Issue 69, 2016, Issue in Progress

A highly selective ratiometric fluorescent probe for the sensitive detection of hypochlorous acid and its bioimaging applications

Abstract

The development of simple techniques for monitoring hypochlorous acid (HOCl) in living cells is urgently needed to disclose the important roles of HOCl in biological systems. Although a number of fluorescent probes have been exploited to detect HOCl, most of them are easily influenced by other competing reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS), and disturbed by many factors including variabilities in excitation, probe distribution and environmental conditions due to the recognition of HOCl based on the fluorescence changes in single wavelength. Herein, in this work, we present a simple fluorescent probe AETU-HOCl containing a new recognition group (2-amino-ethyl)-thiourea (AETU) for the ratiometric detection of HOCl in living cells. Probe AETU-HOCl exhibits outstanding selectivity for HOCl over other ROS/RNS at higher concentrations (0.5 mM, 100 equiv.). More importantly, the rapid response (1 min) and high sensitivity (a detection limit of 3.9 nM) allow it to successfully visualize the intracellular HOCl levels by the ratiometric imaging. The present study would offer a simple, ratiometric, rapid, and ultrasensitive assay for the accurate determination of HOCl in the biological systems.

Graphical abstract: A highly selective ratiometric fluorescent probe for the sensitive detection of hypochlorous acid and its bioimaging applications

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Jun 2016
Accepted
28 Jun 2016
First published
30 Jun 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 64315-64322

A highly selective ratiometric fluorescent probe for the sensitive detection of hypochlorous acid and its bioimaging applications

W. Shu, P. Jia, X. Chen, X. Li, Y. Huo, F. Liu, Z. Wang, C. Liu, B. Zhu, L. Yan and B. Du, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 64315 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA15266J

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