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ArticleNature chemical biology2016

A reactivity-based probe of the intracellular labile ferrous iron pool.

Benjamin Spangler, Charles W Morgan, Shaun D Fontaine, Mark N Vander Wal, Christopher J Chang, James A Wells, Adam R Renslo

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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71citing papers in PubMed
11.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed, 148 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. A histochemical approach to activity-based copper sensing reveals cuproplasia-dependent vulnerabilities in cancer.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  17. Ironing out the details of ferroptosis.Nature cell biology · 2024
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  19. A tandem activity-based sensing and labeling strategy reveals antioxidant response element regulation of labile iron pools.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin SpanglerGraduate Program in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9409-1529
Charles W MorganGraduate Program in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Shaun D FontaineGraduate Program in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5800-0391
Mark N Vander WalDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Christopher J ChangDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
James A WellsDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Adam R RensloDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
University of California, San Francisco · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

RESEARCH TRAINING IN CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGYT32GM064337 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CRAIK, CHARLES SCOTT · 2002 to 2021
$7.8M
Molecular Imaging Probes To Study Redox BiologyR01GM079465 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Christopher J. Chang · 2006 to 2026
$7.8M
Chemical Methods for Ferrous Iron Dependent Drug DeliveryR01AI105106 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI RENSLO, ADAM R · 2013 to 2022
$4.6M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI105106NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM079465NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM064337
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Improved methods for studying intracellular reactive Fe(II) are of significant interest for studies of iron metabolism and disease-relevant changes in iron homeostasis. Here we describe a highly selective reactivity-based probe in which a Fenton-type reaction with intracellular labile Fe(II) leads to unmasking of the aminonucleoside puromycin. Puromycin leaves a permanent and dose-dependent mark on treated cells that can be detected with high sensitivity and precision using a high-content, plate-based immunofluorescence assay. Using this new probe and screening approach, we detected alteration of cellular labile Fe(II) in response extracellular iron conditioning, overexpression of iron storage and/or export proteins, and post-translational regulation of iron export. We also used this new tool to demonstrate that labile Fe(II) pools are larger in cancer cells than in nontumorigenic cells.

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Ferrous CompoundsFluorescent Antibody TechniqueFluorescent DyesHumansMolecular StructurePuromycinSpiro CompoundsFerrous CompoundsFluorescent DyesPuromycinSpiro Compounds

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PMID27376690
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