A highly sensitive ratiometric fluorescent probe for Cd2+ detection in aqueous solution and living cells

Zhipeng Liu; Changli Zhang; Weijiang He; Zhenghao Yang; Xiang Gao; Zijian Guo

doi:10.1039/c0cc00662a

A highly sensitive ratiometric fluorescent probe for Cd2+ detection in aqueous solution and living cells

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Sep 7;46(33):6138-40. doi: 10.1039/c0cc00662a. Epub 2010 Jul 28.

Authors

Zhipeng Liu¹, Changli Zhang, Weijiang He, Zhenghao Yang, Xiang Gao, Zijian Guo

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry Institute, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, PR China.

PMID: 20664870
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc00662a

Abstract

A ratiometric fluorescent Cd(2+) sensor DBITA which featured the Cd(2+)-induced red-shift of emission (53 nm) and picomolar sensitivity in both aqueous media and living cells was developed.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cadmium / analysis*
Cell Culture Techniques
Environmental Pollutants / analysis*
Fluorescent Dyes / chemical synthesis
Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
HeLa Cells
Humans
Macrophages, Peritoneal / metabolism
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Microscopy, Confocal
Microscopy, Fluorescence
Solutions
Stereoisomerism

Substances

Environmental Pollutants
Fluorescent Dyes
Solutions
Cadmium