Green-emissive molecular marker with a TRIS-scaffold for fluorescence imaging of Zn2+ in biological systems

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2014

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Sinha, S.
Mukherjee, T.
Mathew, J.
Mukhopadhyay, S.K.
Ghosh, S.

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Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2014; 277:75-81

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Three TRIS-based molecular probes, L1/L2/L3, were screened for their ability to detect Zn2+ at nanomolar level. Keeping in mind the criteria for a molecular probe to be utilized as bioimaging material, L2 was chosen as model compound for biological studies due to its higher excitation/emission wavelengths. While investigating the potential of L2, intracellular Zn2+ was successfully imaged using fluorescence microscopy. As the fluorescence emission of L2-Zn2+ ensemble was stable for longer duration, more than 3h, L2 was successfully utilized in in-vivo imaging of Zn2+ in a whole plant (Peperomia pellucida) in real time. Further to its in vivo imaging capability, L2 was found to be successful in imaging zinc pool of gram seed sprouts.

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Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V.

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