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Xiao-Xiao Chen1, Li-Ya Niu1, Qing-Zheng Yang1
1Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Clarifying the signaling pathway associated with nitric oxide (NO) and glutathione (GSH) in cardiovascular disease therapy is important for understanding its physiological and pathological processes but is challenging due to the lack of efficient analytical techniques. Herein, we report a BODIPY-based fluorescent probe for recognition of NO and GSH in sequence with high sensitivity and selectivity. The probe exhibits turn-on fluorescence triggered by NO, followed by red-shifted emission in the presence of GSH. The sequentially activated mechanism allows the visualization of NO-induced GSH upregulation in drug-treated endothelial cells and zebrafish for the first time, revealing a signal pathway during the therapy. We hope that it can be used as a convenient and efficient tool for the study of the interplay between NO and GSH and for the screening of effective drugs for cardiovascular disease therapy.
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