title: Design and synthesis of ICT-based fluorescent probe for high-sensitivity protein detection and application to rapid protein staining for SDS-PAGE.
abstract: A novel fluorescent molecular probe possessing styryl, sulfonyl, and cyanopyranyl moieties that was termed compound 1 was designed and synthesized to detect proteins through noncovalent bonding. Compound 1 did not produce fluorescence emission in the absence of proteins. However, its fluorescence spectrum showed a dramatic increase in the fluorescence intensity and strong orange emission after the addition of BSA. These changes were caused by intramolecular charge transfer (ICT). The fluorescence intensities of compound 1 were plotted as a function of the protein concentrations. A good linear relationship was observed up to a protein concentration of 325 mug/mL, and the detection limit was 70 ng/mL under the given assay conditions; this detection limit was higher than that of previously reported compounds. To demonstrate the application of compound 1, proteins in an SDS-PAGE gel were stained with compound 1 and were successfully imaged with a higher sensitivity and shorter staining operation time as compared to those of the silver staining method and SYPRO Ruby staining method. Thus, easy and high-sensitivity protein detection can be performed with the fluorescent probe, and this probe is ideally suited to proteomic applications.
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Advanced Bionics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), c/o Katayanagi Advanced Research Laboratories, Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002417:Cattle; D015195:Drug Design; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015335:Molecular Probes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000032:analysis; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013194:Staining and Labeling
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D015335:Molecular Probes; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D011506:Proteins; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine