Issue 35, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Highly selective fluorescence imaging of zinc distribution in HeLa cells and Arabidopsis using a naphthalene-based fluorescent probe†

Ji Ha Lee,a   Jin Hyeok Lee,a   Sung Ho Jung,a   Tae Kyung Hyun,*bc   Mingxiao Feng,b   Jae-Yean Kim,b   Jae-Hong Lee,d   Hoyeon Lee,e   Jong Seung Kim,*d   Chulhun Kang,*e   Ki-Young Kwon*a  and  Jong Hwa Jung*a  

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a Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea
E-mail: jonghwa@gnu.ac.kr
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b Division of Applied Life Science (BK21plus), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea

c Department of Industrial Plant Science & Technology, College of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic of Korea

d Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea

e The School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 446-701, Korea

Abstract

2-(N,N-Dimethylamino)naphthalene-based probe 1 was found to exhibit a dramatic enhancement in fluorescence upon addition of Zn2+, but not with any other metal ions. Probe 1 as a chemoprobe enabled high-resolution fluorescence imaging of zinc ions in HeLa cells and Arabidopsis.

Graphical abstract: Highly selective fluorescence imaging of zinc distribution in HeLa cells and Arabidopsis using a naphthalene-based fluorescent probe

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC01364J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Feb 2015
Accepted
19 Mar 2015
First published
20 Mar 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 7463-7465

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Highly selective fluorescence imaging of zinc distribution in HeLa cells and Arabidopsis using a naphthalene-based fluorescent probe

J. H. Lee, J. H. Lee, S. H. Jung, T. K. Hyun, M. Feng, J. Kim, J. Lee, H. Lee, J. S. Kim, C. Kang, K. Kwon and J. H. Jung, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 7463 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC01364J

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