Abstract
Human serum albumin (HSA) in blood serves as an important biomarker for clinical diagnosis, and fluorescence sensing method has attracted extensive attention. In this work, a small organic molecule probe, YS8, involving twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) characteristic, was designed and investigated to detect HSA. YS8 kept silent state in fluorescence under physiological conditions, but the encapsulation of YS8 in the hydrophobic subdomain IB region of HSA inhibited the TICT state and produced a clear light-up fluorescent signal. Especially, YS8 was demonstrated to be an efficient fluorogenic probe to discriminate HSA from other proteins including the bovine serum albumin (BSA). Moreover, YS8/HSA complex could be applied in fluorescence imaging in living cells and is also useful in the study of artificial fluorescent protein (AFP).
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