Abstract
Spatio-temporal release of biologically relevant small molecules provides exquisite control over the activation of receptors and signaling pathways. This can be accomplished via a photochemical reaction that releases the desired small molecule in response to irradiation with light. A series of biologically-relevant signaling molecules (serotonin, octopamine, capsaicin, N-vanillyl-nonanoylamide, estradiol, and tyrosine) that contain a phenol moiety were conjugated to the 8-bromo-7-hydroxyquinolinyl (BHQ) or 8-cyano-7-hydroxyquinolinyl (CyHQ) photoremovable protecting groups (PPGs). The CyHQ caged compounds proved sensitive toward 1PE and 2PE processes with quantum efficiencies of 0.2-0.4 upon irradiation at 365 nm and two-photon action cross sections of 0.15-0.31 GM when irradiated at 740 nm. All but one BHQ caged compound, BHQ-estradiol, were found to be sensitive to photolysis through 1PE and 2PE with quantum efficiencies of 0.30-0.40 and two photon cross sections of 0.40-0.60 GM. Instead of releasing estradiol, BHQ-estradiol underwent debromination.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2151-2158 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2015 |
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Photoactivatable, biologically-relevant phenols with sensitivity toward 2-photon excitation. / McLain, Duncan E.; Rea, Adam C.; Widegren, Magnus B.; Dore, Timothy.
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AU - McLain, Duncan E.
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AU - Dore, Timothy
PY - 2015/1/1
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N2 - Spatio-temporal release of biologically relevant small molecules provides exquisite control over the activation of receptors and signaling pathways. This can be accomplished via a photochemical reaction that releases the desired small molecule in response to irradiation with light. A series of biologically-relevant signaling molecules (serotonin, octopamine, capsaicin, N-vanillyl-nonanoylamide, estradiol, and tyrosine) that contain a phenol moiety were conjugated to the 8-bromo-7-hydroxyquinolinyl (BHQ) or 8-cyano-7-hydroxyquinolinyl (CyHQ) photoremovable protecting groups (PPGs). The CyHQ caged compounds proved sensitive toward 1PE and 2PE processes with quantum efficiencies of 0.2-0.4 upon irradiation at 365 nm and two-photon action cross sections of 0.15-0.31 GM when irradiated at 740 nm. All but one BHQ caged compound, BHQ-estradiol, were found to be sensitive to photolysis through 1PE and 2PE with quantum efficiencies of 0.30-0.40 and two photon cross sections of 0.40-0.60 GM. Instead of releasing estradiol, BHQ-estradiol underwent debromination.
AB - Spatio-temporal release of biologically relevant small molecules provides exquisite control over the activation of receptors and signaling pathways. This can be accomplished via a photochemical reaction that releases the desired small molecule in response to irradiation with light. A series of biologically-relevant signaling molecules (serotonin, octopamine, capsaicin, N-vanillyl-nonanoylamide, estradiol, and tyrosine) that contain a phenol moiety were conjugated to the 8-bromo-7-hydroxyquinolinyl (BHQ) or 8-cyano-7-hydroxyquinolinyl (CyHQ) photoremovable protecting groups (PPGs). The CyHQ caged compounds proved sensitive toward 1PE and 2PE processes with quantum efficiencies of 0.2-0.4 upon irradiation at 365 nm and two-photon action cross sections of 0.15-0.31 GM when irradiated at 740 nm. All but one BHQ caged compound, BHQ-estradiol, were found to be sensitive to photolysis through 1PE and 2PE with quantum efficiencies of 0.30-0.40 and two photon cross sections of 0.40-0.60 GM. Instead of releasing estradiol, BHQ-estradiol underwent debromination.
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