Preparation of Reactive Oligo(p-Phenylene Vinylene) Materials for Spatial Profiling of the Chemical Reactivity of Intracellular Compartments.

Nie, Chenyao; Li, Shengliang; Wang, Bing; Liu, Libing; Hu, Rong; Chen, Hui; Lv, Fengting; Dai, Zhihui et al. · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

An oligo(p-phenylene vinylene) derivative (OPV-pfp) functionalized with pentafluorophenol active ester is designed and synthesized. The high reactivity of OPV-pfp with biological small molecules or macromolecules containing amino groups under physiological conditions leads to spectral changes of OPV-pfp; thus, spatial reactivity discrimination for different subcellular structures inside cells is realized by triggering and imaging the fluorescence signal change of the OPV-pfp.