Duan, Qingxia Lv, Xiaoyu Liu, Caiyun Geng, Zhuofan Zhang, Fenfen Sheng, Wenlong Wang, Zuokai Jia, Pan Li, Zilu Zhu, Hanchuang Zhu, Baocun Dichlororesorufin-Based Colorimetric and Fluorescent Probe for Ultrasensitive Detection of Mercury Ions in Living Cells and Zebrafish In this work, a simple dichlororesorufin-based colorimetric and fluorescent probe <b>R-Hg</b> with the recognition receptor of carbonothioate was designed, synthesized, and exploited to determine mercury ions in aqueous solution and living cells as well as in zebrafish. After a series of analytical tests, probe <b>R-Hg</b> showed some excellent characteristics, such as ultrasensitivity, high selectivity, and good water solubility. The probe solution exhibited a very large fluorescence enhancement (about 150-fold) upon addition of Hg<sup>2+</sup>. Additionally, probe <b>R-Hg</b> exhibited excellent sensitivity, which could quantificationally detect Hg<sup>2+</sup> at the nanomolar level, and the detection limit was 0.49 nM. Moreover, probe <b>R-Hg</b> could be used as a “naked-eye” probe for monitoring Hg<sup>2+</sup>, because the color of its solution transformed remarkably from yellow into pink with the participation of Hg<sup>2+</sup>. Importantly, probe <b>R-Hg</b> has potential application value and has been successfully applied to the determination of Hg<sup>2+</sup> in practical water samples and in living RAW 264.7 cells as well as in zebrafish as a bioimaging reagent. solution;probe R-Hg;RAW 264.7 cells 2018-12-10
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10.1021/acs.iecr.8b04386.s001