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Published on: October 25, 2018
Two-Photon Probes for Golgi Apparatus: Detection of Golgi Apparatus in Live Tissue by Two-Photon Microscopy
Ji-Woo Choi1, Seung Taek Hong1, Mun Seok Kim2
1KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology , Korea University , 145 Anam-ro , Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841 , Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
We have developed blue- and yellow-emitting two-photon probes (BGolgi-blue and PGolgi-yellow) from 6-(benzo[ d]oxazol-2-yl)-2-naphthalylamine and 2,5-bis(benzo[ d]oxazol-2-yl)pyrazine derivatives as the fluorophores and trans-Golgi-network peptide (SDYQRL) as the Golgi-apparatus-targeting moiety. HeLa cells labeled with BGolgi-blue and PGolgi-yellow emitted two-photon-excited fluorescence at 462 and 560 nm, respectively, with effective two-photon-action cross-section values of 1860 and 1600 × 10-50 cm4·s/photon, respectively. The probes can detect the Golgi apparatus in live cells and deep inside live tissue via two-photon microscopy at widely separated wavelength regions with high selectivity and minimal pH interference, and they are photostable and have low cytotoxicity.
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