures, affordable cost, high selectivity, and the capability to perform cell imaging for Hg2+ detection. Herein, a novel ''turn-on'' fluorescent chemosensor, Thiourea-DHP derivative (TUD), highly selective to Hg2+, was successfully developed. TUD was synthesized by cyclotrimerization of β-amino acrylate, followed by the thioacylation of the resulting dihydropyridine (DHP) with dimethylamino thiocarbonyl chloride. The Hg2+ detection by TUD displayed an astonishing naked-eye blue fluorescence signal under blacklight, exhibiting an LOD of 69 nM or 14 ppb at pH 7.4 in the HEPES buffer. Hg2+-induced hydrolytic desulfurization of the low fluorescent TUD to produce the strongly fluorescent urea-DHP (UD) is proposed as a mechanism for this fluorescence enhancement. The formation of UD was confirmed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and HRMS. This detecting system of TUD provided excellent percentage recovery (>97 %) for the analysis of Hg2+ contaminants in real-environmental water samples. Besides, the TUD probe showed nontoxic properties in living cells towards RAW264.7 murine macrophage cell line even at high concentrations (100 µM). Our proposed TUD probe demonstrated superior sensitivity in pure aqueous media compared to current mercury-desulfurization fluorescent chemosensors. This sensing system proved effective for analysing Hg2+ contaminants in real-environmental water samples. Additionally, the nontoxic TUD probe successfully revealed the remarkable biocompatibility for Hg2+ detection in living cells. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-24T16:29:15Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-6c4a73e01d614a4da55965e17ce2722a |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2666-8319 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-24T16:29:15Z |
| publishDate | 2024-08-01 |
| publisher | Elsevier |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Talanta Open |
| spelling | doaj.art-6c4a73e01d614a4da55965e17ce2722a2024-03-30T04:40:15ZengElsevierTalanta Open2666-83192024-08-019100316A thiourea dihydropyridine as a highly selective and sensitive “turn-on” fluorescent chemosensor for mercury(II) ion in water and its application for cell imagingIslah Muttaqin0Waroton Paisuwan1Thitiporn Pattarakankul2Tanapat Palaga3Mongkol Sukwattanasinitt4Anawat Ajavakom5Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, ThailandDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, ThailandDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, ThailandDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, ThailandNanotec-CU Center of Excellence on Food and Agriculture, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, ThailandNanotec-CU Center of Excellence on Food and Agriculture, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Corresponding author.The existence of extremely toxic mercury contaminants in the environment, even at very low concentrations, poses severe human health issues. Mercury exposure may lead to various diseases, such as prenatal brain damage, cognitive severe, motion disorders, and Minamata diseases. Hence, developing an effective and selective method to detect Hg2+ in the environment and biological samples is of great interest. Amongst various Hg2+ detection techniques, fluorescent chemosensors offer more convenient procedures, affordable cost, high selectivity, and the capability to perform cell imaging for Hg2+ detection. Herein, a novel ''turn-on'' fluorescent chemosensor, Thiourea-DHP derivative (TUD), highly selective to Hg2+, was successfully developed. TUD was synthesized by cyclotrimerization of β-amino acrylate, followed by the thioacylation of the resulting dihydropyridine (DHP) with dimethylamino thiocarbonyl chloride. The Hg2+ detection by TUD displayed an astonishing naked-eye blue fluorescence signal under blacklight, exhibiting an LOD of 69 nM or 14 ppb at pH 7.4 in the HEPES buffer. Hg2+-induced hydrolytic desulfurization of the low fluorescent TUD to produce the strongly fluorescent urea-DHP (UD) is proposed as a mechanism for this fluorescence enhancement. The formation of UD was confirmed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and HRMS. This detecting system of TUD provided excellent percentage recovery (>97 %) for the analysis of Hg2+ contaminants in real-environmental water samples. Besides, the TUD probe showed nontoxic properties in living cells towards RAW264.7 murine macrophage cell line even at high concentrations (100 µM). Our proposed TUD probe demonstrated superior sensitivity in pure aqueous media compared to current mercury-desulfurization fluorescent chemosensors. This sensing system proved effective for analysing Hg2+ contaminants in real-environmental water samples. Additionally, the nontoxic TUD probe successfully revealed the remarkable biocompatibility for Hg2+ detection in living cells.