Two-photon probes for the endoplasmic reticulum: its detection in a live tissue by two-photon microscopy

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Mar 28;56(25):3657-3660. doi: 10.1039/d0cc00236d. Epub 2020 Feb 28.

Abstract

We report blue- and green-emitting two-photon probes derived from naphthalene and fluorene derivatives (as fluorophores) and an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retrieval peptide (KDEL; as an ER-targeting moiety) that can detect the ER in a live cell by both one-photon and two-photon microscopy (TPM) and in a live tissue by TPM.

MeSH terms

  • Endoplasmic Reticulum / chemistry*
  • Fluorenes / chemistry
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Naphthalenes / chemistry
  • Optical Imaging
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Photons*

Substances

  • Fluorenes
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Naphthalenes
  • Peptides