DMN-Tre Labeling for Detection and High-Content Screening of Compounds against Intracellular Mycobacteria.

ABSTRACT: 4-N,N-Dimethylamino-1,8-naphthalimide conjugate of trehalose (DMN-Tre) is a fluorogenic dye recently developed as a diagnostic tool for tuberculosis. DMN-Tre selectively labels the mycobacterial cell wall through the Ag85 enzymes. In this work, we disclose a protocol describing the total synthesis of DMN-Tre with more than 99% purity. We further developed a protocol for in vitro and intercellular labeling of various mycobacterial strains. DMN-Tre labeling was found to be a useful tool to study in vitro and intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) physiology and as an end-point readout system in high-content image-based screening (HCS) of drug molecules. Such uses of DMN-Tre labeling provide a simple, fast, and cheap alternative to the existing, time-consuming approach that requires M

SUBMITTER: Sahile HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045496 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature