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Organelle-Targeted H2S Probes Enable Visualization of the Subcellular Distribution of H2S Donors.

ABSTRACT: Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an essential biological signaling molecule in diverse biological regulatory pathways. To provide new chemical tools for H2S imaging, we report here a fluorescent H2S detection platform (HSN2-BG) that is compatible with subcellular localization SNAP-tag fusion protein methodologies and use appropriate fusion protein constructs to demonstrate mitochondrial and lysosomal localization. We also demonstrate the efficacy of this detection platform to image endogenous H2S in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and use the developed constructs to report on the subcellular H2S distributions provided by common H2S donor molecules AP39, ADT-OH, GYY4137, and diallyltrisulfide (DATS). The developed constructs provide a platform poised to provide new insights into the subcellular distribution of common H2S donors and a useful tool for investigating H2S biochemistry.

SUBMITTER: Montoya LA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4924525 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Organelle-Targeted H2S Probes Enable Visualization of the Subcellular Distribution of H2S Donors.

Montoya Leticia A LA Pluth Michael D MD

Analytical chemistry 20160519 11

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an essential biological signaling molecule in diverse biological regulatory pathways. To provide new chemical tools for H2S imaging, we report here a fluorescent H2S detection platform (HSN2-BG) that is compatible with subcellular localization SNAP-tag fusion protein methodologies and use appropriate fusion protein constructs to demonstrate mitochondrial and lysosomal localization. We also demonstrate the efficacy of this detection platform to image endogenous H2S in Ch ...[more]

PMID: 27171507

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