A fluorescent probe for the Fe3+ ion pool in endoplasmic reticulum in liver cells

  • Min Hee Lee*
  • , Hoyeon Lee
  • , Min Jung Chang
  • , Hyeong Seok Kim
  • , Chulhun Kang
  • , Jong Seung Kim
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    We have presented rhodamine-derived Schiff base probes (1-6) selective of the Fe3+ ion in biological systems. In the presence of Fe3+ ions, the probes display new absorption and emission bands at 526 nm and 551 nm, respectively. Confocal microscopic analysis using the HepG2 cell line showed that probes 1-6 provide fluorescence Off-On changes caused by cellular Fe3+ ions, and demonstrated a largely enhanced fluorescence upon iron overloading of the cells. We also found that the Fe3+ ion-mediated fluorescence changes of probes 1-6 are mainly localized in the ER (Endoplasmic Reticulum) in HepG2 cells. Among them, probe 5 exhibits the highest selectivity for ER localization over the other organelles.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)245-250
    Number of pages6
    JournalDyes and Pigments
    Volume130
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016 Jul

    Bibliographical note

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    Keywords

    • Cell imaging
    • Fluorescent probe
    • Iron detection
    • Rhodamine

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemical Engineering
    • Process Chemistry and Technology

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