Fluorescence Probes for Reactive Sulfur Species in Agricultural Chemistry

作者：Zeng, Xiaoyan; Chen, Weijie; Liu, Chunrong; Yin, Jun^*; Yang, Guang-Fu

来源：Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2021, 69(46): 13700-13712.

DOI：10.1021/acs.jafc.1c05249

• fluorescent probes
• in vivo bioimaging
• reactive sulfur species
• detection in plants
• agricultural chemistry

Sulfur is an element that is indispensable throughout the growth of plants. In plant cells, reactive sulfur species (RSS) play a vital role in maintaining cellular redox homeostasis and signal transduction. There is demand accordingly for a simple, highly selective, and sensitive method of RSS detection and imaging for monitoring dynamic changes and clarifying the biological functions of RSS in plant systems. Fluorescent analysis based on organic small-molecule fluorescent probes is an effective and specific approach to tracking plant RSS characteristics. This perspective summarizes the recent progress regarding organic small-molecule fluorescent probes for RSS monitoring, including small-molecule biological thiols, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfane sulfurs, in plants; it also discusses their response mechanism toward RSS and their imaging applications in plants across the agricultural chemistry field.