基于三苯胺的荧光探针设计、合成与应用研究进展

螺旋桨结构的三苯胺荧光团既能作为强的电子供体,又能作为潜在的聚集诱导发光(AIE)骨架.同时,三苯胺衍生物很容易通过简单的反应进行结构修饰,如醛基、氨基、硼酸基、卤素、乙炔基等取代的三苯胺能够发生缩合反应或偶联反应等,进一步功能化.因此,功能性三苯胺类化合物被广泛用于太阳能电池、荧光染料、固态发光材料和荧光探针的分子设计中.根据三苯胺基荧光探针的检测对象,将其分为阳离子、阴离子和中性小分子荧光探针三类,并从分子的结构和性能出发,重点综述了近五年来国内外三苯胺基荧光探针在分子设计、合成与检测应用方面的最新进展.展望未来,构建近红外发光和高量子效率的AIE荧光探针值得关注.     

生物硫醇荧光探针的研究进展

生物硫醇(包含半胱氨酸、高半胱氨酸和谷胱甘肽)在生命活动中扮演了重要的角色,其浓度的异常变化与某些疾病息息相关,因此对硫醇的检测具有重要意义.荧光探针因具有灵敏度高、时空分辨率好、无损伤、可视化等优势,在生物硫醇的检测方面得到了高度重视.利用硫醇在分子结构上的共同点(含巯基的氨基酸)和差异(分子大小、亲核性、空间位阻、细胞内含量),可通过迈克尔加成、亲核芳基取代、加成环化等反应实现对硫醇的选择性检测.综述了近3年来硫醇荧光探针领域的研究进展.首先介绍了对硫醇有选择性识别的荧光探针,随后分类讨论了对半胱氨酸、高半胱氨酸和谷胱甘肽各具有特异性检测的荧光探针,并重点介绍了分子设计、识别机理、荧光性质和成像应用,初步探讨了部分探针在监测细胞生命活动中的作用,同时还对本领域的发展提出了展望.     

Agile Detection of Chemical Warfare Agents by Machine Vision: a Supramolecular Approach

The supramolecular detection by image analysis of a simulant chemical warfare agent on a solid device containing a selective molecular sensor based on a BODIPY scaffold is reported. The recognition properties were investigated in solution, demonstrating high affinity (log K 6.60) and sensitivity (LOD 10 ppt). A test strip also confirmed the sensing properties in gas phase. Image analysis of the solid device allows quantitative information about the simulant to be obtained, recovering the sensor almost 5 times and thus confirming the goal of the supramolecular approach.     

咔唑-二氨基马来腈类荧光探针的合成及对Cu2+和ClO-的检测

利用咔唑醛与二氨基马来腈合成了一种对Cu²⁺和ClO^-的响应的荧光探针分子CMN。探针分子与Cu²⁺作用后,紫外吸收光谱在394 nm处的吸光度迅速下降,颜色由黄色褪至无色;荧光光谱在452 nm处的发射峰迅速增强,出现明显的蓝色荧光。探针与ClO^-作用后,溶液发生褪色,并在375 nm和394 nm出现强荧光发射,发出淡蓝色荧光。CMN通过配位过程实现了对Cu²⁺的检测,其检测限为47μmol/L;CMN在ClO^-催化下亚胺键水解得到咔唑醛,实现了对ClO^-的检测,检测限3.06μmol/L。CMN可作为荧光检测试纸快速检测环境中的Cu²⁺和ClO^-。     

氮掺杂鸡毛碳点荧光关开探针用于测定百草枯

以鸡毛和乙二胺为碳源和氮源,通过一步水热法合成强荧光性能的氮掺杂碳量子点(N-CQDs),并优化其制备和掺杂条件。该碳量子点具有良好的光学、结构性质和稳定性,平均粒径7.89 nm,荧光量子产率为14%。最大激发波长为320 nm,最大发射波长为386 nm。Hg²⁺存在条件下N-CQDs溶液的荧光被猝灭(关),添加百草枯后猝灭的荧光被恢复(开)。通过N-CQDs/Hg²⁺体系设计了荧光"关-开"方法,在最佳条件下,百草枯在0.05~1.0μg/mL范围内具有良好的线性,线性方程为ΔF=92.41X+123.31(R²=0.9989),检出限为16μg/L,加标回收率为95.3%~104.4%,RSD<3.8%。以鸡毛为原料制备的高选择性和灵敏性的荧光"关-开"探针方法可有效检测实际样品中的百草枯。     

