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ArticleChemical science2021

Oxime as a general photocage for the design of visible light photo-activatable fluorophores.

Lushun Wang, Shichao Wang, Juan Tang, Vanessa B Espinoza, Axel Loredo, Zeru Tian, R Bruce Weisman, Han Xiao

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Article in Chemical science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. On-Target Photoassembly of Pyronin Dyes for Super-Resolution Microscopy.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  2. Photoactivation of BODIPY Fluorescence with Green Light.The Journal of organic chemistry · 2025
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  5. A hydrophobic photouncaging reaction to profile the lipid droplet interactome in tissues.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  9. Photoactivatable BODIPYs for Live-Cell PALM.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lushun WangDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University 6100 Main Street Houston Texas 77005 USA han.xiao@rice.edu.
Shichao WangDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University 6100 Main Street Houston Texas 77005 USA han.xiao@rice.edu.
Juan TangDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University 6100 Main Street Houston Texas 77005 USA han.xiao@rice.edu.
Vanessa B EspinozaDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University 6100 Main Street Houston Texas 77005 USA han.xiao@rice.edu.
Axel LoredoDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University 6100 Main Street Houston Texas 77005 USA han.xiao@rice.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0144-8192
Zeru TianDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University 6100 Main Street Houston Texas 77005 USA han.xiao@rice.edu.
R Bruce WeismanDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University 6100 Main Street Houston Texas 77005 USA han.xiao@rice.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8546-9980
Han XiaoDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University 6100 Main Street Houston Texas 77005 USA han.xiao@rice.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4311-971X
Rice University · US

Funding

Engineering Proteins with Noncanonical Amino AcidsR35GM133706 · NIGMS · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI Han Xiao · 2019 to 2026
$2.9M
Development of Bone-Targeting Antibodies for Ewing Sarcoma Using Genetic Code ExpansionR21CA255894 · NCI · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI XIAO, HAN, YUSTEIN, JASON · 2021 to 2023
$568k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA255894NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133706
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photoactivatable fluorophores have been widely used for tracking molecular and cellular dynamics with subdiffraction resolution. In this work, we have prepared a series of photoactivatable probes using the oxime moiety as a new class of photolabile caging group in which the photoactivation process is mediated by a highly efficient photodeoximation reaction. Incorporation of the oxime caging group into fluorophores results in loss of fluorescence. Upon light irradiation in the presence of air, the oxime-caged fluorophores are oxidized to their carbonyl derivatives, restoring strong fluorophore fluorescence. To demonstrate the utility of these oxime-caged fluorophores, we have created probes that target different organelles for live-cell confocal imaging. We also carried out photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM) imaging under physiological conditions using low-power light activation in the absence of cytotoxic additives. Our studies show that oximes represent a new class of visible-light photocages that can be widely used for cellular imaging, sensing, and photo-controlled molecular release.

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