Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 611-623.DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202006046 Previous Articles     Next Articles

Review

生物硫醇荧光探针的研究进展

陈莉a, 黎俊波b, 陈杜刚a,*()   

  1. a 武汉工程大学化工与制药学院 绿色化工过程教育部重点实验室 武汉 430205
    b 武汉工程大学化学与环境工程学院 武汉 430205
  • 收稿日期:2020-06-23 修回日期:2020-07-27 发布日期:2020-08-19
  • 通讯作者: 陈杜刚
  • 作者简介:
    * Corresponding author. E-mail:
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(51703171); 武汉工程大学研究生教育创新基金(CX2019003)

Recent Advances in Fluorescent Probes for Biothiols

Li Chena, Junbo Lib, Dugang Chena,*()   

  1. a Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy,Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205
    b School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205
  • Received:2020-06-23 Revised:2020-07-27 Published:2020-08-19
  • Contact: Dugang Chen
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51703171); and the Graduate Innovative Fund of Wuhan Institute of Technology(CX2019003)

Biothiols, including cysteine (Cys), homocysteine (Hcy) and glutathione (GSH), play an important role in life activities, and the fluctuation of their concentrations is closely related to many diseases. Therefore, it is of great importance to detect the content of biothiols. Among all varieties of techniques, the fluorescent probe demonstrates tremendous advantages ascribed to its good sensitivity, high temporal-spatial resolution, noninvasiveness and visualization. Taking advantage of the commonality and differences among the three thiols, namely, the similar reactive groups of sulfhydryl group and amino group, and the different molecular size, nucleophilicity, steric hindrance and intracellular contents, various recognition mechanisms, such as Michael addition, aromatic nucleophilic reaction and concerted addition and cyclization reaction, are all implemented to realize the specific detection of biothiols. The research progress of thiol fluorescent probes in recent three years is reviewed. The fluorescent probes that can selectively respond to biothiols as well as to Cys, Hcy and GSH are systemically analyzed and summarized. The molecular design, recognition mechanism, fluorescence properties and imaging applications are emphasized,, and the application of biothiol fluorescent probe on monitoring life activities is preliminary introduced. In addition, a perspective of future development in this area is also presented.

Key words: biothiol, fluorescent probe, cysteine, homocysteine, glutathione, advance