Au@ZIF-8核壳结构中金纳米粒子分布的调控及其在荧光分子光致发光传感中的应用

控制金属@MOF核壳纳米结构中金属纳米粒子的分布不容易实现。我们应用了合成MOF胶体粒子所用到的配位调制方法来合成Au@ZIF-8核壳纳米结构。通过使用过量的2-甲基咪唑和不同用量的1-甲基咪唑可获得不同的Au@ZIF-8。该合成方法可在ZIF-8纳米晶体中灵活调整Au纳米粒子（Au NPs）的分布。此外,我们分别研究了2种不同尺寸的荧光分子与Au@ZIF-8结合后的光致发光光谱和寿命。ZIF-8的孔径可以决定这2种分子是否可通过多孔壳结构接近Au NPs。分子光学特性对Au NPs近场的发光增强和荧光猝灭的竞争非常敏感。     

P(HPMA-FMA)荧光探针制备、细胞毒性评估及细胞吞噬示踪检测

以甲基丙烯酰氯、三乙胺和荧光素反应得到荧光素甲基丙烯酸酯(FMA),将其与聚N-(2-羟丙基)甲基丙烯酰胺(HPMA)以物质的量之比1∶10混合并通过引发剂偶氮二异丁腈(AIBN)引发聚合反应,生成带有荧光探针的聚合物P(HPMA-FMA)。采用台盼蓝排染法评估了该聚合物的细胞毒性,荧光显微镜和流式细胞仪观察和检测了全反式维甲酸(ATRA)诱导HL-60细胞分化过程中,P(HPMA-FMA)被细胞吞噬后的荧光示踪效应。结果表明:P(HPMA-FMA)的细胞毒性极低,当P(HPMA-FMA)的质量浓度为4~16mg/mL时对细胞增殖无影响;当其质量浓度为30μg/mL时即可满足荧光显微镜定性示踪观察和流式细胞术定量检测所需要的荧光强度。     

Test‐Strip‐Based Fluorometric Detection of Fluoride in Aqueous Media with a BODIPY‐Linked Hydrogen‐Bonding Receptor

The measurement of biologically relevant anions, such as fluoride, is an important task in analytical chemistry, in particular, for dental health and osteoporosis. Although a large number of fluoride probes are known, the applicability under relevant conditions is limited to a few examples. To improve this situation, BODIPY‐amidothiourea dyes with varying hydrogen‐bond donating strengths were developed, the most H‐acidic of which ( 1 c ) could detect F^? from an inorganic source (NaF) in 50 % aqueous solution (DMSO/water 1:1, v/v) with 0.01 ppm sensitivity through selective fluorescence quenching by a photoinduced electron‐transfer (PET) process. Use of the probe and a reference dye with a test‐strip assay and a portable and rapidly recording lateral‐flow fluorescence reader made determination of F^? in neat aqueous solutions, such as spiked water samples and toothpaste extracts, possible in a self‐referenced manner, achieving a detection limit of 0.2 ppm.     

Long‐Wavelength Fluorescent Reporters for Monitoring Protein Kinase Activity

In vivo optical imaging must contend with the limitations imposed by the optical window of tissue (600–1000 nm). Although a wide array of fluorophores are available that are visualized in the red and near‐IR region of the spectrum, with the exception of proteases, there are few long wavelength probes for enzymes. This situation poses a particular challenge for studying the intracellular biochemistry of erythrocytes, the high hemoglobin content of which optically obscures subcellular monitoring at wavelengths less than 600 nm. To address this, tunable fluorescent reporters for protein kinase activity were developed. The probing wavelength is preprogrammed by using readily available fluorophores, thereby enabling detection within the optical window of tissue, specifically in the far‐red and near‐IR region. These agents were used to monitor endogenous cAMP‐dependent protein kinase activity in erythrocyte lysates and in intact erythrocytes when using a light‐activatable reporter.     

Isolation and Characterization of Precise Dye/Dendrimer Ratios

Fluorescent dyes are commonly conjugated to nanomaterials for imaging applications using stochastic synthesis conditions that result in a Poisson distribution of dye/particle ratios and therefore a broad range of photophysical and biodistribution properties. We report the isolation and characterization of generation 5 poly(amidoamine) (G5 PAMAM) dendrimer samples containing 1, 2, 3, and 4 fluorescein (FC) or 6‐carboxytetramethylrhodamine succinimidyl ester (TAMRA) dyes per polymer particle. For the fluorescein case, this was achieved by stochastically functionalizing dendrimer with a cyclooctyne “click” ligand, separation into sample containing precisely defined “click” ligand/particle ratios using reverse‐phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP‐HPLC), followed by reaction with excess azide‐functionalized fluorescein dye. For the TAMRA samples, stochastically functionalized dendrimer was directly separated into precise dye/particle ratios using RP‐HPLC. These materials were characterized using ¹H and ¹⁹F NMR spectroscopy, RP‐HPLC, UV/Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, lifetime measurements, and MALDI.