| Literature DB >> 19053316 |
Fangwei Shao1, Ralph Weissleder, Scott A Hilderbrand.
Abstract
A facile synthetic route to prepare monofunctional carbocyanine dyes for biological application is developed. Three pentamethine carbocyanine dyes have been successfully modified with a variety of functional groups such as: carboxylic acids, azides, or alkynes. The new dyes are characterized by strong NIR fluorescence emission, high extinction coefficients and good quantum yields. The azide and alkyne dyes have potential utility as components in bioorthogonal labeling schemes via [2 + 3] dipolar cycloaddition "click" reactions. The application of one derivative, CyAM-5 alkyne, for bioorthogonal labeling is demonstrated. Fluorescence microscopy shows coupling of CyAM-5 alkyne to Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells preincubated with azide modified glycans.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19053316 PMCID: PMC2656649 DOI: 10.1021/bc800417b
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioconjug Chem ISSN: 1043-1802 Impact factor: 4.774