Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (9): 1542.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20170193

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Novel Fluorescent/EPR Difunctional Probe for Detecting Hypochlorite

LIU Huiqiang1, PENG Chao1,*(), CHEN Ning2, LIU Yangping1,*()   

  1. 1. School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
    2. Tianjin Medical University Stomatological Hospital, Tianjin 300070, China
  • Received:2017-03-31 Online:2017-09-10 Published:2017-07-04
  • Contact: PENG Chao,LIU Yangping E-mail:pengchao@tmu.edu.cn;liuyangping@tmu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31500684, 21572161) and the Tianjin Research Program of Application Foundation and Advanced Technology, China(Nos.15JCYBJC23700, 15JCZDJC32300)

Abstract:

To detect hypochlorite effectively and multimodally in biological system, a novel fluorescence/EPR dual probe CNNOH was designed and synthesized based on coumarin and naphthalimide derivatives. The phy-sicochemical properties of CNNOH and its reaction with hypochlorite were studied in detail by fluorescence, electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR) and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopies. The results showed that hypochlorite can be detected using CNNOH by fluorescence and EPR spectroscopies with integrated advantages of both techniques. Owing to fluorescence resonance energy transfer(FRET) effect between the two fluorophores, the probe exhibits a large Stokes shift(135 nm) and thus effectively eliminates interference from of stray light. This dual probe has multiple advantages, such as low detection limit(0.214 μmol/L), short response time to hypochlorite(ca. 10 s), measurement of hypochlorite over a wide range of concentrations(0—5 mmol/L) as well as good selectivity and stability of CNNOH under physiological conditions. Therefore, the new probe shows great potentials in detecting or imaging hypochlorite in living cells and this molecular design provides new insights into the development of new probes for hypochlorite.

Key words: Hypochlorite, Fluorescent probe, Electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR), Fluorescence resonance energy transfer(FRET), Free radical

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