Journal article

A fluorescent histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor for cellular imaging

CL Fleming, TD Ashton, C Nowell, M Devlin, A Natoli, J Schreuders, FM Pfeffer

Chemical Communications | ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY | Published : 2015

Open access

Abstract

Fluorescence microscopy studies using 4-morpholinoscriptaid (4MS) demonstrated rapid cellular uptake of this scriptaid analogue into the cytoplasm but no nuclear penetration. As 4MS and scriptaid have the same in vitro activity against HDACs and KASUMI-1 cells; 4MS exemplifies a rational approach to subtly modify 'profluorogenic' substrates for intracellular studies.

University of Melbourne Researchers

Grants

Awarded by Australian Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

CLF thanks the Research Centre for Chemistry and Biotechnology for a top-up scholarship. The authors would like to acknowledge the Australian Research Council for funding Deakin University's Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility through LIEF grant LE110100141, as well as for additional equipment support related to this project (LE120100213).