posted on 2023-06-14, 09:06authored byDénes Szepesi Kovács, Balázs Chiovini, Dalma Müller, Estilla Zsófia Tóth, Anna Fülöp, Péter Ábrányi-Balogh, Lucia Wittner, György Várady, Ödön Farkas, Gábor Turczel, Gergely Katona, Balázs Győrffy, György Miklós Keserű, Zoltán Mucsi, Balázs J. Rózsa, Ervin Kovács
A novel family of julolidine-containing fluorescent rhodols
equipped
with a wide variety of substituents was synthesized in a versatile
two-step process. The prepared compounds were fully characterized
and exhibited excellent fluorescence properties for microscopy imaging.
The best candidate was conjugated to the therapeutic antibody trastuzumab
through a copper-free strain-promoted azide-alkyne click reaction.
The rhodol-labeled antibody was successfully applied for in
vitro confocal and two-photon microscopy imaging of Her2+
cells.