title: Unprecedented staining of polar lipids by a luminescent rhenium complex revealed by FTIR microspectroscopy in adipocytes.
abstract: Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy and confocal imaging have been used to demonstrate that the neutral rhenium(i) tricarbonyl 1,10-phenanthroline complex bound to 4-cyanophenyltetrazolate as the ancillary ligand is able to localise in regions with high concentrations of polar lipids such as phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), sphingomyelin, sphingosphine and lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) in mammalian adipocytes.
authors.affiliation: Mechanisms in Cell Biology and Disease Research Group, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences/Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. sally.plush@unisa.edu.au.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bader
authors.affiliation: Vibrational Spectroscopy Core Facility and School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.affiliation: Vibrational Spectroscopy Core Facility and School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Safitri
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.affiliation: Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stagni
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Massi
authors.affiliation: Vibrational Spectroscopy Core Facility and School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lay
authors.affiliation: Mechanisms in Cell Biology and Disease Research Group, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences/Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. sally.plush@unisa.edu.au.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.affiliation: Mechanisms in Cell Biology and Disease Research Group, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences/Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. sally.plush@unisa.edu.au.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Plush
mesh_terms: D041721:3T3-L1 Cells; D017667:Adipocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D049408:Luminescent Agents; D051379:Mice; D012211:Rhenium; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D049408:Luminescent Agents; D012211:Rhenium