A new environment-sensitive fluorophore, 6-N,N-(dimethylamino)-2,3-naphthalimide (6DMN) was introduced in the ä-selective opioid peptide agonist H-Dmt-Tic-Glu-NH2 and in the í-selective opioid peptide agonist endomorphin-2 (H-Tyr-Pro-Phe-Phe-NH2). Environment-sensitive fluorophores are a special class of chromophores that generally exhibit a low quantum yield in aqueous solution but become highly fluorescent in nonpolar solvents or when bound to hydrophobic sites in proteins or membranes. New fluorescent ä-selective irreversible antagonists (H-Dmt-Tic-Glu-NH-(CH2)5-CO-Dap(6DMN)-NH2 (1) and H-Dmt-Tic- Glu-Dap(6DMN)-NH2 (2)) were identified as potential fluorescent probes showing good properties for use in studies of distribution and internalization of ä receptors by confocal laser scanning microscopy.

6-N,N-dimethylamino-2,3-naphthalimide: A new environment-sensitive fluorescent probe in delta- and mu-selective opioid peptides

SALVADORI, Severo;TRAPELLA, Claudio;ARGAZZI, Roberto;
2006

Abstract

A new environment-sensitive fluorophore, 6-N,N-(dimethylamino)-2,3-naphthalimide (6DMN) was introduced in the ä-selective opioid peptide agonist H-Dmt-Tic-Glu-NH2 and in the í-selective opioid peptide agonist endomorphin-2 (H-Tyr-Pro-Phe-Phe-NH2). Environment-sensitive fluorophores are a special class of chromophores that generally exhibit a low quantum yield in aqueous solution but become highly fluorescent in nonpolar solvents or when bound to hydrophobic sites in proteins or membranes. New fluorescent ä-selective irreversible antagonists (H-Dmt-Tic-Glu-NH-(CH2)5-CO-Dap(6DMN)-NH2 (1) and H-Dmt-Tic- Glu-Dap(6DMN)-NH2 (2)) were identified as potential fluorescent probes showing good properties for use in studies of distribution and internalization of ä receptors by confocal laser scanning microscopy.
2006
Vazquez, Me; Blanco, Jb; Salvadori, Severo; Trapella, Claudio; Argazzi, Roberto; Bryant, Sd; Jinsmaa, Y; Lazarus, Lh; Negri, L; Giannini, E; Lattanzi, R; Colucci, M; Balboni, G.
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