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Glutathione is the most abundant non-protein thiols compound in cells and plays important metabolic roles. Changes in the amount of glutathione or its metabolic dysregulation can lead to a series of diseases. The determination of glutathione levels is very helpful to the diagnosis and treatment of the related diseases. A coumarin schiff base (compound 1 ) was synthesized from coumarin hydrazide and 2,6-pyridine dicarboxaldehyde and the fluorogenic probe for thiols (compound 1-Cu 2+ ) was prepared by coordinating compound 1 with copper ions. Compound 1 showed strong fluorescence, while compound 1-Cu 2+ hardly had fluorescence due to the paramagnetism and/or photoinduced electron transfer of Cu 2+ . However, after the addition of thiols-containing compounds, the fluorescence of compound 1 was restored. The UV–vis absorption and fluorescence spectra indicated that the fluorogenic probe had good thiols selectivity and sensitivity, particularly for glutathione in CH 3 CN:HEPES (3:2, v/v) buffer. It was successfully applied to the fluorescence imaging detection of glutathione in human cervical squamous cancer cells (SiHa cells). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Biothiols play an important role in cell protein metabolism and signal transduction, especially Hcy was considered as a new risk factor closely related to many diseases. However, there remain some limitations in selectively detecting Hcy due to its structural similarity to Cys. It is urgent for us to develop a novel indicator to study the pathological process of Hcy. Herein, we constructed a new fluorescent probe TCF-SBD composed of tricyanofuran fluorophore and SBD reaction site for detecting Hcy. The probe TCF-SBD exhibited a strong yellow emission response to Hcy in an "off-on" manner, and showed good selectivity for Hcy over Cys and GSH. The sensing mechanism was confirmed by HPLC, NMR titration and DFT studies. The probe was sensitive to the detection of Hcy with LOD low to 0.23 μM. The powerful probe TCF-SBD succeeded in real-time and selectively visualizing Hcy in living cells. [Display omitted] • Fluorescence probe based on substitution-rearrangement process was synthesized for selective detection of Hcy. • The probe displayed high selective and sensitive for Hcy (detection limit is 0.23 μM). • The probe was applied for fluorescence imaging of exogenous Hcy in living cells. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]