A fast-responsive fluorescent turn-on probe for nitroreductase imaging in living cells.

ABSTRACT: Nitroreductase (NTR) may be more active under the environment of hypoxic conditions, which are the distinctive features of the multiphase solid tumor. It is of great significance to effectively detect and monitor NTR in the living cells for the diagnosis of hypoxia in a tumor. Here, we synthesized a novel turn-on fluorescent probe NTR-NO₂ based on a fused four-ring quinoxaline skeleton for NTR detection. The highly efficient probe can be easily synthesized. The probe NTR-NO₂ showed satisfactory sensitivity and selectivity to NTR. Upon incubation with NTR, NTR-NO₂ could successively undergo a nitro reduction reaction and then generate NTR-NH₂ along with significant fluorescence enhancement (30 folds). Moreover, the fluorescent dye NTR-NH₂

SUBMITTER: Jia C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8695130 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature