Bio-orthogonal chemistry-based method for fluorescent labelling of ribosomal RNA in live mammalian cells

Autor: Muhan He, P. N. Asare Okai, Qishan Lin, Maksim Royzen, Kui Wu, Irfan Khan, G. Fuchs
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Chemical Communications. 55:10456-10459
ISSN: 1364-548X
1359-7345
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc05346h
Popis: A bio-orthogonal chemistry-based approach for fluorescent labelling of ribosomal RNA is described. It involves an adenosine analogue modified with trans-cyclooctene and masked 5'-phosphate group using aryl phosphoramidate. The incorporation into rRNA has been confirmed using agarose gel electrophoresis, as well as a highly sensitive UHPLC-MS/MS method. Fluorescent labelling of rRNA has been achieved in live HeLa cells via an inverse electron demand Diels-Alder reaction with a tetrazine conjugated to an Oregon Green fluorophore. This communication describes the stepwise approach that led to the development and characterization of the probe. The results demonstrate a new strategy towards development of future fluorescent probes to investigate the biochemistry of nucleic acids.
Databáze: OpenAIRE