title: Enhancing the Stokes' shift of BODIPY dyes via through-bond energy transfer and its application for Fe(3+)-detection in live cell imaging.
abstract: Two energy transfer cassettes that exhibit a large pseudo Stokes' shift (up to 400 nm) due to efficient through-bond energy transfer (up to 99%) have been constructed. Selective binding of Fe(III) with the donor entity significantly suppresses the excitation energy transfer resulting in fluorescence quenching in aqueous solution and in living cells.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
authors.forename: Xingyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiaoning
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Huachao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhikuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal
chemical_list: C095489:4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene; D001896:Boron Compounds; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007477:Ions