Mitochondria selective trackers for long-term imaging based on readily accessible neutral BODIPYs
Ágata Ramos‐Torres, Edurne Avellanal‐Zaballa, Fernando García‐Garrido, Ana B. Fernández‐Martínez, Alejandro Prieto‐Castañeda, Antonia R. Agarrabeitia, Jorge Bañuelos, Inmaculada García‐Moreno, Francisco Javier Lucio-Cazaña, María J. Ortiz
Abstract
We report the design of a new model based on a small neutral 8-aryl-3-formylBODIPY and its suitability to develop privileged highly bright and photostable fluorescent probes for selective and, more importantly, covalent staining of mitochondria.
Topics & Concepts
Term (time)ChemistryMitochondrionEnergetic neutral atomPhotochemistryBiophysicsBiochemistryPhysicsBiologyOrganic chemistryIonQuantum mechanicsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsMolecular Sensors and Ion DetectionNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics