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Xu L, Gao H, Deng Y, Liu X, Zhan W, Sun X, Xu JJ, Liang G. β-Galactosidase-activated near-infrared AIEgen for ovarian cancer imaging in vivo. Biosens Bioelectron 2024; 255:116207. [PMID: 38554575 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2024.116207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 02/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024]
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Near-infrared (NIR) aggregation induced-emission luminogens (AIEgens) circumvent the noisome aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) effect in physiological milieu, thus holding high promise for real-time and sensitive imaging of biomarkers in vivo. β-Galactosidase (β-Gal) is a biomarker for primary ovarian carcinoma, but current AIEgens for β-Gal sensing display emissions in the visible region and have not been applied in vivo. We herein propose an NIR AIEgen QM-TPA-Gal and applied it for imaging β-Gal activity in vitro and in ovarian tumor model. After being internalized by ovarian cancer cells (e.g., SKOV3), the hydrophilic nonfluorescent QM-TPA-Gal undergoes hydrolyzation by β-Gal to yield hydrophobic QM-TPA-OH, which subsequently aggregates into nanoparticles to turn NIR fluorescence "on" through the AIE mechanism. In vitro experimental results indicate that QM-TPA-Gal has a sensitive and selective response to β-Gal with a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.21 U/mL. Molecular docking simulation confirms that QM-TPA-Gal has a good binding ability with β-Gal to allow efficient hydrolysis. Furthermore, QM-TPA-Gal is successfully applied for β-Gal imaging in SKOV3 cell and SKOV3-bearing living mouse models. It is anticipated that QM-TPA-Gal could be applied for early diagnosis of ovarian cancers or other β-Gal-associated diseases in near future.
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- Lingling Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China; Handan Norman Technology Co., Ltd., Guantao, 057750, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China; Handan Norman Technology Co., Ltd., Guantao, 057750, China.
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Rehman S, Nadeem A, Akram U, Sarwar A, Quraishi A, Siddiqui H, Malik MAJ, Nabi M, Ul Haq I, Cho A, Mazumdar I, Kim M, Chen K, Sepehri S, Wang R, Balar AB, Lakhani DA, Yedavalli VS. Molecular Mechanisms of Ischemic Stroke: A Review Integrating Clinical Imaging and Therapeutic Perspectives. Biomedicines 2024; 12:812. [PMID: 38672167 PMCID: PMC11048412 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12040812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Ischemic stroke poses a significant global health challenge, necessitating ongoing exploration of its pathophysiology and treatment strategies. This comprehensive review integrates various aspects of ischemic stroke research, emphasizing crucial mechanisms, therapeutic approaches, and the role of clinical imaging in disease management. It discusses the multifaceted role of Netrin-1, highlighting its potential in promoting neurovascular repair and mitigating post-stroke neurological decline. It also examines the impact of blood-brain barrier permeability on stroke outcomes and explores alternative therapeutic targets such as statins and sphingosine-1-phosphate signaling. Neurocardiology investigations underscore the contribution of cardiac factors to post-stroke mortality, emphasizing the importance of understanding the brain-heart axis for targeted interventions. Additionally, the review advocates for early reperfusion and neuroprotective agents to counter-time-dependent excitotoxicity and inflammation, aiming to preserve tissue viability. Advanced imaging techniques, including DWI, PI, and MR angiography, are discussed for their role in evaluating ischemic penumbra evolution and guiding therapeutic decisions. By integrating molecular insights with imaging modalities, this interdisciplinary approach enhances our understanding of ischemic stroke and offers promising avenues for future research and clinical interventions to improve patient outcomes.
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- Sana Rehman
- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (M.N.); (A.C.); (I.M.); (M.K.); (K.C.); (S.S.); (R.W.); (A.B.B.); (D.A.L.); (V.S.Y.)
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- Department of Medicine, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore 54700, Pakistan;
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- Department of Medicine, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore 54700, Pakistan;
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- Department of Medicine, Fatima Memorial Hospital College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore 54000, Pakistan; (A.S.); (H.S.)
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- Department of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74200, Pakistan;
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- Department of Medicine, Fatima Memorial Hospital College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore 54000, Pakistan; (A.S.); (H.S.)
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (M.N.); (A.C.); (I.M.); (M.K.); (K.C.); (S.S.); (R.W.); (A.B.B.); (D.A.L.); (V.S.Y.)
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- Department of Medicine, Amna Inayat Medical College, Sheikhupura 54300, Pakistan;
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (M.N.); (A.C.); (I.M.); (M.K.); (K.C.); (S.S.); (R.W.); (A.B.B.); (D.A.L.); (V.S.Y.)
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (M.N.); (A.C.); (I.M.); (M.K.); (K.C.); (S.S.); (R.W.); (A.B.B.); (D.A.L.); (V.S.Y.)
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (M.N.); (A.C.); (I.M.); (M.K.); (K.C.); (S.S.); (R.W.); (A.B.B.); (D.A.L.); (V.S.Y.)
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (M.N.); (A.C.); (I.M.); (M.K.); (K.C.); (S.S.); (R.W.); (A.B.B.); (D.A.L.); (V.S.Y.)
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (M.N.); (A.C.); (I.M.); (M.K.); (K.C.); (S.S.); (R.W.); (A.B.B.); (D.A.L.); (V.S.Y.)
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (M.N.); (A.C.); (I.M.); (M.K.); (K.C.); (S.S.); (R.W.); (A.B.B.); (D.A.L.); (V.S.Y.)
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (M.N.); (A.C.); (I.M.); (M.K.); (K.C.); (S.S.); (R.W.); (A.B.B.); (D.A.L.); (V.S.Y.)
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (M.N.); (A.C.); (I.M.); (M.K.); (K.C.); (S.S.); (R.W.); (A.B.B.); (D.A.L.); (V.S.Y.)
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; (M.N.); (A.C.); (I.M.); (M.K.); (K.C.); (S.S.); (R.W.); (A.B.B.); (D.A.L.); (V.S.Y.)
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Wu Y, Liang R, Chen W, Wang C, Xing D. The development of biosensors for alkaline phosphatase activity detection based on a phosphorylated DNA probe. Talanta 2024; 270:125622. [PMID: 38215586 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2024.125622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
Abstract
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is a zinc-containing metalloprotein that shows very great significance in clinical diagnosis, which can catalyze the hydrolysis of phosphorylated species. ALP has the potential to serve as a valuable biomarker for detecting liver dysfunction and bone diseases. On the other hand, ALP is an efficient biocatalyst to amplify detection signals in the enzyme-linked assay. It has always been a major research focus to develop novel biosensors that can detect ALP activity with high selectivity and sensitivity. There have been numerous reports on the development of biosensors to determine ALP activity using a phosphorylated DNA probe. Among them, various beneficial strategies, such as λ exonuclease-mediated cleavage reaction, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-triggered DNA polymerization, and Klenow fragment polymerase-catalyzed elongation, are employed to generate amplified and more intuitive signal. This review discusses and summarizes the development and advances of biosensors for ALP activity detection that use a well-designed phosphorylated DNA probe, aiming to provide some guidelines for the design of more sophisticated sensing strategies that exhibit improved sensitivity, selectivity, and adaptability in detecting ALP activity.
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- Yudong Wu
- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China.
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Yang Z, Zhong T, Mo Q, He J, Chong J, Hu X, Zhao S, Qin J. Monoamine oxidase B activatable red fluorescence probe for bioimaging in cells and zebrafish. Bioorg Chem 2024; 145:107156. [PMID: 38387393 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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A real-time and specific for the detection of Monoamine Oxidase B (MAO-B) to investigate the MAO-B-relevant disease development and treatment process is urgently desirable. Here, we utilized MAO-B to catalyze the conversion of propylamino groups to aldehyde groups, which was then quickly followed by a β-elimination process to produce fluorescent probes (FNJP) that may be used to detect MAO-B in vitro and in vivo. The FNJP probe possesses unique properties, including favorable reactivity (Km = 10.8 μM), high cell permeability, and NIR characteristics (λem = 610 nm). Moreover, the FNJP probe showed high selectivity for MAO-B and was able to detect endogenous MAO-B levels from a mixed population of NIH-3 T3 and HepG2 cells. MAO-B expression was found to be increased in cells under lipopolysaccharide-stimulated cellular oxidative stress in neuronal-like SH-SY5Y cells. In addition, the visualization of FNJP for MAO-B activity in zebrafish can be an effective tool for exploring the biofunctions of MAO-B. Considering these excellent properties, the FNJP probe may be a powerful tool for detecting MAO-B levels in living organisms and can be used for accurate clinical diagnoses of related diseases.
