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Simultaneous Detection of Carbon Monoxide and Viscosity Changes in Cells.

Jonathan A RobsonMarkéta KubánkováTamzin BondRian A HendleyAndrew J P WhiteMarina K KuimovaJames D E T Wilton-Ely
Published in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2020)
A new family of robust, non-toxic, water-compatible ruthenium(II) vinyl probes allows the rapid, selective and sensitive detection of endogenous carbon monoxide (CO) in live mammalian cells under normoxic and hypoxic conditions. Uniquely, these probes incorporate a viscosity-sensitive BODIPY fluorophore that allows the measurement of microscopic viscosity in live cells via fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) while also monitoring CO levels. This is the first example of a probe that can simultaneously detect CO alongside small viscosity changes in organelles of live cells.
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