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Síntesis de carbofluoresceínas sulfonadas para imágenes de tensión
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|April 13, 2019
Resumen
Desarrollamos nuevos tintes fluorescentes sensibles al voltaje usando carbofluoresceínas modificadas. Estos tintes superan las limitaciones anteriores, ofreciendo una mejor sensibilidad al voltaje y aplicaciones en imágenes de voltaje híbrido químico-genético más allá de las longitudes de onda típicas de la fluoresceína.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Química orgánica
- Biofísica y Química
- Imágenes moleculares
Sus antecedentes:
- Las carbofluoresceínas ofrecen espectros desplazados al rojo, pero sufren de pKa alto y problemas de ciclización.
- Las sondas sensibles a la tensión existentes a menudo tienen limitaciones en el rango espectral o la estabilidad.
- Los derivados de la fluoresceína son ampliamente utilizados, pero tienen perfiles de excitación/emisión limitados a longitudes de onda más cortas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Diseñar y sintetizar nuevos indicadores fluorescentes sensibles al voltaje basados en un andamio modificado de carbofluoresceína.
- Para superar las limitaciones de las carbofluoresceínas, específicamente el pKa alto y la ciclización.
- Desarrollar sondas adecuadas para la obtención de imágenes de tensión en longitudes de onda más allá del rango típico de fluorescencia.
Principales métodos:
- Modificación de las carbofluoresceinas mediante cloración y sulfonación.
- Desarrollo de una vía sintética para las carbofluoresceinas sulfonadas halogenadas.
- Incorporación de tintes modificados en andamios de alambre molecular de fenileno vinileno para crear fluoróforos sensibles al carboVoltage (tintes carboVF).
- Caracterización de las propiedades del tinte, incluido el pKa, los perfiles espectrales y la sensibilidad al voltaje.
- Demostración de las estrategias de etiquetado fluorogénico utilizando productos activados por la esterasa.
Principales resultados:
- La cloración redujo el pKa de las carbofluoresceínas a 5,2 y la sulfonación impidió la ciclización.
- Los nuevos colorantes carboVF, en particular el carboVF2.1 ((OMe).Cl, muestran una excitación/emisión >560 nm.
- Se logró una sensibilidad a la alta tensión (> 30% ΔF/F por 100 mV).
- Los tintes son compatibles con otros fluoróforos como la proteína verde fluorescente.
- Una estrategia de colorante permitió la restauración de la fluorescencia activada por la esterasa in vitro y en células/neuronas vivas.
Conclusiones:
- Las carbofluoresceinas sulfonadas cloradas representan una nueva clase prometedora de tintes sensibles al voltaje.
- Estos tintes permiten imágenes de voltaje en longitudes de onda más largas, superando las limitaciones de las sondas existentes.
- Las sondas desarrolladas son adecuadas para aplicaciones híbridas de imágenes de voltaje químico-genético.
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