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- Zhengmin Yang
- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, PR China; Qiannan Medical College for Nationalities, Duyun 558003, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, PR China
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- Qiannan Medical College for Nationalities, Duyun 558003, PR China
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- Qiannan Medical College for Nationalities, Duyun 558003, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, PR China.
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Ma W, Wang Y, Xue Y, Wang M, Lu C, Guo W, Liu YH, Shu D, Shao G, Xu Q, Tu D, Yan H. Molecular engineering of AIE-active boron clustoluminogens for enhanced boron neutron capture therapy. Chem Sci 2024; 15:4019-4030. [PMID: 38487248 PMCID: PMC10935674 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06222h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
Abstract
The development of boron delivery agents bearing an imaging capability is crucial for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), yet it has been rarely explored. Here we present a new type of boron delivery agent that integrates aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active imaging and a carborane cluster for the first time. In doing so, the new boron delivery agents have been rationally designed by incorporating a high boron content unit of a carborane cluster, an erlotinib targeting unit towards lung cancer cells, and a donor-acceptor type AIE unit bearing naphthalimide. The new boron delivery agents demonstrate both excellent AIE properties for imaging purposes and highly selective accumulation in tumors. For example, at a boron delivery agent dose of 15 mg kg-1, the boron amount reaches over 20 μg g-1, and both tumor/blood (T/B) and tumor/normal cell (T/N) ratios reach 20-30 times higher than those required by BNCT. The neutron irradiation experiments demonstrate highly efficient tumor growth suppression without any observable physical tissue damage and abnormal behavior in vivo. This study not only expands the application scopes of both AIE-active molecules and boron clusters, but also provides a new molecular engineering strategy for a deep-penetrating cancer therapeutic protocol based on BNCT.
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- Wenli Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University Nanjing 210008 China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University Nanjing 210033 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Nanjing Tongren Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Southeast University Medical School Nanjing 210033 China
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- Neuboron Therapy System Ltd. Xiamen 361028 China
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nanjing 210016 China
- Neuboron Medtech Ltd. Nanjing 211112 China
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- Neuboron Therapy System Ltd. Xiamen 361028 China
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nanjing 210016 China
- Neuboron Medtech Ltd. Nanjing 211112 China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University Nanjing 210033 China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing 210029 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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Li Y, Zhang C, Wu Q, Peng Y, Ding Y, Zhang Z, Xu X, Xie H. Enzyme-Activatable Near-Infrared Photosensitizer with High Enrichment in Tumor Cells Based on a Multi-Effect Design. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317773. [PMID: 38116827 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
Abstract
Enzyme-activatable near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probes and photosensitizers (PSs) have emerged as promising tools for molecular imaging and photodynamic therapy (PDT). However, in living organisms selective retention or even enrichment of these reagents after enzymatic activation at or near sites of interest remains a challenging task. Herein, we integrate non-covalent and covalent retention approaches to introduce a novel "1-to-3" multi-effect strategy-one enzymatic stimulus leads to three types of effects-for the design of an enzyme-activatable NIR probe or PS. Using this strategy, we have constructed an alkaline phosphatase (ALP)-activatable NIR fluorogenic probe and a NIR PS, which proved to be selectively activated by ALP to switch on NIR fluorescence or photosensitizing ability, respectively. Additionally, these reagents showed significant enrichment (over 2000-fold) in ALP-overexpressed tumor cells compared to the culture medium, accompanied by massive depletion of intracellular thiols, the major antioxidants in cells. The investigation of this ALP-activatable NIR PS in an in vivo PDT model resulted in complete suppression of HeLa tumors and full recovery of all tested mice. Encouragingly, even a single administration of this NIR PS was sufficient to completely suppress tumors in mice, demonstrating the high potential of this strategy in biomedical applications.
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- Yuyao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Shanghai Frontier Science Research Base of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China, University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Shanghai Frontier Science Research Base of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Shanghai Frontier Science Research Base of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Shanghai Frontier Science Research Base of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Shanghai Frontier Science Research Base of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Department of nuclear medicine & PET center, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200235, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China, University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Shanghai Frontier Science Research Base of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Li H, Wang J, Kim H, Peng X, Yoon J. Activatable Near-Infrared Versatile Fluorescent and Chemiluminescent Dyes Based on the Dicyanomethylene-4H-pyran Scaffold: From Design to Imaging and Theranostics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202311764. [PMID: 37855139 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202311764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
Abstract
Activatable fluorescent and chemiluminescent dyes with near-infrared emission have indispensable roles in the fields of bioimaging, molecular prodrugs, and phototheranostic agents. As one of the most popular fluorophore scaffolds, the dicyanomethylene-4H-pyran scaffold has been applied to fabricate a large number of versatile activatable optical dyes for analytes detection and diseases diagnosis and treatment by virtue of its high photostability, large Stokes shift, considerable two-photon absorption cross-section, and structural modifiability. This review discusses the molecular design strategies, recognition mechanisms, and both in vitro and in vivo bio-applications (especially for diagnosis and therapy of tumors) of activatable dicyanomethylene-4H-pyran dyes. The final section describes the current shortcomings and future development prospects of this topic.
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- Haidong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03760, Korea
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03760, Korea
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Su D, Zhang R, Wang X, Ding Q, Che F, Zhang W, Wu W, Li P, Tang B. A new multi-parameter imaging platform for in vivo drug efficacy evaluation of ischemic stroke. Talanta 2024; 266:125133. [PMID: 37659227 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023]
Abstract
Ischemic stroke with high incidence and disability rate severely endangers human health. Current clinical treatment strategies are quite limited, new drugs for ischemic stroke are urgently needed. However, most existing methods for the efficacy evaluation of new drugs possess deficiencies of divorcing from the true biological context, single detection indicator and complex operations, leading to evaluation biases and delaying drug development process. In this work, leveraging the advantages of fluorescence imaging with non-invasive, real-time, in-situ, high selectivity and high sensitivity, a new multi-parameter simultaneous fluorescence imaging platform (MPSFL-Platform) based on two fluorescence materials was constructed to evaluate the efficacy of new drug for ischemic stroke. Through simultaneous fluorescence observing three key indicators of ischemic stroke, malondialdehyde (MDA), formaldehyde (FA), and monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A), the efficacy evaluations of three drugs for ischemic stroke were real-time and in-situ performed. Compared with edaravone and butylphthalide, edaravone dexborneol exhibited better therapeutic effect by using MPSFL-Platform. The successful establishment of MPSFL-Platform is serviceable to accelerate the conduction of preclinical trial and the exploration of pathophysiology mechanism for drugs related to ischemic stroke and other brain diseases, which is perspective to promote the efficiency of new drug development.
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- Di Su
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University and Brain Science Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China; Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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Dong Y, Liu Y, Tu Y, Yuan Y, Wang J. AIEgens Cross-linked Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Synchronously Amplify Bimodal Imaging Signals in Situ by Tumor Acidity-Mediated Click Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202310975. [PMID: 37950819 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202310975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/13/2023]
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Activatable dual-modal molecular imaging probes present a promising tool for the diagnosis of malignant tumors. However, synchronously enhancing dual-modal imaging signals under a single stimulus is challenging. Herein, we propose an activatable bimodal probe that integrates aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) and iron oxide nanoparticles (IOs) to synergistically enhance near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) intensity and magnetic resonance (MR) contrast through a tumor acidity-mediated click reaction. Tumor acidity-responsive IOs containing dibenzocyclooctyne groups (termed cDIOs) and AIEgens containing azide groups (termed AATs) can be covalently cross-linked in response to tumor acidity, which leads to a simultaneous enhancement in NIRF intensity (≈12.4-fold) and r2 relaxivity (≈2.8-fold). cDIOs and AATs were effectively activated in mice orthotropic breast tumor, and the cross-linking prolonged their retention in tumor, further augmenting the bimodal signals and expanding imaging time frame. This facile strategy leverages the inherent properties of probes themselves and demonstrates promise in future translational studies.
