Acid responsiveness of emissive morpholinyl aminoquinolines and their use for cell fluorescence imaging

Org Biomol Chem. 2022 Jun 1;20(21):4342-4351. doi: 10.1039/d2ob00546h.

Abstract

Herein, we report emissive aminoquinoline derivatives (TFMAQ) containing alkylmorpholine and arylmorpholine groups and their photophysical properties, acid-responsiveness, and organelle targeting. The alkylmorpholine group is well-known to favour accumulation in lysosomes and be acid-responsive, but, counterintuitively, the TFMAQ derivatives containing ethylmorpholine groups showed limited accumulation in lysosomes and, instead, preferential accumulation in lipid droplets. The findings reported here will aid the development of organelle/tissue specific dyes for cell imaging and diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Aminoquinolines*
  • Fluorescent Dyes*
  • Lysosomes
  • Optical Imaging
  • Organelles

Substances

  • Aminoquinolines
  • Fluorescent Dyes