A single design strategy for dual sensitive pH probe with a suitable range to map pH in living cells

Sci Rep. 2015 Oct 21:5:15540. doi: 10.1038/srep15540.

Abstract

Due to the lack of a proper imaging approach, a veracious pH map of normal and abnormal cell is still rare. In this work, we presented a rhodamine-salicylaldehyde combination (Rh-SA2) as a novel pH probe, which has dual sensitive units for both acidic and basic environment. This dual sensitive probe acts like a chameleon in living cells and offers the doubling guarantees for endocellular pH mapping. Moreover, a quantitative measurement of cellular pH changes was allowed and the endocellular pH values under drug-associated stimuli were also investigated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aldehydes / chemistry*
  • Cell Tracking / methods*
  • Diagnostic Imaging*
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Rhodamines / chemistry*

Substances

  • Aldehydes
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Rhodamines
  • salicylaldehyde