Conjugates of a photoactivated rhodamine with biopolymers for cell staining

ScientificWorldJournal. 2014:2014:285405. doi: 10.1155/2014/285405. Epub 2014 Oct 14.

Abstract

Conjugates of the photoactivated rhodamine dyes with biopolymers (proteins, polysaccharides, and nucleic acids) are important tools for microscopic investigation of biological tissue. In this study, a precursor of the photoactivated fluorescent dye (PFD) has been successfully used for staining of numerous mammalian cells lines and for conjugate formation with chitosan ("Chitosan-PFD") and histone H1 ("Histone H1.3-PFD"). The intensive fluorescence has been observed after photoactivation of these conjugates inside cells (A431, HaCaT, HEK239, HBL-100, and MDCK). Developed procedures and obtained data are important for further application of novel precursors of fluorescent dyes ("caged" dyes) for microscopic probing of biological objects. Thus, the synthesized "Chitosan-PFD" and "Histone H1-PFD" have been successfully applied in this study for intracellular transport visualization by fluorescent microscopy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biopolymers / chemistry*
  • Cell Tracking
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemical synthesis
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Proteins / chemistry
  • Rhodamines / chemical synthesis*
  • Rhodamines / chemistry
  • Staining and Labeling

Substances

  • Biopolymers
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Proteins
  • Rhodamines