Sensitive Conjugated-Polymer-Based Fluorescent ATP Probes and Their Application in Cell Imaging

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• 作者：Zhifang Chen ; Pan Wu ; Rong Cong ; Naihan Xu ; Ying Tan ; Chunyan Tan ; Yuyang Jiang
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 17, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：6
• 页码：3567-3574
• 全文大小：519K
• ISSN：1944-8252

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Three cationic conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs) with a common poly(p-phenylene ethynylene terthiophene) backbone and side chains of different lengths, named as PPET3-N1, PPET3-N2, and PPET3-N3, were designed and synthesized. The UV–vis absorption and fluorescence spectra of the polymers vary strongly with solvent composition, suggesting that the polymers are strongly aggregated in H₂O. In addition, the spectroscopic properties of the polymers are affected by small-molecule ATP, characterized by significant fluorescence intensity decreases and red shifts of their absorption bands. Further application of these polymers in cell imaging was studied by confocal fluorescence microscopy, which demonstrated that all of the polymers were localized on the cell membrane and partially inside of cells and that the staining effect gradually increased with the length of the polymer side chains. On the basis of the low cytotoxicity and efficient quenching of PPET3-N2 by ATP, the dose and time effects of ATP on PPET3-N2 imaging were studied, and the results indicated that this polymer might have potential in cell imaging for ATP semiquantification in vivo.