TY - JOUR
T1 - A hydrogel based nanosensor with an unprecedented broad sensitivity range for pH measurements in cellular compartments
AU - Zhang, M.
AU - Søndergaard, Rikke Vicki
AU - Ek, Pramod Kumar
AU - Henriksen, Jonas Rosager
AU - Cui, D.
AU - Hammershøj, Peter
AU - Clausen, Mads Hartvig
AU - Andresen, Thomas Lars
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Optical pH nanosensors have been applied for monitoring intracellular pH in real-time for about two decades. However, the pH sensitivity range of most nanosensors is too narrow, and measurements that are on the borderline of this range may not be correct. Furthermore, ratiometric measurements of acidic
intracellular pH (pH < 4) in living cells are still challenging due to the lack of suitable nanosensors. In this paper we successfully developed a multiple sensor, a fluorophore based nanosensor, with an unprecedented broad measurement range from pH 1.4 to 7.0. In this nanosensor, three pH-sensitive fluorophores
(difluoro-Oregon Green, Oregon Green 488, and fluorescein) and one pH-insensitive fluorophore (Alexa 568) were covalently incorporated into a nanoparticle hydrogel matrix. With this broad range quadruple-labelled nanosensor all physiological relevant pH levels in living cells can be measured without being too close to the limits of its pH-range. The nanosensor exhibits no susceptibility to interference by other intracellular ions at physiological concentrations. Due to its positive surface charge it is spontaneously internalized by HeLa cells and localizes to the lysosomes where the mean pH was measured at 4.6. This quadruple-labelled nanosensor performs accurate measurements of fluctuations of lysosomal pH in both directions, which was shown by treatment with the V-ATPase inhibitor bafilomycin A1 or its substrate ATP in HeLa cells. These measurements indicate that this novel quadruple-labelled nanosensor
is a promising new tool for measuring the pH of acidic compartments in living cells.
AB - Optical pH nanosensors have been applied for monitoring intracellular pH in real-time for about two decades. However, the pH sensitivity range of most nanosensors is too narrow, and measurements that are on the borderline of this range may not be correct. Furthermore, ratiometric measurements of acidic
intracellular pH (pH < 4) in living cells are still challenging due to the lack of suitable nanosensors. In this paper we successfully developed a multiple sensor, a fluorophore based nanosensor, with an unprecedented broad measurement range from pH 1.4 to 7.0. In this nanosensor, three pH-sensitive fluorophores
(difluoro-Oregon Green, Oregon Green 488, and fluorescein) and one pH-insensitive fluorophore (Alexa 568) were covalently incorporated into a nanoparticle hydrogel matrix. With this broad range quadruple-labelled nanosensor all physiological relevant pH levels in living cells can be measured without being too close to the limits of its pH-range. The nanosensor exhibits no susceptibility to interference by other intracellular ions at physiological concentrations. Due to its positive surface charge it is spontaneously internalized by HeLa cells and localizes to the lysosomes where the mean pH was measured at 4.6. This quadruple-labelled nanosensor performs accurate measurements of fluctuations of lysosomal pH in both directions, which was shown by treatment with the V-ATPase inhibitor bafilomycin A1 or its substrate ATP in HeLa cells. These measurements indicate that this novel quadruple-labelled nanosensor
is a promising new tool for measuring the pH of acidic compartments in living cells.
U2 - 10.1039/c5an01014d
DO - 10.1039/c5an01014d
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26393332
SN - 0003-2654
VL - 140
SP - 7246
EP - 7253
JO - Analyst
JF - Analyst
ER -