Fluorogenic ¡®click-on¡¯ dendrimer reporter for rapid profiling of cell proliferation

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• 作者：Sascha N. Goonewardena^a ; ^b ; Pascale R. Leroueil^a ; Colleen Gemborys^a ; Pawan Tahiliani^a ; Sarah Emery^a ; James R. Baker Jr.^a ; ^{jbakerjr@med.umich.edu} ; Hong Zong^a ; ^{hzong@med.umich.edu}
• 关键词：Fluorogenic reporter ; Dendrimer ; Coumarin ; Click chemistry
• 刊名：Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：1 April, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：23
• 期：7
• 页码：2230-2233
• 全文大小：459 K

文摘

The application of small molecule fluorescent reporters to monitor biological systems is limited by their poor water solubility and background fluorescence of these reporters. Herein, we describe the synthesis and testing of a fluorogenic ¡®click¡¯ dendrimer reporter to monitor cellular processes. The reporter system consists of a polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer conjugated with 3-azido-7-hydroxy coumarin. After the copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction (¡®click¡¯ reaction) with alkyne-derivatized target molecules, the natively non-fluorescent construct has a strong enhancement in fluorescence. This fluorogenic dendrimer reporter can be used to efficiently monitor biological processes and the specificity afforded by the ¡®click¡¯ reaction greatly reduces background noise and enhances assay flexibility. We used this fluorogenic dendrimer reporter to monitor incorporation of 5-ethynyl-2¡ä-deoxyuridine (EdU) into newly synthesized DNA, as a surrogate marker of cellular proliferation. We anticipate that this new class of fluorogenic reporter can be used to monitor a wide array of molecules and lends itself to high-throughput profiling of biological systems.