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- Yansong Dong
- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials and Engineering of the Ministry of Education, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou International Campus, Guangzhou, 511442, P. R. China
- National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou International Campus, Guangzhou, 511442, P. R. China
- National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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Wang Z, Wang D, Ren X, Liu Z, Liu A, Li X, Guan L, Shen Y, Jin S, Zvyagin AV, Yang B, Wang T, Lin Q. One Stone, Three Birds: Multifunctional Nanodots as "Pilot Light" for Guiding Surgery, Enhanced Radiotherapy, and Brachytherapy of Tumors. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2023; 9:1976-1988. [PMID: 37901175 PMCID: PMC10604975 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.3c00994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023]
Abstract
Surgery, radiotherapy (RT), and brachytherapy are crucial treatments for localized deep tumors. However, imprecise tumor location often leads to issues such as positive surgical margins, extended radiotherapy target volumes, and radiation damage to healthy tissues. Reducing side effects in healthy tissue and enhancing RT efficacy are critical challenges. To address these issues, we developed a multifunctional theranostic platform using Au/Ag nanodots (Au/AgNDs) that act as a "pilot light" for real-time guided surgery, high-efficiency RT, and brachytherapy, achieving a strategy of killing three birds with one stone. First, dual-mode imaging of Au/AgNDs enabled precision RT, minimizing damage to adjacent normal tissue during X-ray irradiation. Au/AgNDs enhanced ionizing radiation energy deposition, increased intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, regulated the cell cycle, promoted DNA damage formation, and inhibited DNA repair in tumor cells, significantly improving RT efficacy. Second, in brachytherapy, precise guidance provided by dual-mode imaging addressed challenges related to non-visualization of existing interstitial brachytherapy and multiple adjustments of insertion needle positions. Meanwhile, the effect of brachytherapy was improved. Third, the excellent fluorescence imaging of Au/AgNDs accurately distinguished tumors from normal tissue, facilitating their use as a powerful tool for assisting surgeons during tumor resection. Taken together, our multifunctional theranostic platform offers real-time guidance for surgery and high-efficiency RT, and improves brachytherapy precision, providing a novel strategy and vision for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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- Ze Wang
- State
Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College
of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- Department
of Radiation Oncology, The Second Affiliated
Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, P. R. China
- NHC
Key Laboratory of Radiobiology, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- Department
of Radiation Oncology, The Second Affiliated
Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, P. R. China
- NHC
Key Laboratory of Radiobiology, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- Department
of Radiation Oncology, The Second Affiliated
Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, P. R. China
- NHC
Key Laboratory of Radiobiology, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College
of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College
of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College
of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- NHC
Key Laboratory of Radiobiology, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- NHC
Key Laboratory of Radiobiology, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- Australian
Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
- Institute
of Biology and Biomedicine, Lobachevsky
Nizhny Novgorod State University, 603105 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- State
Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College
of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- Department
of Radiation Oncology, The Second Affiliated
Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, P. R. China
- NHC
Key Laboratory of Radiobiology, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College
of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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Su D, Zhang R, Wang X, Ding Q, Che F, Liu Z, Xu J, Zhao Y, Ji K, Wu W, Yan C, Li P, Tang B. Shedding Light on Lysosomal Malondialdehyde Affecting Vitamin B 12 Transport during Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:22609-22619. [PMID: 37803879 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
Abstract
Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI) is often accompanied by upregulation of homocysteine (Hcy). Excessive Hcy damages cerebral vascular endothelial cells and neurons, inducing neurotoxicity and even neurodegeneration. Normally, supplementation of vitamin B12 is an ideal intervention to reduce Hcy. However, vitamin B12 therapy is clinically inefficacious for CIRI. Considering oxidative stress is closely related to CIRI, the lysosome is the pivotal site for vitamin B12 transport. Lysosomal oxidative stress might hinder the transport of vitamin B12. Whether lysosomal malondialdehyde (lysosomal MDA), as the authoritative biomarker of lysosomal oxidative stress, interferes with the transport of vitamin B12 has not been elucidated. This is ascribed to the absence of effective methods for real-time and in situ measurement of lysosomal MDA within living brains. Herein, a fluorescence imaging agent, Lyso-MCBH, was constructed to specifically monitor lysosomal MDA by entering the brain and targeting the lysosome. Erupting the lysosomal MDA level in living brains of mice under CIRI was first observed using Lyso-MCBH. Excessive lysosomal MDA was found to affect the efficacy of vitamin B12 by blocking the transport of vitamin B12 from the lysosome to the cytoplasm. More importantly, the expression and function of the vitamin B12 transporter LMBD1 were proved to be associated with excessive lysosomal MDA. Altogether, the revealing of the lysosomal MDA-LMBD1 axis provides a cogent interpretation of the inefficacy of vitamin B12 in CIRI, which could be a prospective therapeutic target.
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- Di Su
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- Research Institute of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Neurology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- Research Institute of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Neurology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- Research Institute of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Neurology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- Brain Science Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- Research Institute of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Neurology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- Brain Science Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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Jiang R, Zeng J, Liu Q, Li S, He L, Cheng D. Engineering a near-infrared LAP fluorescent probe with high sensitivity and selectivity for surgical resection of liver cancer. J Mater Chem B 2023; 11:9459-9466. [PMID: 37728020 DOI: 10.1039/d3tb01627g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a type of cancer associated with a high rate of mortality and morbidity. In order to achieve precise HCC theranostics, it is important to develop excellent fluorescent probes. However, the existing probes are not sensitive or specific enough to accurately identify HCC margins and contours. For diagnosing HCC and identifying tumors during surgery, it is urgent to engineer highly sensitive and selective fluorescent probes. Liver tumor progression is closely associated with leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) overexpression, a biomarker of liver cancer. Herein, we have rationally designed a NIR fluorescent probe, NLAP, which is specially activated by LAP. The probe exhibited high sensitivity (detection limit = 6.8 mU L-1) and superior affinity (Km = 2.98 μM) for LAP. With this probe, we distinguished cancer cells overexpressing LAP from normal cells and applied it intraoperatively to guide liver tumor excisions. Furthermore, NLAP was employed to successfully detect the LAP of intestinal and splenic metastatic tumors in orthotopic liver tumor mice by "in situ spraying" and good performances were demonstrated.
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- Renfeng Jiang
- Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang 421002, Hunan, China.
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- Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang 421002, Hunan, China.
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- Clinical Research Institute, the Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang 421002, Hunan, China.
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- Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang 421002, Hunan, China.
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- Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang 421002, Hunan, China.
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- Clinical Research Institute, the Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang 421002, Hunan, China.
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Zhou T, Li L, Zhu Z, Chen X, Wang Q, Zhu WH. Serum-Based Detection of Liver Pathology Using a Fluorogenic Alkaline Phosphatase Probe. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202300321. [PMID: 37218114 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Development of "ultrahigh contrast" fluorogenic probes for trapping alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activities in human serum is highly desirable for clinical auxiliary diagnosis for hepatobiliary diseases. However, the intrinsic dilemma of incomplete ionization of intramolecular charge transfer (ICT)-based ALP fluorophores and autofluorescence interference of serum result in low sensitivity and accuracy. Given that unique halogen effects could lead to a drastic decrease in the pKa value and a significant enhancement in the fluorescence quantum yield, herein we report an enzyme-activatable near-infrared probe based on a difluoro-substituted dicyanomethylene-4H-chromenep for achieving fluorescent quantification of human serum ALP. Rational design strategy is demonstrated by altering the substituted halogen groups to well regulate the pKa for meeting the physiological precondition. Owing to the complete ionization at pH 7.4 with tremendous fluorescence enhancement, the difluoro-substituted DCM-2F-HP manifests a linear relationship between the emission intensity and ALP concentration in both solution and serum samples. Along with measuring 77 human serum samples, the DCM-2F-HP based fluorescence method not only exhibits significant correlations with clinical colorimetry, but also distinguishes ALP patients from healthy volunteers, as well as assessing the progress of liver disease, thus providing a potential toolbox for quantitatively detecting ALP and warning the stage of hepatopathy.
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- Tijian Zhou
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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Li Z, Liang PZ, Ren TB, Yuan L, Zhang XB. Orderly Self-Assembly of Organic Fluorophores for Sensing and Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202305742. [PMID: 37219959 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202305742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Fluorescence imaging utilizing traditional organic fluorophores is extensively applied in both cellular and in vivo studies. However, it faces significant obstacles, such as low signal-to-background ratio (SBR) and spurious positive/negative signals, primarily due to the facile diffusion of these fluorophores. To cope with this challenge, orderly self-assembled functionalized organic fluorophores have gained significant attention in the past decades. These fluorophores can create nanoaggregates via a well-ordered self-assembly process, thus prolonging their residency time within cells and in vivo settings. The development of self-assembled-based fluorophores is an emerging field, and as such, in this review, we present a summary of the progress and challenges of self-assembly fluorophores, focusing on their development history, self-assembly mechanisms, and biomedical applications. We hope that the insights provided herein will assist scientists in further developing functionalized organic fluorophores for in situ imaging, sensing, and therapy.
