Ratiometric fluorescence imaging of lysosomal Zn2+release under oxidative stress in neural stem cells
- 11 September 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Biomaterials Science
- Vol. 2 (1), 89-97
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c3bm60186b
Abstract
Zinc dyshomeostasis is a major mechanism of neuronal death, which is involved in many different neuropathological conditions. Lysosomal membrane permeabilisation has an important function in zinc-induced neuronal death under oxidative stress. To investigate lysosomal zinc functions in neurons with high spatial and temporal reliability, we report a ratiometric probe, LysoZn-1. It is derived from the styryl-BODIPY-DPA scaffold with a lysosome-targeted 2-morpholinoethylamine moiety to allow localisation in lysosomes. The electron donor at the meso-position of the BODIPY fluorophore makes the present probe prefer complexing with Zn2+ rather than Cd2+, which can be explained by HSAB (Hard–Soft Acid–Base) theory and was confirmed by Gaussian calculation. Upon Zn2+ binding, LysoZn-1 exhibits obvious fluorescence enhancement (F578 nm) and ratio (F578 nm/F680 nm) changes. The emission intensities of LysoZn-1 and LysoZn-1 + Zn2+ do not change significantly under lysosomal pH ranging from 4.5 to 6.0. Confocal imaging experiments indicate that LysoZn-1 is able to localise to lysosomes in neural stem cells (NSCs), MCF-7 and Hela cells and detect exogenous Zn2+ levels in NSCs and MCF-7 cells. LysoZn-1 function is not disturbed by chloroquine in living cells. Furthermore, increases in lysosomal Zn2+ concentration upon H2O2 stimulation in NSCs are observed using LysoZn-1.Keywords
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