title: Releasable luciferin-transporter conjugates: tools for the real-time analysis of cellular uptake and release.
abstract: The design, synthesis, and evaluation of conjugates of arginine-rich transporters and luciferin are described that release luciferin only after entry into cells that are stably transfected with luciferase. Each molecule of free luciferin that is released after entry generates a photon that can be measured allowing for real-time quantification of uptake and release in cells. The process provides a method to assay uptake and release of free luciferin as a function of variations in the releasable linker and in the transporter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Elena A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Goun
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shinde
authors.forename: Jonathan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Rothbard
authors.forename: Christopher H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Contag
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Wender
mesh_terms: D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002477:Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D004220:Disulfides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D049454:Firefly Luciferin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D008156:Luciferases / Q000378:metabolism; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004220:Disulfides; C001105:2,2'-dipyridyl disulfide; D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl; D049454:Firefly Luciferin; D008156:Luciferases