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- Zhe Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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Ge J, Cai W, Niu N, Wen Y, Wu Q, Wang L, Wang D, Tang BZ, Zhang R. Viscosity-responsive NIR-II fluorescent probe with aggregation-induced emission features for early diagnosis of liver injury. Biomaterials 2023; 300:122190. [PMID: 37315385 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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As the primary organ for drug metabolism and detoxification, the liver is susceptible to damage and seriously impaired function. In situ diagnosing and real-time monitoring of liver damage are thus of great significance but remain limited owing to the lack of reliable in vivo visualization protocols with minimal invasion. Herein, we reported for the first time an aggregation-induced emission (AIE) probe, namely DPXBI, emitting light in the second near-infrared window (NIR-II) for early diagnosis liver injury. DPXBI featured by strong intramolecular rotations, excellent aqueous solubility and robust chemical stability, is powerfully sensitive to viscosity alteration affording rapid response and high selectivity, through NIR-Ⅱ fluorescence intensity changes. The prominent viscosity-responsive performance enables DPXBI to accurately monitor both drug-induced liver injury (DILI) and hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury (HIRI) with excellent image contrast to the background. By using the presented strategy, the detection of liver injury in mouse model can be achieved at least several hours earlier than typical clinical assays. Moreover, DPXBI is able to dynamically track the liver improvement process in vivo in the case of DILI when the hepatotoxicity is alleviated by using hepatoprotective medication. All these results demonstrate that DPXBI is a promising probe for investigating viscosity-associated pathological and physiological processes.
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- Jinyin Ge
- Center for AIE Research, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030032, China
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- Center for AIE Research, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030032, China
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- Center for AIE Research, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Center for AIE Research, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Center for AIE Research, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Aggregate Science and Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen City, Guangdong, 518172, China.
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- The Radiology Department of First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, China.
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Zeng S, Liu X, Kafuti YS, Kim H, Wang J, Peng X, Li H, Yoon J. Fluorescent dyes based on rhodamine derivatives for bioimaging and therapeutics: recent progress, challenges, and prospects. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:5607-5651. [PMID: 37485842 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00799a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
Abstract
Since their inception, rhodamine dyes have been extensively applied in biotechnology as fluorescent markers or for the detection of biomolecules owing to their good optical physical properties. Accordingly, they have emerged as a powerful tool for the visualization of living systems. In addition to fluorescence bioimaging, the molecular design of rhodamine derivatives with disease therapeutic functions (e.g., cancer and bacterial infection) has recently attracted increased research attention, which is significantly important for the construction of molecular libraries for diagnostic and therapeutic integration. However, reviews focusing on integrated design strategies for rhodamine dye-based diagnosis and treatment and their wide application in disease treatment are extremely rare. In this review, first, a brief history of the development of rhodamine fluorescent dyes, the transformation of rhodamine fluorescent dyes from bioimaging to disease therapy, and the concept of optics-based diagnosis and treatment integration and its significance to human development are presented. Next, a systematic review of several excellent rhodamine-based derivatives for bioimaging, as well as for disease diagnosis and treatment, is presented. Finally, the challenges in practical integration of rhodamine-based diagnostic and treatment dyes and the future outlook of clinical translation are also discussed.
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- Shuang Zeng
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, China.
- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone, Dalian 116024, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone, Dalian 116024, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone, Dalian 116024, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, China.
- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, China.
- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone, Dalian 116024, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Medical Engineering for Gastrointestinal Carcinoma, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology (Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute), Shenyang, Liaoning 110042, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea.
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Wang C, Hong Y, Dong L, Cheng H, Jin D, Zhao R, Yu Z, Yuan Y. An AND-gate bioluminescent probe for precise tumor imaging. Chem Sci 2023; 14:5768-5773. [PMID: 37265734 PMCID: PMC10231332 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc00556a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
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Sensitivity and specificity are two indispensable requirements to ensure diagnostic accuracy. Dual-locked probes with "AND-gate" logic theory have emerged as a powerful tool to enhance imaging specificity, avoid "false positive" results, and realize correlation analysis. In addition, bioluminescence imaging (BLI) is an excitation-free optical modality with high sensitivity and low background and can thus be combined with a dual-locked strategy for precise disease imaging. Here, we developed a novel AND-gate bioluminescent probe, FK-Luc-BH, which is capable of responding to two different tumor biomarkers (cathepsin L and ClO-). The good specificity of FK-Luc-BH was proven, as an obvious BL signal could only be observed in the solution containing both cathepsin L (CTSL) and ClO-. 4T1-fLuc cells and tumors treated with FK-Luc-BH exhibited significantly higher BL signals than those treated with unresponsive control compound Ac-Luc-EA or cotreated with FK-Luc-BH and a ClO- scavenger/cathepsin inhibitor, demonstrating the ability of FK-Luc-BH to precisely recognize tumors in which CTSL and ClO- coexist.
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- Chenchen Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China 96 Jinzhai Road Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China 96 Jinzhai Road Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei Normal University Hefei Anhui 230061 China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China 96 Jinzhai Road Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China 96 Jinzhai Road Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China 96 Jinzhai Road Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China 96 Jinzhai Road Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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Yan C, Dai J, Yao Y, Fu W, Tian H, Zhu WH, Guo Z. Preparation of near-infrared AIEgen-active fluorescent probes for mapping amyloid-β plaques in brain tissues and living mice. Nat Protoc 2023; 18:1316-1336. [PMID: 36697872 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-022-00789-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Fibrillar aggregates of the amyloid-β protein (Aβ) are the main component of the senile plaques found in brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Development of probes allowing the noninvasive and high-fidelity mapping of Aβ plaques in vivo is critical for AD early detection, drug screening and biomedical research. QM-FN-SO3 (quinoline-malononitrile-thiophene-(dimethylamino)phenylsulfonate) is a near-infrared aggregation-induced-emission-active fluorescent probe capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and ultrasensitively lighting up Aβ plaques in living mice. Herein, we describe detailed procedures for the two-stage synthesis of QM-FN-SO3 and its applications for mapping Aβ plaques in brain tissues and living mice. Compared with commercial thioflavin (Th) derivatives ThT and ThS (the gold standard for detection of Aβ aggregates) and other reported Aβ plaque fluorescent probes, QM-FN-SO3 confers several advantages, such as long emission wavelength, large Stokes shift, ultrahigh sensitivity, good BBB penetrability and miscibility in aqueous biological media. The preparation of QM-FN-SO3 takes ~2 d, and the confocal imaging experiments for Aβ plaque visualization, including the preparation for mouse brain sections, take ~7 d. Notably, acquisition and analyses for in vivo visualization of Aβ plaques in mice can be completed within 1 h and require only a basic knowledge of spectroscopy and chemistry.
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- Chenxu Yan
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Institute of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Institute of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Institute of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Institute of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Institute of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Institute of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Institute of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
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He H, Li K, Li H, Zhu S, Qin S, Mao Y, Lin J, Qiu L, Yu C. Development of a multifunctional platform for near-infrared imaging and targeted radionuclide therapy for tumors. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2023; 185:107-115. [PMID: 36858246 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2023.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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Biotin receptor (BR) is overexpressed in several human tumor cell lines and has become an important biomarker for tumor diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, much attention has been attracted in the field of developing BR-targeting agents. In clinical practice, a multifunctional platform that can be used for both diagnosis and treatment is much desirable. In this study, to improve diagnostic and therapeutic efficacy of BR-positive tumors, we developed a multifunctional platform RT-H2 to combine with the cyanine scaffold for near infrared (NIR) imaging and the radioisotope 131I for targeted radionuclide therapy (TRT). In vitro experiments showed that RT-H2 possessed favorable NIR properties and could selectively accumulate in BR-positive HeLa cells. In vivo NIR imaging of HeLa tumor-bearing mice exhibited high accumulation and long retention time (72 h) of RT-H2 in the tumor. Furthermore, RT-H2 was also employed as a carrier to develop 131I-labeled TRT agent due to its favorable properties in vivo. The radiolabeling conditions were optimized and the optimal conditions determined to be 1.2 equiv of Idogen, reaction time 4 min and room temperature, yielding the radiotracer [131I]I-RT-H2 with the radiochemical purity (RCP) of > 95% after a simple purification by a C18 column. In vitro cell experiments indicated that [131I]I-RT-H2 could specifically target Hela cells and displayed dose-dependent antitumor effect. In vivo experiments demonstrated that [131I]I-RT-H2 obviously inhibited the tumor proliferation in HeLa tumor-bearing mice within 4 weeks. All these results indicate that RT-H2 has the potential to serve as a multifunctional platform for tumor diagnosis and treatment.
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- Huihui He
- NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi 214063, China; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214000, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi 214063, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi 214063, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi 214063, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi 214063, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214000, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi 214063, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi 214063, China.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214000, China.
