Photofunctional cyclometallated iridium(III) polypyridine methylsulfone complexes as sulfhydryl-specific reagents for bioconjugation, bioimaging and photocytotoxic applications

Lili Huang, Peter Kam-Keung Leung, Lawrence Cho-Cheung Lee, Guang-Xi Xu, Yun-Wah Lam*, Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo*

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Abstract

We report herein near-infrared (NIR)-emitting cyclometallated iridium(III) complexes bearing a heteroaromatic methylsulfone moiety as sulfhydryl-specific reagents; one of the complexes was conjugated to cysteine and cysteine-containing peptides and proteins for bioimaging and photocytotoxic applications.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10162-10165
JournalChemical Communications
Volume58
Issue number73
Online published8 Aug 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Sept 2022

Funding

We thank the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (Project No. CityU 11300019, CityU 11302820, CityU 11301121, T42- 103/16-N, C7075-21GF and N_CityU104/21) for financial support. We also thank the funding support from “Laboratory for Synthetic Chemistry and Chemical Biology” under the Health@InnoHK Program launched by Innovation and Technology Commission, The Government of Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China. Lili Huang acknowledges the receipt of a Postgraduate Studentship administered by City University of Hong Kong.

Research Keywords

  • LABELING REAGENTS
  • LUMINESCENT
  • CONJUGATION
  • PEPTIDES
  • PROTEINS
  • RECEPTOR

Publisher's Copyright Statement

  • COPYRIGHT TERMS OF DEPOSITED POSTPRINT FILE: This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2022. This is the accepted version of a paper published in Chemical Communications. This paper has been peer-reviewed but does not include the final publisher proof-corrections or journal pagination. Huang, L., Leung, P. K-K., Lee, L. C-C., Xu, G-X., Lam, Y-W., & Lo, K. K-W. (2022). Photofunctional cyclometallated iridium(III) polypyridine methylsulfone complexes as sulfhydryl-specific reagents for bioconjugation, bioimaging and photocytotoxic applications. Chemical Communications, 58(73), [10162]. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cc02405e.

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