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BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY
Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 439-445Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00535
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- Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) [13/SIRG/2144, 12/RC/2276]
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Specific and reversible metallochelate coupling via nitrilotriacetate (NTA) moiety is widely used for immobilization, purification, and labeling of oligo(histidine)-tagged proteins. Here, we evaluated this strategy to label various peptides and proteins with phosphorescent Pt-porphyrin derivatives bearing NTA group(s). Zn2+. complexes were shown to have minimal effect on the photophysics of the porphyrin moiety, allowing quenched phosphorescence sensing of O-2. We complexed the PtTFPP-NTA conjugate with His-containing peptide that can facilitate intracellular loading, and observed efficient accumulation and phosphorescent staining of MEF cells. The more hydrophilic PtCP-NTA conjugate was also seen to form stable complexes with larger polypeptide constructs based on fluorescent proteins, and with subunits of protein nanoparticles, which retained their ability to self-assemble. Testing in phosphorescence lifetime based O-2 sensing assays on a fluorescence reader and PLIM microscope revealed that phosphorescent metallochelate complexes perform similarly to the existing O-2 probes. Thus, metallochelate coupling allows simple preparation of different types of biomaterials labeled with phosphorescent Pt-porphyrins.
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