Bifunctional Super-resolution Imaging Probe with Acidity-Independent Lysosome-Retention Mechanism

Anal Chem. 2018 Oct 2;90(19):11393-11400. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02365. Epub 2018 Sep 10.

Abstract

Spatiotemporal imaging is of enormous use to explore organelle biology, necessitating organelle-tracing techniques reliable in varied cell stress. We herein reported lysosomal imaging using rhodamine-X-integrated sialic acid (ROXSA), which is stably maintained in lysosomes irrespective of lysosomal pH changes. Exhibiting bright fluorescence and superior photostability, ROXSA enables 120 h continual tracking of fusion/fission of lysosomes and mitochondrion-lysosome interaction in mitophagy. Relative to conventional acidotropic probes prone to dissipation from stressed lysosomes, ROXSA offers a new route for long-term tracking of stressed lysosomes relevant to diverse pathological conditions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • HEK293 Cells
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Lysosomes / chemistry
  • Lysosomes / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Mitochondria / metabolism
  • Mitophagy / drug effects
  • Rhodamines / chemistry
  • Sialic Acids / chemistry*
  • Sialic Acids / toxicity

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Rhodamines
  • Sialic Acids