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Duan QJ, Zhao ZY, Zhang YJ, Fu L, Yuan YY, Du JZ, Wang J. Activatable fluorescent probes for real-time imaging-guided tumor therapy. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2023; 196:114793. [PMID: 36963569 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2023.114793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2023]
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Surgery and drug therapy are the two principal options for cancer treatment. However, their clinical benefits are hindered by the difficulty of accurate location of the tumors and timely monitoring of the treatment efficacy of drugs, respectively. Rapid development of imaging techniques provides promising tools to address these challenges. Compared with conventional imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography etc., fluorescence imaging exhibits high spatial resolution, real-time imaging capability, and relatively low costs devices. The advancements in fluorescent probes further accelerate the implementation of fluorescence imaging in tumor diagnosis and treatment monitoring. In particular, the emergence of site-specifically activatable fluorescent probes fits the demands of tumor delineation and real-time feedback of the treatment efficacy. A variety of small molecule probes or nanoparticle-based probes have been developed and explored for the above-mentioned applications. This review will discuss recent advances in fluorescent probes with a special focus on activatable nanoprobes and highlight the potential implementation of activatable nanoprobes in fluorescence imaging-guided surgery as well as imaging-guided drug therapy.
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- Qi-Jia Duan
- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Guangzhou International Campus, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 511442, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Guangzhou International Campus, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 511442, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, and Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials and Engineering of the Ministry of Education, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, and Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials and Engineering of the Ministry of Education, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Guangzhou International Campus, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 511442, China; National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Ji S, Li S, Gao H, Wang J, Wang K, Nan W, Chen H, Hao Y. An AIEgen-based "turn-on" probe for sensing cancer cells and tiny tumors with high furin expression. Biomater Sci 2023; 11:2221-2229. [PMID: 36748329 DOI: 10.1039/d2bm01979e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Peptide-aggregation-induced emission (AIE) luminogen (AIEgen) conjugates are widely used in the bioimaging field for their good resistance to photobleaching, red and near-infrared light emission, good biocompatibility, etc. However, their peptides are mainly negatively charged and the positively charged peptide-AIEgen conjugates are rarely used in in vivo imaging due to their high non-specific interaction with protein to cause "false-positive" results and their potential risk of triggering hemolysis. Herein, we introduce a black hole quencher 3 (BHQ3) to RVRRGFF-AIE (FA) to build a "turn-on" probe, named BHQ3-RVRRGFF-AIE (BFA). Compared with FA, BFA has advantages in the anti-interference ability for different proteins and many solution environments. But, both BFA and FA have high risks of inducing hemolysis, which restricts their further application. Through co-assembly with poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA), molecular probes BFA and FA are formed into PGA-BFA and PGA-FA nanoparticles with high biocompatibility and suppressed phototoxicity. Cell studies show that PGA-BFA can discriminate cancer cells with high furin expression from low furin-expressed cancer cells and normal cells. In vivo studies show that PGA-BFA can light up tiny tumors in the abdominal cavity with a better tumor-to-intestine ratio (3.14) than that of PGA-FA (1.47), which is helpful for the accurate excision of tiny tumors. This study will advance the development of constructing good biosafety probes with a high signal-to-noise ratio for fluorescence image-guided cancer surgery.
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- Shenglu Ji
- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China. .,The Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China.
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- Center for AIE Research, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China. .,The Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China. .,The Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China.
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Kafuti YS, Zeng S, Liu X, Han J, Qian M, Chen Q, Wang J, Peng X, Yoon J, Li H. Observing hydrogen sulfide in the endoplasmic reticulum of cancer cells and zebrafish by using an activity-based fluorescent probe. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:2493-2496. [PMID: 36752717 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc06645a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A crucial endogenous signaling chemical, hydrogen sulfide, is involved in many physiological actions. In this work, we created the fluorescent probe ER-Nap-NBD using a naphthalimide fluorophore as the signal reporter, a 7-nitro-1,2,3-benzoxadiazole amine as the responsive moiety, and a sulfonamide part for endoplasmic reticulum targeting. ER-Nap-NBD could be detected the H2S levels in solution and in living systems (cells and zebrafish).
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- Yves S Kafuti
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China. .,School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, 116024, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, 116024, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, 116024, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03760, Korea. .,Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Mattenstrasse 26, CH-4058, Basel, Switzerland
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- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, 116024, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, 116024, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China. .,School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, 116024, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03760, Korea.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, 116024, China. .,School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, 116024, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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Huang L, Su W, Zhu L, Li J, Quan W, Yoon J, Lin W. A Biocompatible Probe for the Detection of Neutrophil Elastase Free from the Interference of Structural Changes and Its Application to Ratiometric Photoacoustic Imaging In Vivo. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202217508. [PMID: 36578174 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202217508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Neutrophil elastase (NE) plays a key role in chronic inflammation and acute responses to infection and injury. Effective disease interventions thus call for precise identification of NE to aid the clinical treatment of such diseases. However, the detection process suffers from the interference of structural changes of NE. Herein, we introduce a molecular probe with high biocompatibility to overcome the interference, which was achieved by combining theoretical calculations and experimental studies, that permits highly specific and sensitive detection of NE in cells and in vivo. The upregulated NE accumulation was specifically measured in inflammation by ratiometric photoacoustic and near-infrared fluorescence imaging, providing a new method for developing more specific fluorogenic probes for other enzymes.
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- Ling Huang
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Institute of Optical Materials and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Institute of Optical Materials and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Institute of Optical Materials and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Institute of Optical Materials and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Institute of Optical Materials and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760, Korea
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Institute of Optical Materials and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, P. R. China
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Yuan YR, Liu Q, Wang D, Deng YD, Du TT, Yi WJ, Yang ST. GSH-Activatable Aggregation-Induced Emission Cationic Lipid for Efficient Gene Delivery. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28041645. [PMID: 36838634 PMCID: PMC9963561 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28041645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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The key to gene therapy is the design of biocompatible and efficient delivery systems. In this work, a glutathione (GSH)-activated aggregation-induced-emission (AIE) cationic amphiphilic lipid, termed QM-SS-KK, was prepared for nonviral gene delivery. QM-SS-KK was composed of a hydrophilic biocompatible lysine tripeptide headgroup, a GSH-triggered disulfide linkage, and a hydrophobic AIE fluorophore QM-OH (QM: quinoline-malononitrile) tail. The peptide moiety could not only efficiently compact DNA but also well modulate the dispersion properties of QM-SS-KK, leading to the fluorescence-off state before GSH treatment. The cleavage of disulfide in QM-SS-KK by GSH generated AIE signals in situ with a tracking ability. The liposomes consisted of QM-SS-KK, and 1,2-dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE) (QM-SS-KK/DOPE) delivered plasmid DNAs (pDNAs) into cells with high efficiency. In particular, QM-SS-KK/DOPE had an enhanced transfection efficiency (TE) in the presence of 10% serum, which was two times higher than that of the commercial transfection agent PEI25K. These results highlighted the great potential of peptide and QM-based fluorescence AIE lipids for gene delivery applications.
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- Yue-Rui Yuan
- Key Laboratory of General Chemistry of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, College of Chemistry and Environment, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of General Chemistry of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, College of Chemistry and Environment, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of General Chemistry of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, College of Chemistry and Environment, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of General Chemistry of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, College of Chemistry and Environment, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of General Chemistry of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, College of Chemistry and Environment, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Control Chemistry and Environmental Functional Materials for Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, School of Chemistry and Environment, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
- Correspondence: (W.-J.Y.); (S.-T.Y.); Tel.: +86-8552-2315 (W.-J.Y.); +86-85570-9707 (S.-T.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Control Chemistry and Environmental Functional Materials for Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, School of Chemistry and Environment, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
- Correspondence: (W.-J.Y.); (S.-T.Y.); Tel.: +86-8552-2315 (W.-J.Y.); +86-85570-9707 (S.-T.Y.)
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Zhang Q, Kuang G, Li W, Wang J, Ren H, Zhao Y. Stimuli-Responsive Gene Delivery Nanocarriers for Cancer Therapy. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2023; 15:44. [PMID: 36752939 PMCID: PMC9908819 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01018-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Gene therapy provides a promising approach in treating cancers with high efficacy and selectivity and few adverse effects. Currently, the development of functional vectors with safety and effectiveness is the intense focus for improving the delivery of nucleic acid drugs for gene therapy. For this purpose, stimuli-responsive nanocarriers displayed strong potential in improving the overall efficiencies of gene therapy and reducing adverse effects via effective protection, prolonged blood circulation, specific tumor accumulation, and controlled release profile of nucleic acid drugs. Besides, synergistic therapy could be achieved when combined with other therapeutic regimens. This review summarizes recent advances in various stimuli-responsive nanocarriers for gene delivery. Particularly, the nanocarriers responding to endogenous stimuli including pH, reactive oxygen species, glutathione, and enzyme, etc., and exogenous stimuli including light, thermo, ultrasound, magnetic field, etc., are introduced. Finally, the future challenges and prospects of stimuli-responsive gene delivery nanocarriers toward potential clinical translation are well discussed. The major objective of this review is to present the biomedical potential of stimuli-responsive gene delivery nanocarriers for cancer therapy and provide guidance for developing novel nanoplatforms that are clinically applicable.
