Title
In situ formation of pyronin dyes for fluorescence protease sensing
Author
Sylvain Debieu, Anthony Romieu
Year
2017
Journal
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
Abstract
We report a reaction-based strategy for the fluorogenic detection of protease activity. Based on the “covalent-assembly” probe design principle recently put forward by the Yang group for detection of Sarin related threats (J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 6594–6597), we have designed two unusual non-fluorescent caged precursors (mixed bis-aryl ethers) which are readily converted into a fluorescent unsymmetrical pyronin dye through a domino cyclisation–aromatisation reaction triggered by penicillin G acylase (PGA) or leucine aminopeptidase (LAP). Fluorescence-based in vitro assays and HPLC-fluorescence/-MS analyses support the claimed activation mechanism whose the further implementation to “smart” imaging agents for the study of protease function in vivo is expected.
Instrument
FP-8500
Keywords
Fluorescence, Kinetics, Quantum yield, Sensors, Materials