A modular trigger for the development of selective superoxide probes

作者:Yu, Zuo Hang; Chung, Clive Yik-Sham; Tang, Fung Kit; Brewer, Thomas F.; Au-Yeung, Ho Yu*
来源:Chemical Communications, 2017, 53(72): 10042-10045.
DOI:10.1039/c7cc05405j

摘要

We report here a new bioinspired copper-based strategy of superoxide sensing and the development of sensitive (490-fold fluorescence turn-on) and selective superoxide probes for imaging variations in the endogenous superoxide level in various live mammalian cells (HEK293T, HeLa and A431).