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- Qingfei Zhang
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Hepatobiliary Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, People's Republic of China
- Oujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, 325001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Hepatobiliary Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, People's Republic of China
- Oujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, 325001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Hepatobiliary Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, People's Republic of China
- Oujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, 325001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Hepatobiliary Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Hepatobiliary Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Hepatobiliary Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, People's Republic of China.
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, People's Republic of China.
- Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China.
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Xu L, Chu H, Gao D, Wu Q, Sun Y, Wang Z, Ma P, Song D. Chemosensor with Ultra-High Fluorescence Enhancement for Assisting in Diagnosis and Resection of Ovarian Cancer. Anal Chem 2023; 95:2949-2957. [PMID: 36695319 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Fluorescence imaging-guided diagnostics is one of the most promising approaches for facile detection of tumors in situ owing to its simple operation and non-invasiveness. As a crucial biomarker for primary ovarian cancers, β-galactosidase (β-gal) has been demonstrated to be the significant molecular target for visualization of ovarian tumors. Herein, a membrane-permeable fluorescent chemosensor (namely, LAN-βgal) was synthesized for β-gal-specific detection using the d-galactose residue as a specific recognition unit and LAN-OH (ΦF = 0.47) as a fluorophore. After β-gal was digested, the fluorescence of the initially quenched LAN-βgal (ΦF < 0.001) was enhanced by up to more than 2000-fold, which exceeded the fluorescence enhancement of other previously reported probes. We also demonstrated that the chemosensor LAN-βgal could visualize endogenous β-gal and distinguish ovarian cancer cells from normal ovarian cells. Further, the chemosensor LAN-βgal was successfully applied to visualize the back tumor-bearing mouse model and peritoneal metastatic ovarian cancer model in vivo. More importantly, through in situ spraying, the proposed chemosensor was successfully employed to assist in the surgical resection of ovarian cancer tumors due to its high tumor-to-normal (T/N) tissue fluorescence ratio of 218. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest T/N tissue fluorescence ratio ever reported. We believe that the LAN-βgal chemosensor can be utilized as a new tool for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer.
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- Lanlan Xu
- College of Chemistry, Jilin Province Research Center for Engineering and Technology of Spectral Analytical Instruments, Jilin University, Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun 130012, China
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- Nanomedicine and Translational Research Center, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130033, China
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- College of Chemistry, Jilin Province Research Center for Engineering and Technology of Spectral Analytical Instruments, Jilin University, Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun 130012, China
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- Nanomedicine and Translational Research Center, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130033, China
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- College of Chemistry, Jilin Province Research Center for Engineering and Technology of Spectral Analytical Instruments, Jilin University, Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Renmin Street 5625, Changchun 130022, China
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- College of Chemistry, Jilin Province Research Center for Engineering and Technology of Spectral Analytical Instruments, Jilin University, Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun 130012, China
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- College of Chemistry, Jilin Province Research Center for Engineering and Technology of Spectral Analytical Instruments, Jilin University, Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun 130012, China
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An enzyme activated fluorescent probe for LTA 4H activity sensing and its application in cancer screening. Talanta 2023; 253:123887. [PMID: 36088846 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Revised: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Early diagnosis of cancer is an efficient strategy to prevent tumor progression and improve the survival rate of patients. However, to discovery of reliable tumor-specific biomarkers remains a great challenge. Leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H) is a bifunctional zinc metalloenzyme with epoxide hydrolase activity and aminopeptidase activity, which plays important roles in allergic and inflammatory reactions and showed strong relevance with carcinoma progression. We thus sought to investigate the possibility of application LTA4H activity detection in cancer diagnosis. To achieve this, we herein develop an enzyme activated fluorescent probe for LTA4H activity sensing by incorporating the specific recognition unit of LTA4H with a red-emitting fluorophore. The acquired probe (named as ADMAB) showed high sensitivity and specificity toward LTA4H in vitro. By further application of ADMAB in living cells, significantly elevated LTA4H activity in cancer cell lines was observed when compared with normal cell lines and in vivo tracing A549 tumor in nude mice was also realized by ADMAB. Meanwhile, the wound-healing assay further revealed the importance of LTA4H in tumor metastasis. Moreover, the LTA4H activity in human serum sample was successfully detected by ADMAB and significantly elevated LTA4H activity in patients diagnosed with cancer was firstly found, which demonstrated ADMAB to be a useful tool for cancer diagnosis and LTA4H related biological study.
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Hu P, Huang R, Xu Y, Li T, Yin J, Yang Y, Liang Y, Mao X, Ding L, Shu C. A novel and sensitive ratiometric fluorescent quantum dot-based biosensor for alkaline phosphatase detection in biological samples via the inner-filter effect. RSC Adv 2023; 13:2311-2317. [PMID: 36741147 PMCID: PMC9841509 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra06956c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is an important biomarker whose abnormal level in activity is associated with hepatobiliary, skeletal, and renal diseases as well as cancer. Herein, we synthesized ZnSe@ZnS quantum dots (ZnSe@ZnS QDs) and Mn-doped ZnS quantum dots (Mn:ZnS QDs) as fluorophores to establish the ratiometric fluorescent assay for ALP activity detection in biological samples. p-Nitrophenyl phosphate (PNPP) was used as a substrate for ALP, and the overlaps between absorption spectra of PNPP and excitation spectra of QDs resulted in sharp fluorescence quenching. Under the catalysis of ALP, PNPP was hydrolyzed into p-nitrophenol (PNP), which caused a red shift of absorption band of PNPP and fluorescence recovery of Mn:ZnS QDs (585 nm). However, the overlaps between absorption spectra of PNP and emission spectra of ZnSe@ZnS QDs led a further quenching of ZnSe@ZnS QDs (405 nm). Therefore, the ratiometric fluorescent signals (F 585/F 405) were associated with activity of ALP based on bidirectional responses of QDs to the concentration of PNPP. Under the optimum conditions, the method exhibited a good linear relationship from 4 to 96 U per L (R 2 = 0.9969) with the detection limit of 0.57 U per L. Moreover, the method was successfully applied for detecting the ALP activity in a complex biological matrix (human serum and HepG2 cells) with impressive specificity. In particular, the complicated chemical modifications of QDs and pretreatments of biological samples were not required in the whole detection procedures. Therefore, it not only provided a sensitive, specific and simple approach to clinical ALP activity detection, but it also provided support for early diagnosis of diseases.
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- Penghui Hu
- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance (China Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of EducationNanjing 210009China,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University24 TongjiaxiangNanjing211198P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance (China Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of EducationNanjing 210009China,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University24 TongjiaxiangNanjing211198P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance (China Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of EducationNanjing 210009China,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University24 TongjiaxiangNanjing211198P. R. China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjing 211166China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance (China Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of EducationNanjing 210009China,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University24 TongjiaxiangNanjing211198P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance (China Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of EducationNanjing 210009China,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University24 TongjiaxiangNanjing211198P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance (China Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of EducationNanjing 210009China,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University24 TongjiaxiangNanjing211198P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical UniversityNanjing 211198China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance (China Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of EducationNanjing 210009China,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University24 TongjiaxiangNanjing211198P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance (China Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of EducationNanjing 210009China,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University24 TongjiaxiangNanjing211198P. R. China
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Zhang L, Wang M, Wu F, Liu L, Ren X, Hai Z. Intracellular Formation of Hemicyanine Nanoparticle Enhances Tumor-Targeting Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy. Adv Healthc Mater 2022; 12:e2202676. [PMID: 36535275 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202202676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is a tumor marker for early diagnosis and treatment. Tumor targeting can recognize and fight tumor cells more accurately from healthy cells. Glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) is a targeting ligand of liver tumors. Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) and photothermal therapy (PTT) are promising techniques for tumor diagnosis and treatment. The outstanding characteristics of Hemicyanine (HCy) dye make it suitable for tumor diagnosis and treatment. However, using HCy nanoparticle (HCy NP) for liver tumor-targeting PAI and PTT has not been reported. Herein, Probe-1 is developed to enhance PAI and PTT of liver tumors due to GA targeting and intracellular ALP-instructed self-assembly of HCy NP. Compared to Probe-2 without self-assembly ability, Probe-1 displays a 4.6-fold higher PAI signal or 1.7-fold lower half inhibitory concentrations in HepG2 cells. Moreover, Probe-1 shows extended retention time (10 vs 6 h) and 2.1-fold higher PAI signal than Probe-2 in HepG2 tumors. The HepG2 tumors in Group Probe-1 obviously increase 18 °C (Tmax : 55 °C) with a 3.3-fold decreased volume while that in Group Probe-2 mildly increase 9.8 °C (Tmax : 46.8 °C) with a 4.3-fold increased volume. It is envisioned that this smart self-assembly strategy can be easily adjusted for PAI and PTT of more tumors.
