Fluorogenic Cyclopropenones for Multicomponent, Real-Time Imaging

Fluorogenic bioorthogonal reactions enable biomolecule visualization in real time. These reactions comprise reporters that “light up” upon reaction with complementary partners. While the spectrum of fluorogenic chemistries is expanding, few transformations are compatible with live cells due to cross...

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Published in:Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022-05, Vol.144 (17), p.7871-7880
Main Authors: Heiss, Tyler K, Dorn, Robert S, Ferreira, Andrew. J, Love, Anna C, Prescher, Jennifer A
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cyclopropanes
Fluorescent Dyes
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Summary:Fluorogenic bioorthogonal reactions enable biomolecule visualization in real time. These reactions comprise reporters that “light up” upon reaction with complementary partners. While the spectrum of fluorogenic chemistries is expanding, few transformations are compatible with live cells due to cross-reactivities or insufficient signal turn-on. To address the need for more suitable chemistries for cellular imaging, we developed a fluorogenic reaction featuring cyclopropenone reporters and phosphines. The transformation involves regioselective activation and cyclization of cyclopropenones to form coumarin products. With optimal probes, the reaction provides >1600-fold signal turn-on, one of the highest fluorescence enhancements reported to date. The bioorthogonal motifs were evaluated in vitro and in cells. The reaction was also found to be compatible with other common fluorogenic transformations, enabling multicomponent, real-time imaging. Collectively, these data suggest that the cyclopropenone–phosphine reaction will bolster efforts to track biomolecule targets in their native settings.
ISSN:0002-7863
1520-5126
DOI:10.1021/jacs.2c02058