Dual-Site Fluorescent Probe to Monitor Intracellular Nitroxyl and GSH-GSSG Oscillations

Longxue Nie, Congcong Gao, Tianjiao Shen, Jing Jing*, Shaowen Zhang, Xiaoling Zhang

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Abstract

Nitroxyl (HNO), the one-electron-reduction product of NO has recently been revealed to have potentially beneficial pharmacological properties in cardiovascular health as a result of interactions with specific thiols such as glutathione (GSH). To disentangle the complicated inter-relationship between HNO and GSH in the signal transduction and oxidative pathways, we designed and synthesized a dual-site fluorescent probe NCF to indicate cellular HNO and GSH-GSSG balance. The sensitive and selective detection of HNO was achieved by incorporating an organophosphine group to naphthaldehyde-TCF. Then the resulted fluorescent product is able to monitor the conversion of GSH and GSSG reversibly. Additionally, outstanding biocompatibility make it capable of monitoring intracellular HNO and consequently GSH-GSSG oscillationsin living cells. We anticipate that NCF will be a unique molecular tool to investigate the interplaying roles of HNO and GSH.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4451-4456
Number of pages6
JournalAnalytical Chemistry
Volume91
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Apr 2019

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