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- Lele Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou, Guangzhou, 510145, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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Kim H, Yang M, Kwon N, Cho M, Han J, Wang R, Qi S, Li H, Nguyen V, Li X, Cheng H, Yoon J. Recent progress on photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.12655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Heejeong Kim
- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- School of Bioengineering Dalian University of Technology Dalian China
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis for Energy and the Environment, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Cancer Metastasis Chemoprevention and Chemotherapy Fuzhou University Fuzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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Li H, Kim H, Zhang C, Zeng S, Chen Q, Jia L, Wang J, Peng X, Yoon J. Mitochondria-targeted smart AIEgens: Imaging and therapeutics. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Zhang S, Wang T, Wang X, Liao W, Wang X, Yuan Y, Chen G, Jia X. A novel aggregation-induced emission fluorescent probe with large Stokes shift for sensitive detection of pH changes in live cells. LUMINESCENCE 2022; 37:2139-2144. [PMID: 36367244 DOI: 10.1002/bio.4407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The detection of intracellular pH is crucial for elucidating the pathological process of cancers, as well as for medical diagnostic applications. Here, we developed an aggregation-induced emission active pH-responsive fluorescent probe (TPE-DCP) for sensitively detecting cell pH changes. The probe shows obvious pH-sensing properties at ~615 nm, with a pKa value of 6.82 and a good linear pH response ranging from 8.5 to 4.5. TPE-DCP holds advantages such as excellent anti-interference performance, good photostability, and low cytotoxicity, and has been successfully used to image intracellular pH changes in cells.
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- Shuwei Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Lu S, Wei L, He W, Bi Z, Qian Y, Wang J, Lei H, Li K. Recent Advances in the Enzyme-Activatable Organic Fluorescent Probes for Tumor Imaging and Therapy. Chemistry 2022; 11:e202200137. [PMID: 36200519 PMCID: PMC9535506 DOI: 10.1002/open.202200137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The exploration of advanced probes for cancer diagnosis and treatment is of high importance in fundamental research and clinical practice. In comparison with the traditional "always-on" probes, the emerging activatable probes enjoy advantages in promoted accuracy for tumor theranostics by specifically releasing or activating fluorophores at the targeting sites. The main designing principle for these probes is to incorporate responsive groups that can specifically react with the biomarkers (e. g., enzymes) involved in tumorigenesis and progression, realizing the controlled activation in tumors. In this review, we summarize the latest advances in the molecular design and biomedical application of enzyme-responsive organic fluorescent probes. Particularly, the fluorophores can be endowed with ability of generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) to afford the photosensitizers, highlighting the potential of these probes in simultaneous tumor imaging and therapy with rational design. We hope that this review could inspire more research interests in the development of tumor-targeting theranostic probes for advanced biological studies.
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- Song‐Bo Lu
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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Lee KW, Chen H, Wan Y, Zhang Z, Huang Z, Li S, Lee CS. Innovative probes with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for sensing gaseous signaling molecules. Biomaterials 2022; 289:121753. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chen R, Li Z, Peng C, Wen L, Xiao L, Li Y. Rational Design of Novel Lipophilic Aggregation-Induced Emission Probes for Revealing the Dynamics of Lipid Droplets during Lipophagy and Ferroptosis. Anal Chem 2022; 94:13432-13439. [PMID: 36122171 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lipid droplets (LDs), as crucial organelles, play a significant role in some physiological processes. Monitoring the concentration of LDs and dynamic behaviors between LDs and other organelles during some physiological processes is important for studying their biological function and medical diagnosis. Herein, we report a series of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) probes AIE-Cbz-LD-Cn (n = 1, 3, 5, 7, OMe) based on the conjugation of quinoline-malononitrile (QM) and carbazole for tracking the dynamic changes of LDs and studying the association between LDs and lysosome/endoplasmic reticulum (ER). To our great delight, AIE-Cbz-LD-C3, AIE-Cbz-LD-C5, and AIE-Cbz-LD-C7 could aggregate in LDs accurately and light up the LDs with good photostability. Among them, AIE-Cbz-LD-C7 was used to visualize the interplay between LDs and lysosomes during lipophagy due to the excellent LD-specificity. We also succeeded in tracking the number of newborn LDs generated near the endoplasmic reticulum regions revealing that the number increased considerably during ferroptosis by using AIE-Cbz-LD-C7, which supplies useful evidence for the hypothesis that LDs generate from the ER. We expect the probe AIE-Cbz-LD-C7 would be a practical tool for tracking the physiological and pathological processes contacted with LDs.
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- Rui Chen
- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
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Huang Y, Zhan C, Yang Y, Wang L, Zhong H, Yu Y, Zhang X, Li C, Jin Y, Zhang G, Zhao R, Zhang D. Tuning Proapoptotic Activity of a Phosphoric‐Acid‐Tethered Tetraphenylethene by Visible‐Light‐Triggered Isomerization and Switchable Protein Interactions for Cancer Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202208378. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202208378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yanyan Huang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Ji X, Li Q, Song H, Fan C. Protein-Mimicking Nanoparticles in Biosystems. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2201562. [PMID: 35576606 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202201562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Proteins are essential elements for almost all life activities. The emergence of nanotechnology offers innovative strategies to create a diversity of nanoparticles (NPs) with intrinsic capacities of mimicking the functions of proteins. These artificial mimics are produced in a cost-efficient and controllable manner, with their protein-mimicking performances comparable or superior to those of natural proteins. Moreover, they can be endowed with additional functionalities that are absent in natural proteins, such as cargo loading, active targeting, membrane penetrating, and multistimuli responding. Therefore, protein-mimicking NPs have been utilized more and more often in biosystems for a wide range of applications including detection, imaging, diagnosis, and therapy. To highlight recent progress in this broad field, herein, representative protein-mimicking NPs that fall into one of the four distinct categories are summarized: mimics of enzymes (nanozymes), mimics of fluorescent proteins, NPs with high affinity binding to specific proteins or DNA sequences, and mimics of protein scaffolds. This review covers their subclassifications, characteristic features, functioning mechanisms, as well as the extensive exploitation of their great potential for biological and biomedical purposes. Finally, the challenges and prospects in future development of protein-mimicking NPs are discussed.
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- Xiaoyuan Ji
- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Center for Single-Cell Omics, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Center for Single-Cell Omics, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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AIEgen-Peptide Bioprobes for the Imaging of Organelles. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:bios12080667. [PMID: 36005064 PMCID: PMC9406086 DOI: 10.3390/bios12080667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Organelles are important subsystems of cells. The damage and inactivation of organelles are closely related to the occurrence of diseases. Organelles’ functional activity can be observed by fluorescence molecular tools. Nowadays, a series of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) bioprobes with organelles-targeting ability have emerged, showing great potential in visualizing the interactions between probes and different organelles. Among them, AIE luminogen (AIEgen)-based peptide bioprobes have attracted more and more attention from researchers due to their good biocompatibility and photostability and abundant diversity. In this review, we summarize the progress of AIEgen-peptide bioprobes in targeting organelles, including the cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, lysosomes and endoplasmic reticulum, in recent years. The structural characteristics and biological applications of these bioprobes are discussed, and the development prospect of this field is forecasted. It is hoped that this review will provide guidance for the development of AIEgen-peptide bioprobes at the organelles level and provide a reference for related biomedical research.
