A nucleus targetable fluorescent probe for ratiometric imaging of endogenous NO in living cells and zebrafishes.

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Liang ZhaoYi Xiao

Abstract

Nitric oxide (NO) is an important cellular messenger molecule in the cardiovascular, nervous and immune systems. Real-time monitoring of NO activity in specific organelles of live cells is important to understand its biological function. In this work, a nucleus targetable ratiometric NO probe, Hoe-Rh-NO, is developed by linking Hoechst to rhodamine spirolactam. The Hoechst part conducts nucleus targeting and the rhodamine spirolactam senses NO. The two fluorophores constitute a NO switchable FRET system for ratiometric imaging. This newly developed probe Hoe-Rh-NO displays good nucleus targeting ability, high sensitivity and selectivity towards NO, low cytotoxicity and most importantly detects NO through ratiometric fluorescence imaging. By using Hoe-Rh-NO, we confirmed the presence of NO in the nucleus and detected endogenous NO during inflammation in cells and zebrafishes.

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