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666831924000304Thiourea1,4-dihydropyridineFluorescent chemosensorMercury(II) ionDesulfurizationCell imaging |
| spellingShingle | Islah Muttaqin Waroton Paisuwan Thitiporn Pattarakankul Tanapat Palaga Mongkol Sukwattanasinitt Anawat Ajavakom A thiourea dihydropyridine as a highly selective and sensitive “turn-on” fluorescent chemosensor for mercury(II) ion in water and its application for cell imaging Talanta Open Thiourea 1,4-dihydropyridine Fluorescent chemosensor Mercury(II) ion Desulfurization Cell imaging |
| title | A thiourea dihydropyridine as a highly selective and sensitive “turn-on” fluorescent chemosensor for mercury(II) ion in water and its application for cell imaging |
| title_full | A thiourea dihydropyridine as a highly selective and sensitive “turn-on” fluorescent chemosensor for mercury(II) ion in water and its application for cell imaging |
| title_fullStr | A thiourea dihydropyridine as a highly selective and sensitive “turn-on” fluorescent chemosensor for mercury(II) ion in water and its application for cell imaging |
| title_full_unstemmed | A thiourea dihydropyridine as a highly selective and sensitive “turn-on” fluorescent chemosensor for mercury(II) ion in water and its application for cell imaging |
| title_short | A thiourea dihydropyridine as a highly selective and sensitive “turn-on” fluorescent chemosensor for mercury(II) ion in water and its application for cell imaging |
| title_sort | thiourea dihydropyridine as a highly selective and sensitive turn on fluorescent chemosensor for mercury ii ion in water and its application for cell imaging |
| topic | Thiourea 1,4-dihydropyridine Fluorescent chemosensor Mercury(II) ion Desulfurization Cell imaging |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666831924000304 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT islahmuttaqin athioureadihydropyridineasahighlyselectiveandsensitiveturnonfluorescentchemosensorformercuryiiioninwateranditsapplicationforcellimaging AT warotonpaisuwan athioureadihydropyridineasahighlyselectiveandsensitiveturnonfluorescentchemosensorformercuryiiioninwateranditsapplicationforcellimaging AT thitipornpattarakankul athioureadihydropyridineasahighlyselectiveandsensitiveturnonfluorescentchemosensorformercuryiiioninwateranditsapplicationforcellimaging AT tanapatpalaga athioureadihydropyridineasahighlyselectiveandsensitiveturnonfluorescentchemosensorformercuryiiioninwateranditsapplicationforcellimaging AT mongkolsukwattanasinitt athioureadihydropyridineasahighlyselectiveandsensitiveturnonfluorescentchemosensorformercuryiiioninwateranditsapplicationforcellimaging AT anawatajavakom athioureadihydropyridineasahighlyselectiveandsensitiveturnonfluorescentchemosensorformercuryiiioninwateranditsapplicationforcellimaging AT islahmuttaqin thioureadihydropyridineasahighlyselectiveandsensitiveturnonfluorescentchemosensorformercuryiiioninwateranditsapplicationforcellimaging AT warotonpaisuwan thioureadihydropyridineasahighlyselectiveandsensitiveturnonfluorescentchemosensorformercuryiiioninwateranditsapplicationforcellimaging AT thitipornpattarakankul thioureadihydropyridineasahighlyselectiveandsensitiveturnonfluorescentchemosensorformercuryiiioninwateranditsapplicationforcellimaging AT tanapatpalaga thioureadihydropyridineasahighlyselectiveandsensitiveturnonfluorescentchemosensorformercuryiiioninwateranditsapplicationforcellimaging AT mongkolsukwattanasinitt thioureadihydropyridineasahighlyselectiveandsensitiveturnonfluorescentchemosensorformercuryiiioninwateranditsapplicationforcellimaging AT anawatajavakom thioureadihydropyridineasahighlyselectiveandsensitiveturnonfluorescentchemosensorformercuryiiioninwateranditsapplicationforcellimaging |