Probing the flux of mitochondrial potassium using an azacrown-diketopyrrolopyrrole based highly sensitive probe†
Abstract
The diketopyrrolopyrrole bearing an aza-18-crown-6 as a binding unit as well as a PPh3+ group is highly sensitive towards K+ and localizes selectively in mitochondria of cardiac H9C2 cells. Fast efflux/influx of mitochondrial K+ can be observed upon stimulation with nigericin.