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Hydropropidine: a novel, cell-impermeant fluorogenic probe for detecting extracellular superoxide.

ABSTRACT: Here we report the synthesis and characterization of a membrane-impermeant fluorogenic probe, hydropropidine (HPr(+)), the reduction product of propidium iodide, for detecting extracellular superoxide (O(2)(•-)). HPr(+) is a positively charged water-soluble analog of hydroethidine (HE), a fluorogenic probe commonly used for monitoring intracellular O(2)(•-). We hypothesized that the presence of a highly localized positive charge on the nitrogen atom would impede cellular uptake of HPr(+) and allow for exclusive detection of extracellular O(2)(•-). Our results indicate that O(2)(•-) reacts with HPr(+) (k=1.2×10(4) M(-1) s(-1)) to form exclusively 2-hydroxypropidium (2-OH-Pr(2+)) in cell-free and cell-based systems. This reaction is analogous to the reaction between HE and O(2)(•-) (Zhao et al., Free Radic. Biol. Med.34:1359-1368; 2003). During the course of this investigation, we also reassessed the rate constants for the reactions of O(2)(•-) with HE and its mitochondria targeted analog (Mito-HE or MitoSOX Red) and addressed the discrepancies between the present values and those reported previously by us. Our results indicate that the rate constant between O(2)(•-) and HPr(+) is slightly higher than that of HE and O(2)(•-) and is closer to that of Mito-HE and O(2)(•-). Similar to HE, HPr(+) undergoes oxidation in the presence of various oxidants (peroxynitrite-derived radicals, Fenton's reagent, and ferricytochrome c) forming the corresponding propidium dication (Pr(2+)) and the dimeric products (e.g., Pr(2+)-Pr(2+)). In contrast to HE, there was very little intracellular uptake of HPr(+). We conclude that HPr(+) is a useful probe for detecting O(2)(•-) and other one-electron oxidizing species in an extracellular milieu.

SUBMITTER: Michalski R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3711142 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Hydropropidine: a novel, cell-impermeant fluorogenic probe for detecting extracellular superoxide.

Michalski Radoslaw R Zielonka Jacek J Hardy Micael M Joseph Joy J Kalyanaraman Balaraman B

Free radical biology & medicine 20121007

Here we report the synthesis and characterization of a membrane-impermeant fluorogenic probe, hydropropidine (HPr(+)), the reduction product of propidium iodide, for detecting extracellular superoxide (O(2)(•-)). HPr(+) is a positively charged water-soluble analog of hydroethidine (HE), a fluorogenic probe commonly used for monitoring intracellular O(2)(•-). We hypothesized that the presence of a highly localized positive charge on the nitrogen atom would impede cellular uptake of HPr(+) and all ...[more]

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