A negative-solvatochromic fluorescent probe for visualizing intracellular distributions of fatty acid metabolites

Metabolic distribution of fatty acids to organelles is an essential biological process for energy homeostasis. Here the authors report a fluorescent probe that allows multicolour visualisation of the intracellular distribution of exogenous fatty acids, metabolically incorporated as lipid components.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Keiji Kajiwara, Hiroshi Osaki, Steffen Greßies, Keiko Kuwata, Ju Hyun Kim, Tobias Gensch, Yoshikatsu Sato, Frank Glorius, Shigehiro Yamaguchi, Masayasu Taki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30153-6