Photoactivated release of membrane impermeant sulfonates inside cells (original) (raw)

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a School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
E-mail: richard.hartley@glasgow.ac.uk

b Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK

c MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Hills Road, University of Cambridge, UK

Abstract

Photouncaging delivers compounds with high spatial and temporal control to induce or inhibit biological processes but the released compounds may diffuse out. We here demonstrate that sulfonate anions can be photocaged so that a membrane impermeable compound can enter cells, be uncaged by photoirradiation and trapped within the cell.

Graphical abstract: Photoactivated release of membrane impermeant sulfonates inside cells

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC07713E

Article type

Communication

Submitted

24 Nov 2020

Accepted

09 Mar 2021

First published

12 Mar 2021

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Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 3917-3920

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Photoactivated release of membrane impermeant sulfonates inside cells

S. T. Caldwell, S. N. O'Byrne, C. Wilson, F. Cvetko, M. P. Murphy, J. G. McCarron and R. C. Hartley,Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 3917DOI: 10.1039/D0CC07713E

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