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A novel quinoline-based turn-on fluorescent probe for the highly selective detection of Al (III) and its bioimaging in living cells, plants tissues and zebrafish

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A novel quinoline fluorescent probe QNP ((E)-N′-(5-chloro-2-hydroxybenzylidene) quinoline-2-carbohydrazide) for detection of Al3+ ion was designed, synthesized and characterized. QNP displayed a high fluorescence enhancement in the presence of Al3+ ion in DMF:PBS (99:1, v/v) solution and the detection limit was as low as 1.25 μM with high selectivity and excellent sensitivity from 0 to 3 μM. The sensing ability of QNP towards Al3+ ion is attributed to the synergistic effect of PET and ICT. Furthermore, the binding stoichiometry between QNP and Al3+ ion is of 1:1 by Job’s plot and mass spectrum, and the calculated binding constant is 4.29 × 108 M−1. The detection of Al3+ ion in water samples illustrates that QNP could be applied to the detection of practical samples in the environment. Bioimaging experiments on Hela cells, zebrafish and soybean root tissues demonstrate that it has potential application to investigate biological processes involving Al3+ ion within living cells.

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A quinoline-based turn-on fluorescence probe for the detection of Al3+ and its bioimaging in living cells, plant, and zebrafish.

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFD060070602), Innovation Fund for Young Scholars of Nanjing Forestry University (CX2017017) and the priority academic program development of Jiangsu higher education institutions.

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    Wen Lu, Jichao Chen, Jiuzhou Shi & Li Xu

  2. Advanced Analysis and Testing Center, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China

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Lu, W., Chen, J., Shi, J. et al. A novel quinoline-based turn-on fluorescent probe for the highly selective detection of Al (III) and its bioimaging in living cells, plants tissues and zebrafish. J Biol Inorg Chem 26, 57–66 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00775-020-01836-6

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