A GFP inspired 8-methoxyquinoline-derived fluorescent molecular sensor for the detection of Zn2+ by two-photon microscopy

Csomos, Attila and Madarász, Miklós and Turczel, Gábor and Cseri, Levente and Bodor, Andrea and Anett, Matuscsák and Katona, Gergely and Kovács, Ervin and Rózsa J., Balázs and Mucsi, Zoltán (2024) A GFP inspired 8-methoxyquinoline-derived fluorescent molecular sensor for the detection of Zn2+ by two-photon microscopy. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL. pp. 1-7. ISSN 0947-6539

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Abstract

An effective, GFP-inspired fluorescent Zn2+ sensor is developed for two-photon microscopy and related biological application that featured an 8-methoxyquinoline moiety. Excellent photophysical characteristics including a 37-fold fluorescence enhancement with excitation and emission maxima at 440 nm and 505 nm, respectively, as well as a high two-photon cross-section of 73 GM at 880 nm are reported. Based on the experimental data, the relationship between the structure and properties was elucidated and explained backed up by DFT calculations, particularly to the observed PeT phenomenon for the turn-on process. Biological validation and detailed experimental and theoretical characterization of the free and the zinc-bound compounds are presented.

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