Reduction of 4-nitrophenol catalyzed by nitroreductase

The reduction of 4-nitrophenol catalyzed by nitroreductase in the presence of NADH was investigated in this paper.4-Amino- phenol and 4-bydroxylamino-phenol were found in the reductive products.The relationship between reaction time and the reductive ratio were studied.The similar reducing ratios of 4-nitrophenol were obtained under aerobic and anaerobic conditions.The results indicated that an oxygen-insensitive reaction was proceeded in the reduction of 4-nitrophenol and nitroreductase was an oxygen- insensitive enzyme.The reductive products of 4-nitrophenol were determined by HPLC and MS.     

基于SERS纳米探针的细胞内硝基还原酶检测

在缺氧的肿瘤细胞内, 硝基还原酶(NTR)通常过表达且其含量高低与缺氧程度呈正相关, 因此开发高选择性检测NTR的方法对早期肿瘤诊断至关重要. 本文通过修饰对硝基苯硫酚(p?NTP)到金纳米粒子(Au NPs)表面构建了一种表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)探针. 在缺氧条件下, 以还原型烟酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸(NADH)作为电子供体, NTR可催化还原芳香硝基为芳香胺, 导致纳米探针的SERS光谱发生变化, 从而实现NTR的高选择性检测, 检出限低至18 ng/mL. 该探针毒性低、 生物兼容性好, 可用于缺氧条件下A549细胞内的NTR分析, 为肿瘤细胞的缺氧现象评估提供了一种有效的策略.     

Synthesis and evaluation of halogenated nitrophenoxazinones as nitroreductase substrates for the detection of pathogenic bacteria

The synthesis and microbiological evaluation of 7-, 8- and 9-nitro-1,2,4-trihalogenophenoxazin-3-one substrates with potential in the detection of nitroreductase-expressing pathogenic microorganisms are described. The 7- and 9-nitrotrihalogenophenoxazinone substrates were reduced by most Gram-negative microorganisms and were inhibitory to the growth of certain Gram-positive bacteria; however, the majority of Gram-positive strains that were not inhibited by these agents, along with the two yeast strains evaluated, did not reduce the substrates. These observations suggest there are differences in the active site structures and substrate requirements of the nitroreductase enzymes from different strains; such differences may be exploited in the future for differentiation between pathogenic microorganisms. The absence of reduction of the 8-nitrotrihalogenophenoxazinone substrates is rationalized according to their electronic properties and correlates well with previous findings.     

Fine-tailoring the linker of near-infrared fluorescence probes for nitroreductase imaging in hypoxic tumor cells

Fine-tailoring the linker of nitroreductase fl uorescence probes with a given recognition unit and reporting unit is found to be able to achieve the best sensing performance.     

Recent progress in small molecule fluorescent probes for nitroreductase

This review aims to provide a summary of the progress in fluorescent probes for nitroreductase (NTR) in recent years and displays the main fluorescent mechanisms that have been applied to design probes.