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  • Title: Photophysical studies of bioconjugated ruthenium metal-ligand complexes incorporated in phospholipid membrane bilayers.
    Author: Sharmin A, Salassa L, Rosenberg E, Ross JB, Abbott G, Black L, Terwilliger M, Brooks R.
    Journal: Inorg Chem; 2013 Oct 07; 52(19):10835-45. PubMed ID: 24063694.
    Abstract:
    The luminescent, mono-diimine ruthenium complexes [(H)Ru(CO)(PPh3)2(dcbpy)][PF6] (1) (dcbpy = 4,4'-dicarboxy-2,2'-bipyridyl) and [(H)Ru(CO)(dppene)(5-amino-1,10-phen)][PF6] (2) (dppene = bis(diphenylphosphino)ethylene; phen = phenanthroline) were conjugated with 1,2-dihexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DPPE) and with cholesterol in the case of complex 2. Using standard conjugation techniques, compound 1 gives the bis-lipid derivative [(H)Ru(CO)(PPh3)2(dcbpy-N-DPPE2)][PF6] (3), while 2 provides the monolipid conjugate [(H)Ru(CO)(dppene)(1,10-phen-5-NHC(S)-N-DPPE)][PF6] (4) and the cholesterol derivative [(H)Ru(CO)(dppene)(1,10-phen-5-NHC(O)Ocholesteryl)][PF6] (5). These compounds were characterized by spectroscopic methods, and their photophysical properties were measured in organic solvents. The luminescence of lipid conjugates 3 and 4 is quenched in organic solvents while compound 4 shows a weak, short-lived, blue-shifted emission in aqueous solution. The cholesterol conjugate 5 shows the long-lived, microsecond-time scale emission associated with triplet metal-to-ligand charge-transfer excited states. Incorporation of conjugate 3 in lipid bilayer vesicles restores the luminescence, but with blue shifts (~80 nm) accompanied by nanosecond-time scale lifetimes. In the vesicles conjugate 4 shows a short-lived and blue-shifted emission similar to that observed in solution but with increased intensity. Conjugation of the complex [(H)Ru(CO)(PhP2C2H4C(O)O-N-succinimidyl)2(bpy)][PF6] (6") (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridyl) with DPPE gives the phosphine-conjugated complex [(H)Ru(CO)(PhP2C2H4C(O)-N-DPPE)2(bpy)][PF6] (7). Complex 7 also exhibits a short-lived and blue-shifted emission in solution and in vesicles as observed for complexes 3 and 4. We have also conjugated the complex [Ru(bpy)2(5-amino-1,10-phen)][PF6]2 (8) with both cholesterol (9) and DPPE (10). Neither complex 9 nor the previously reported complex 10 exhibited the blue shifts observed for complexes 3 and 4 when incorporated into large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs). The anisotropies of the emissions of complexes 3, 4, and 7 were also measured in LUVs, and those of complex 5 were measured in both glycerol and LUVs. High fundamental anisotropies were observed for complexes 3, 4, and 7.
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