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Zeng N, Guan X, Liu X, Shi H, Li N, Yang R, Zhou Y. Fibroblast activation protein-sensitive polymeric nanobeacon for early diagnosis of renal fibrosis. Biosens Bioelectron 2024; 253:116144. [PMID: 38422812 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2024.116144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Early diagnosis and treatment of renal fibrosis (RF) significantly affect the clinical outcomes of chronic kidney diseases (CKDs). As the typical fibrotic ailment, RF is characterized by remodeling of the extracellular matrix, and the activation of fibroblast activation protein (FAP) plays a crucial role in the mediation of extracellular matrix protein degradation. Therefore, FAP can serve as a biomarker for RF. However, up to now, no effective tools have been reported to diagnose early-stage RF via detecting FAP. In this work, a polymeric nanobeacon integrating an FAP-sensitive amphiphilic polymer and fluorophores was proposed, which was used to diagnose early RF by sensing FAP. The FAP can be detected in the range of 0 to 200 ng/mL with a detection limit of 0.132 ng/mL. Furthermore, the fluorescence imaging results demonstrate that the polymeric nanobeacon can sensitively image fibrotic kidneys in mice with unilateral ureteral occlusion (UUO), suggesting its potential for early RF diagnosis and guidance of FAP-targeted treatments. Importantly, when employed alongside with non-invasive diagnostic techniques like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and serological tests, this nanobeacon exhibits excellent biocompatibility, low biological toxicity, and sustained imaging capabilities, making it a suitable fluorescent tool for diagnosing various FAP-related fibrotic conditions. To our knowledge, this study represents the first attempt to image RF in early stage by detecting FAP, offering a promising fluorescent molecular tool for diagnosing various FAP-associated diseases in the future.
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- Ni Zeng
- Center for Translational Medicine, Institute of Precision Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Hereditary Birth Defects Prevention and Control, Changsha Hospital for Maternal & Child Health Care Affiliated to Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410007, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou, 510180, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou, 510180, China.
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, China.
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Zhou Y, Zhang J, Sun S, Chen W, Wang Y, Shi H, Yang R, Qing Z. Amplified Biosensors Powered by Endogenous Molecules for Intracellular Fluorescence Imaging. Anal Chem 2024. [PMID: 38622818 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c00329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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- Yibo Zhou
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P.R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P.R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P.R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P.R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P.R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Research, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, P.R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P.R. China
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Li XL, Zhao L, Wang ZH, Song TS, Guo T, Xie JJ. Core-shell "loading-type" nanomaterials enabling glucometer readout for portable and sensitive detection of p-aminophenol in real samples. Mikrochim Acta 2024; 191:127. [PMID: 38334844 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-024-06204-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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A one-target-many-trigger signal model sensing strategy is proposed for quickly, sensitive and on-site detection of the environmental pollutant p-aminophenol (PAP) by use of a commercial personal glucose meter (PGM) for signal readout with the core-shell "loading-type" nanomaterial MSNs@MnO2 as amplifiable nanoprobes. In this design, the mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) nanocontainer with entrapped signal molecule glucose is coated with redoxable manganese dioxide (MnO2) nanosheets to form the amplifiable nanoprobes (Glu-MSNs@MnO2). When encountered with PAP, the redox reaction between the MnO2 and PAP can induce the degradation of the outer layer of MSNs@MnO2, liberating multiple copies of the loaded glucose to light up the PGM signal. Owing to the high loading capability of nanocarriers, a "one-to-many" relationship exists between the target and the signal molecule glucose, which can generate adequate signal outputs to achieve the requirement of on-site determination of environmental pollutants. Taking advantage of this amplification mode, the developed PAP assay owns a dynamic linear range of 10.0-400 μM with a detection limit of 2.78 μM and provides good practical application performance with above 96.7 ± 4.83% recovery in environmental water and soil samples. Therefore, the PGM-based amplifiable sensor for PAP proposed can accommodate these requirements of environment monitoring and has promising potential for evaluating pollutants in real environmental samples.
