A Palette of Minimally Tagged Sucrose Analogues for Real-Time Raman Imaging of Intracellular Plant Metabolism

Fabio de Moliner, Kirsten Knox, Doireann Gordon, Martin Lee, William J. Tipping, Ailsa Geddis, Anke Reinders, John M. Ward, Karl Oparka, Marc Vendrell

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Abstract

Sucrose is the main saccharide used for long-distance transport in plants and plays an essential role in energy metabolism; however, there are no analogues for real-time imaging in live cells. We have optimised a synthetic approach to prepare sucrose analogues including very small (≈50 Da or less) Raman tags in the fructose moiety. Spectroscopic analysis identified the alkyne-tagged compound 6 as a sucrose analogue recognised by endogenous transporters in live cells and with higher Raman intensity than other sucrose derivatives. Herein, we demonstrate the application of compound 6 as the first optical probe to visualise real-time uptake and intracellular localisation of sucrose in live plant cells using Raman microscopy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7637-7642
Number of pages6
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume60
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 29 2021

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Keywords

  • imaging
  • probes
  • stimulated Raman scattering
  • sugars
  • transport

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