Citation: Linfang Wang, Jing Liu, Minghao Ren, Wei Guo. A highly sensitive fluorescent HClO probe for discrimination between cancerous and normal cells/tissues[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2024, 35(6): 108945. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.108945 shu

A highly sensitive fluorescent HClO probe for discrimination between cancerous and normal cells/tissues

Linfang Wang ^a ,
Jing Liu ^{b, *,} ,
Minghao Ren ^a ,
Wei Guo ^{b, *,}

a.
Department of Chemistry, Changzhi University, Changzhi 046011, China
b.
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

liujing4203@sxu.edu.cn

guow@sxu.edu.cn

Received Date: 18 July 2023
Revised Date: 16 August 2023
Accepted Date: 17 August 2023
Available Online: 19 August 2023

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Elevated level of hypochlorous acid (HClO) is closely associated with cancer development. Identifying HClO level in cancer cells would provide important evidence in either early-stage cancer diagnostics or monitoring of its treatment efficiency. In this work, a new pyronine-based fluorescent probe for rapid and sensitive detection of HClO was developed by condensing meso–formyl pyronine (PyCHO) with 2-hydrazinopyridine to form meso–pyridylhydrazone-functionalized pyronine PyHP, PyHP is nonfluorescent due to the excited-state C=N isomerization nonradiative decay, whereas the HClO-triggered formation of meso–triazolopyridyl pyronine PyTP abolishes the C=N isomerization and thus greatly enhances the fluorescence. With the probe, the cancer cells/tumor were distinguished with high-contrast from normal ones by laser confocal fluorescence imaging, and the tumor-to-normal (T/N) ratios obtained exceed the clinically acceptable threshold of 2.0. Moreover, its capability of in vivo imaging tumor was also demonstrated. These results indicate the potential of PyHP as an effective tool in the early clinical diagnosis of cancers.
- Meso-pyridylhydrazone-functionalized pyronine,
- Meso-substituents,
- Tumor-to-normal (T/N) ratios,
- Fluorescent probes,
- Hypochlorous acid
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