Chin. J. Org. Chem. ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 787-794.DOI: 10.6023/cjoc201511016 Previous Articles     Next Articles

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新型香豆素类Zn2+荧光探针的合成及细胞成像研究

李长伟, 杨栋, 尹兵, 郭媛   

  1. 西北大学化学与材料科学学院 西安 710127
  • 收稿日期:2015-11-10 修回日期:2015-12-08 发布日期:2015-12-21
  • 通讯作者: 郭媛 E-mail:guoyuan@nwu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    国家自然科学基金(Nos.21472148,21072158)、陕西省教育厅专项基金(No.12JK0580)和西北大学优秀青年学术骨干支持计划资助项目.

Novel Coumarin-Based Fluorescent Probes for Detecting Zn2+ in Living Cells

Li Changwei, Yang Dong, Yin Bing, Guo Yuan   

  1. College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127
  • Received:2015-11-10 Revised:2015-12-08 Published:2015-12-21
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21472148, 21072158), the Special Foundation of the Education Committee of Shaanxi Province (No. 12JK0580), and the Academic Back-bone of Northwest University Outstanding Youth Support Program.

Zinc ion (Zn2+) is one of the most important transition-metal ions in the human body which is involved in many important life activities and many diseases can be displayed by its situation. Thus, monitoring of Zn2+ is very meaningful to diagnosis of diseases. Compared to the traditional detection methods, fluorescence probe is safer and more practical. Because coumarin derivatives possess several advantages in optics, we choose them as key structures to prepare new fluorescent probes. Based on the mechaism of photoinduced electron transfer (PET), the water-soluble fluorescent probes 1 and 2that are coumarin-based derivatives were designed, which demonstrated sensitivity for Zn2+ and exhibited high selectivity to Zn2+ over other metal ions. The receptor unit serves as an electron donor in the absence of Zn2+, quenching the fluorophore excited state that makes the probe have no fluorescence. However, when Zn2+ binds to the receptor, photoinduced electron transfer is prevented and the quenching is blocked, resulting the fluorescence intensity significantly enhanced. There is a good correlation between fluorescence intensity and Zn2+ concentration. With the increase of Zn2+ concentration, fluorescence intensity becomes stronger. Furthermore, the two probes were successfully labelled on the MCF-7 cell and B. subtilis. The single crystals of the coumarin-based compounds 1~4 and zinc complex [Zn(2)] were also obtained. The X-ray crystal structure of the zinc complex [Zn(2)] reveals that the hydroxyl group and the 2,2-dipicolylaminomethyl group participate in coordination. Zn2+ is five-coordinated with three nitrogen atoms from the pyridine rings, the substituted amino group and two oxygen atoms from the 7-site hydroxyl group, also coordinated with water molecule forming a pentacoordinated bipyramid geometry.

Key words: coumarin, Zn2+ fluorescent probe, cell imaging