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Synthesis and application of a fluorescent probe for the detection of reduced glutathione
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DU Yuting Department of Chemistry, Xinzhou Normal University, Xinzhou, Shanxi 034000, China yutingdu123@163.com 
YUAN Jing Department of Chemistry, Xinzhou Normal University, Xinzhou, Shanxi 034000, China  
DENG Peiyao Department of Chemistry, Xinzhou Normal University, Xinzhou, Shanxi 034000, China  
Abstract: In this study, a fluorescent probe, CDAS, was synthesized to detect reduced glutathione (GSH). CDAS was designed by incorporating triphenylamine as an electron-donating group and a 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonyl moiety as an electron-withdrawing group, with the response mechanism based on intramolecular charge transfer (ICT). These components were linked through Knoevenagel condensation. The probe exhibited no fluorescence; however, upon interaction with GSH, a nucleophilic substitution reaction occurred between GSH and probe CDAS, significantly enhancing fluorescent intensity at 561 nm. In a mixture of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and acetonitrile (1:1, V/V, 10 mmol·L-1, pH=7.4), CDAS demonstrated a low detection limit of 7.70 μmol·L-1, high selectivity for GSH, and a large Stokes shift of 179 nm. Notably, CDAS can be effectively utilized to detect GSH in human cervical cancer cells (HeLa cells) via fluorescent cell imaging.
Keywords: triphenylamine  intramolecular charge transfer  fluorescent probe  reduced glutathione  cell imaging
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DU Yuting,YUAN Jing,DENG Peiyao.Synthesis and application of a fluorescent probe for the detection of reduced glutathione[J].Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry,2025,41(7):1331-1337.
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