Issue 16, 2015

Design and synthesis of fluorenone-based dyes: two-photon excited fluorescent probes for imaging of lysosomes and mitochondria in living cells

Abstract

Three fluorenone-derived two-photon fluorescent probes (TK) targeting the lysosomes (TK-Lyso) and mitochondria (TK-Mito1 and TK-Mito2) were synthesized by introducing different diphenylamine moieties into the fluorenone core. The TK dyes showed high biocompatibility and long-term retention, low cytotoxicity, large Stokes shift and good fluorescence quantum yield. The results of the present work disclose a class of organic dyes with potential wide applications as specific and efficient probes for lysosomes and mitochondria in the study of various biological processes.

Graphical abstract: Design and synthesis of fluorenone-based dyes: two-photon excited fluorescent probes for imaging of lysosomes and mitochondria in living cells

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Dec 2014
Accepted
04 Mar 2015
First published
04 Mar 2015

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2015,3, 3315-3323

Author version available

Design and synthesis of fluorenone-based dyes: two-photon excited fluorescent probes for imaging of lysosomes and mitochondria in living cells

A. L. Capodilupo, V. Vergaro, E. Fabiano, M. De Giorgi, F. Baldassarre, A. Cardone, A. Maggiore, V. Maiorano, D. Sanvitto, G. Gigli and G. Ciccarella, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2015, 3, 3315 DOI: 10.1039/C4TB02116A

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