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Water‐Soluble Triarylborane Chromophores for One‐and Two‐Photon Excited Fluorescence Imaging of Mitochondria in Cells

  • Stephanie Griesbeck
  • , Zuolun Zhang
  • , Marcus Gutmann
  • , Tessa Luehmann
  • , Robert M. Edkins
  • , Guillaume Clermont
  • , Adina N. Lazar
  • , Martin Haehnel
  • , Katharina Edkins
  • , Antonius Eichhorn
  • , Mireille Blanchard-Desce
  • , Lorenz Meinel
  • , Todd B. Marder

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Abstract

Three water-soluble tetracationic quadrupolar chromophores comprising two three-coordinate boron π-acceptor groups bridged by thiophene-containing moieties were synthesised for biological imaging applications. Compound 3 containing the bulkier 5-(3,5-Me2C6H2)-2,2′-(C4H2S)2-5′-(3,5-Me2C6H2) bridge is stable over a long period of time, exhibits a high fluorescence quantum yield and strong one- and two-photon absorption (TPA), and has a TPA cross section of 268 GM at 800 nm in water. Confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy studies in live cells indicated localisation of the chromophore at the mitochondria; moreover, cytotoxicity measurements proved biocompatibility. Thus, chromophore 3 has excellent potential for one- and two-photon-excited fluorescence imaging of mitochondrial function in cells.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)14701-14706
Number of pages6
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume22
Issue number41
Early online date15 Sept 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 04 Oct 2016

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