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Lin X, Li W, Wen Y, Su L, Zhang X. Aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-Based nanocomposites for intracellular biological process monitoring and photodynamic therapy. Biomaterials 2022; 287:121603. [PMID: 35688028 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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As a non-invasive visualization technique, photoluminescence imaging (PLI) has found its huge value in many biological applications associated with intracellular process monitoring and early and accurate diagnosis of diseases. PLI can also be combined with therapeutics to build imaging-guided theragnostic platforms for achieving early and precise treatment of diseases. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) as a quintessential phototheranostics technology has gained great benefits from the combination with PLI. Recently, aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active materials have emerged as one of the most promising bioimaging and phototheranostic agents. Most of AIEgens, however, need to be chemically engineered to form versatile nanocomposites with improved their photophysical property, photochemical activity, biocompatibility, etc. In this review, we focus on three categories of AIE-active nanocomposites and highlight their application progresses in the intracellular biological process monitoring and PLI-guided PDT. We hope this review can guide further development of AIE-active nanocomposites and promote their practical applications for monitoring intracellular biological processes and imaging-guided PDT.
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- Xiangfang Lin
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, PR China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, International Health Science Innovation Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Nano-Biosensing Technology, Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518037, PR China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, PR China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, International Health Science Innovation Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Nano-Biosensing Technology, Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518037, PR China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, International Health Science Innovation Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Nano-Biosensing Technology, Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518037, PR China.
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Shaban SM, Byeok Jo S, Hafez E, Ho Cho J, Kim DH. A comprehensive overview on alkaline phosphatase targeting and reporting assays. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Huang Y, Zhan C, Yang Y, Wang L, Zhong H, Yu Y, Zhang X, Li C, Jin Y, Zhang G, Zhao R, Zhang D. Tuning Proapoptotic Activity of a Phosphoric‐Acid‐Tethered Tetraphenylethene by Visible‐Light‐Triggered Isomerization and Switchable Protein Interactions for Cancer Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202208378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Yanyan Huang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Meng T, Ma W, Fan M, Tang W, Duan X. Enhancing the Contrast of Tumor Imaging for Image-Guided Surgery Using a Tumor-Targeting Probiotic with the Continuous Expression of a Biomarker. Anal Chem 2022; 94:10109-10117. [PMID: 35802615 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c01200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tumor recurrence commonly results from tumor-positive resection margins and metastatic lesions. The complete removal of tumor-positive margins is particularly essential in clinics. Thus, we designed a strategy based on Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (EcN) nitroreductase (NTR) with a polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymer coating (PC-EcN-NTR) to specifically target and colonize in tumors for high-contrast tumor imaging by providing a large amount of NTR as biomarkers in situ. NTR is a favorable biomarker for tumor detection and imaging. The nfsB-encoding plasmid with a 16S promoter was transfected into EcN for the continuous and stable expression of NTR (E. coli. NfsB). PC-EcN-NTR can accumulate and proliferate for a long time in tumors to substantially express NTR. When the NTR-activated fluorescence (FL) probe was sprayed on the tumor, the tumor region showed fluorescence signals within 5 min. Compared to the tumor without colonization with bacteria, the PC-EcN-NTR-colonized tumors displayed 3.15× enhanced fluorescence signals. Furthermore, the fluorescence signals of the whole tumor can last at least 3 h, which is suitable for a long and meticulous surgical operation. More importantly, in the PC-EcN-NTR-harboring tumor, obvious FL appeared even at the very edge (approximately 200 μm away from the edge) of the tumor tissue. A TCF-Based near-infrared-II fluorescent probe (probe 2) was designed and synthesized. Results similar to those of probe 1 were observed when probe 2 was used for in vivo tumor imaging, which further proved the generality of the enhancing ability of the tumor-targeting probiotic. This strategy will hopefully guide the surgical resection of tumors via monitoring intense NTR activity. It may spur the use of tumor-targeting probiotic and enzyme-activated fluorescent probes for the processes of tumor diagnosis and image-guided surgery.
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- Tianjiao Meng
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, 620 Xi Chang'an Street, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, 620 Xi Chang'an Street, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, 620 Xi Chang'an Street, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, 620 Xi Chang'an Street, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, 620 Xi Chang'an Street, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, People's Republic of China
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Hong Luo G, Zhao Xu T, Li X, Jiang W, Hong Duo Y, Zhong Tang B. Cellular organelle-targeted smart AIEgens in tumor detection, imaging and therapeutics. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Qin S, Zou H, Hai Y, You L. Aggregation-induced emission luminogens and tunable multicolor polymer networks modulated by dynamic covalent chemistry. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Qin Z, Ren TB, Zhou H, Zhang X, He L, Li Z, Zhang XB, Yuan L. NIRII-HDs: A Versatile Platform for Developing Activatable NIR-II Fluorogenic Probes for Reliable In Vivo Analyte Sensing. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202201541. [PMID: 35218130 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Small-molecule-based second near-infrared (NIR-II) activatable fluorescent probes can potentially provide a high target-to-background ratio and deep tissue penetration. However, most of the reported NIR-II activatable small-molecule probes exhibit poor versatility owing to the lack of a general and stable optically tunable group. In this study, we designed NIRII-HDs, a novel dye scaffold optimized for NIR-II probe development. In particular, dye NIRII-HD5 showed the best optical properties such as proper pKa value, excellent stability, and high NIR-II brightness, which can be beneficial for in vivo imaging with high contrast. To demonstrate the applicability of the NIRII-HD5 dye, we designed three target-activatable NIR-II probes for ROS, thiols, and enzymes. Using these novel probes, we not only realized reliable NIR-II imaging of different diseases in mouse models but also evaluated the redox potential of liver tissue during a liver injury in vivo with high fidelity.
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- Zuojia Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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Dou WT, Han HH, Sedgwick AC, Zhu GB, Zang Y, Yang XR, Yoon J, James TD, Li J, He XP. Fluorescent probes for the detection of disease-associated biomarkers. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2022; 67:853-878. [PMID: 36546238 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2022.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Fluorescent probes have emerged as indispensable chemical tools to the field of chemical biology and medicine. The ability to detect intracellular species and monitor physiological processes has not only advanced our knowledge in biology but has provided new approaches towards disease diagnosis. In this review, we detail the design criteria and strategies for some recently reported fluorescent probes that can detect a wide range of biologically important species in cells and in vivo. In doing so, we highlight the importance of each biological species and their role in biological systems and for disease progression. We then discuss the current problems and challenges of existing technologies and provide our perspective on the future directions of the research area. Overall, we hope this review will provide inspiration for researchers and prove as useful guide for the development of the next generation of fluorescent probes.
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- Wei-Tao Dou
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1224, USA
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- National Center for Drug Screening, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery & Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China.
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- National Center for Drug Screening, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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Zhou Y, Liu R, Shevtsov M, Gao H. When imaging meets size-transformable nanosystems. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2022; 183:114176. [PMID: 35227872 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2022.114176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Imaging techniques, including magnetic, optical, acoustic and nuclear imaging, are gaining popularity as a research tool and clinical diagnostics. The advent of imaging agents-incorporated nanosystems (NSs), with sufficient contrast and high resolution, facilitates better monitoring of disease progression, targeted delivery and therapeutic process. Of note, the size of NSs remarkably affects imaging performance, while both large and small NSs enjoy respective features and superiority for imaging aspect, including penetration depth, signal-to-background ratio and spatiotemporal resolution. In this review, after a systematic summary of the basic knowledge of imaging techniques and its relation with size-tunable strategies, we further provide insights into the opportunities and challenges facing size-transformable NSs of the future for bio-imaging application and clinical translation.
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- Yang Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), St. Petersburg 194064, Russia
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China.
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Liu Q, Huang J, He L, Yang X, Yuan L, Cheng D. Molecular fluorescent probes for liver tumor imaging. Chem Asian J 2022; 17:e202200091. [PMID: 35234359 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Liver cancer is a malignant tumor with both high morbidity and mortality. Traditional treatment method is mainly based on hepatectomy for liver tumor. However, it is difficult to accurately distinguish the tumor tissue and its boundary with the naked eye and palpation, leading to an ambiguous resection result, finally causes high recurrence of liver cancer. Molecular fluorescent probes possess lots of advantages, such as non-invasive, high sensitivity, and real-time imaging have been extensively studied in liver cancer imaging and therapy. In this minireview, we briefly introduce the recent developments of always on and activatable fluorescent probes in the liver cancer image and therapy. Future potential challenges of the fluorescent probes for liver tumor are also discussed. We expect that this minireview would improve the fluorescent probes development for real clinical application of liver cancer disease.
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- Qian Liu
- University of South China, Hengyang Medical School, CHINA
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- University of South China, Hengyang Medical School, CHINA
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- University of South China, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, CHINA
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- University of South China Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, CHINA
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- Hunan University, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- University of South China Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, Hengyang 421002, Hunan, China, 421002, Hengyang, CHINA
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Chen Y, Xue C, Wang J, Xu M, Li Y, Ding Y, Song H, Xu W, Xie H. High-contrast and real-time visualization of membrane proteins in live cells with malachite green-based fluorogenic probes. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.09.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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