Abstract
Autophagy plays a vital role in maintaining the balance of normal physiological state of living cells. In this paper, a polarity-specific two-photon fluorescent probe Lyso-NA based on naphthalimide was synthesized for the purpose of monitoring autophagy during biological research. The results of photophysical properties and theoretical calculation confirmed that different polarities of solvents mainly effected fluorescent intensities of probe. Fluorescent intensity, quantum yield and fluorescence lifetime of probe kept a good linear relationship with polarity respectively. In addition, due to its low toxicity and selective accumulation in lysosomes, Lyso-NA is suitable for detecting changes in lysosomal polarity of living cells. Compare with the imaging results of plasmid transfection, a better performed real-time long-term fluorescent visualization of autophagy in living cells was achieved. Probe Lyso-NA can work as an efficient and cost effective imaging tool for visualizing autophagy in living cells.
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