Related Experiment Video
Updated: Mar 9, 2026
Author Spotlight: Advancing Mitochondrial Research - mtHyper7 Biosensor for Subcellular Analysis
Published on: June 2, 2023
High-Quantum-Yield Mitochondria-Targeting Near-Infrared Fluorescent Probe for Imaging Native Hypobromous Acid in
Xiaojun Liu1, Aishan Zheng1, Dongrui Luan1
1College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institute of Molecular and Nano Science, Shandong Normal University , Jinan, Shandong 250014, P. R. China.
Abstract:
The discovery that hypobromous acid (HOBr) can regulate the activity of collagen IV has attracted great attention. However, HOBr as an important reactive small molecule has hardly ever been studied using a detection method suitable for organisms. Herein, a high-quantum-yield mitochondria-targeting near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probe for HOBr, RhSN-mito, was designed. RhSN-mito was easily obtained by the Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. The test results show that RhSN-mito can rapidly respond to HOBr with ultrasensitivity and high selectivity. The achievement of ultrasensitivity lies in the high signal-to-noise ratio and the highest fluorescence quantum yield of the reaction product (ΦF = 0.68) in the near-infrared region, as far as we know. RhSN-mito is successfully applied to image native HOBr in mitochondria of HepG2 cells and zebrafish. Thus, RhSN-mito is a powerful tool for detecting native HOBr in vivo and is expected to provide a method to further study the physiological and pathological functions related to HOBr.
More Related Videos
06:57Author Spotlight: Fluorescence-Based Quantification of Mitochondrial Membrane Potential and Superoxide Levels Using Live Imaging in HeLa Cells
Published on: May 12, 2023
12:06Confocal Imaging of Single Mitochondrial Superoxide Flashes in Intact Heart or In Vivo
Published on: November 5, 2013