Thioflavin T and Its Photoirradiative Derivatives: Exploring Their Spectroscopic Properties in the Absence and Presence of Amyloid Fibrils

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• 作者：Jack C.-C. Hsu ; Eric H.-L. Chen ; Robert C. Snoeberger ; III ; Frederick Y. Luh ; T.-S. Lim ; C.-P. Hsu ; Rita P.-Y. Chen
• 刊名：The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：April 4, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：117
• 期：13
• 页码：3459-3468
• 全文大小：559K
• 年卷期：v.117,no.13(April 4, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-5207

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In this work, we found that, during storage or after UV irradiation, ThT is demethylated or oxidized, forming three derivatives. These three derivatives were purified by high performance liquid chromatography and characterized by mass and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and the spectroscopic properties of pure ThT and the derivatives carefully compared. Our results show that the emission peak at 450 nm results from oxidized ThT and not from the monomeric form of ThT, as previously proposed. The partial conversion of ThT into oxidized and demethylated derivatives has an effect on amyloid detection using ThT assay. Irradiated ThT has the same lag time as pure ThT in the amyloidogenesis of insulin, but the intensity of the emitted fluorescence is significantly decreased.