Abstract
Thiols function as antioxidants in food, prolonging shelf life and enhancing flavor. Moreover, thiols are vital biomolecules involved in enzyme activity, cellular signal transduction, and protein folding among critical biological processes. In this paper, the fluorescent probe PYL-NBD was designed and synthesized, which utilized the fluorescent molecule pyrazoline, the lysosome-targeted morpholine moiety, and the sensing moiety NBD. Probe PYL-NBD was tailored for the recognition of biothiols through single-wavelength excitation, yielding distinct fluorescence emission signals: blue for Cys, Hcy, and GSH; green for Cys, Hcy. Probe PYL-NBD exhibited rapid reaction kinetics (<10 min), distinct fluorescence response signals, and low detection limits (15.7 nM for Cys, 14.4 nM for Hcy, and 12.6 nM for GSH). Probe PYL-NBD enabled quantitative determination of Cys content in food samples and L-cysteine capsules. Furthermore, probe PYL-NBD had been successfully applied for confocal imaging with dual-channel detection of biothiols in various biological specimens, including HeLa cells, zebrafish, tumor sections, and Arabidopsis thaliana.
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