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. 2023 Apr 3;62(15):e202300580.
doi: 10.1002/anie.202300580. Epub 2023 Mar 1.

A Small-Molecule Fluorescence Probe for Nuclear ATP

Umme Tamima  1 , Sourav Sarkar  1 , Md Reyazul Islam  2 , Anushree Shil  1 , Kyeong Hwan Kim  1 , Ye Jin Reo  1 , Yong Woong Jun  1 , Hasanul Banna  2 , Soobin Lee  1 , Kyo Han Ahn  1
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A Small-Molecule Fluorescence Probe for Nuclear ATP

Umme Tamima et al. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. .

Abstract

Fluorescence monitoring of ATP in different organelles is now feasible with a few biosensors developed, which, however, show low sensitivity, limited biocompatibility, and accessibility. Small-molecule ATP probes that alleviate those limitations thus have received much attention recently, leading to a few ATP probes that target several organelles except for the nucleus. We disclose the first small-molecule probe that selectively detects nuclear ATP through reversible binding, with 25-fold fluorescence enhancement at pH 7.4 and excellent selectivity against various biologically relevant species. Using the probe, we observed 2.1-3.3-fold and 3.9-7.8-fold higher nuclear ATP levels in cancerous cell lines and tumor tissues compared with normal cell lines and tissues, respectively, which are explained by the higher nuclear ATP level in the mitosis phase. The probe has great potential for studying nuclear ATP-associated biology.

Keywords: Benzocoumarin; Nuclear ATP; Small-Molecule Fluorescent Probe; Tumor ATP Levels; Two-Photon Imaging.

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