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- Xiang-Ling Li
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, People's Republic of China
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, People's Republic of China
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, People's Republic of China
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, People's Republic of China
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, People's Republic of China.
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, People's Republic of China.
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Zhou Y, Gu Z, Liu C, Yang S, Ma X, Chen Q, Lei Y, Quan K, Liu J, Qing Z, Yang R. A Polymeric Nanobeacon for Monitoring the Fluctuation of Hydrogen Polysulfides during Fertilization and Embryonic Development. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202114504. [PMID: 35106878 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Fertilization and early embryonic development as the beginning of a new life are key biological events. Hydrogen polysulfide (H2 Sn ) plays important roles during physiological regulation, such as antioxidation-protection. However, no report has studied in situ H2 Sn fluctuation during early embryonic development because of the low abundance of H2 Sn and inadequate sensitivity of probes. We herein construct a polymeric nanobeacon from a H2 Sn -responsive polymer and fluorophores, which is capable of detecting H2 Sn selectively and of signal amplification. Taking the zebrafish as a model, the polymeric nanobeacon revealed that the H2 Sn level was significantly elevated after fertilization due to the activation of cell multiplication, suppressed partially during embryonic development, and finally kept steady up to zebrafish emergence. This strategy is generally accessible for biomarkers by altering the responsive unit and significant for facilitating biological analysis during life development.
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- Yibo Zhou
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Food and Bioengineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Food and Bioengineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, China
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hunan City University, Yiyang, 413000, China
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Research, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Food and Bioengineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Food and Bioengineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Food and Bioengineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Food and Bioengineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, China
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Research, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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Zhou Y, Gu Z, Liu C, Yang S, Ma X, Chen Q, Lei Y, Quan K, Liu J, Qing Z, Yang R. A Polymeric Nanobeacon for Monitoring the Fluctuation of Hydrogen Polysulfides during Fertilization and Embryonic Development. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yibo Zhou
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering School of Food and Bioengineering Changsha University of Science and Technology Changsha 410114 China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering School of Food and Bioengineering Changsha University of Science and Technology Changsha 410114 China
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering Hunan City University Yiyang 413000 China
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Ministry of Education College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hunan Normal University Changsha 410081 China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering School of Food and Bioengineering Changsha University of Science and Technology Changsha 410114 China
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- Department of Chemistry Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering School of Food and Bioengineering Changsha University of Science and Technology Changsha 410114 China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering School of Food and Bioengineering Changsha University of Science and Technology Changsha 410114 China
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- Department of Chemistry Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering School of Food and Bioengineering Changsha University of Science and Technology Changsha 410114 China
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Ministry of Education College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hunan Normal University Changsha 410081 China
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Zhou Y, Dong H, Gu Z, Yang S, Ouyang M, Qing Z, Ma X, Hu S, Li J, Yang R. Self-Immolative Dye-Doped Polymeric Probe for Precisely Imaging Hydroxyl Radicals by Avoiding Leakage. Anal Chem 2021; 93:12944-12953. [PMID: 34523923 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
For sensing low abundance of biomarkers, utilizing nanocarriers to load dyes is an efficient method to amplify the detected signal. However, the non-specific leak of the internal dyes in this approach is accompanied by false positive signals, resulting in inaccurate signal acquirement. To address this issue, in this work, we reported a novel signal amplification strategy with dye as a scaffold to construct a self-immolative dye-doped polymeric probe (SDPP). In our proposed approach, the dyes were covalently integrated into the main chain of a polymer, which can avoid the non-specific leak of the dye when used in a rigorous biological environment, thus evading the false positive signal. As a prototype of this concept, a SDPP, which responds to hydroxyl radicals (•OH), was rationally fabricated. Upon being activated by •OH, SDPP will liberate the dye through a self-immolative reaction to bind with protein for amplifying the fluorescence signal. Compared with a dye-loaded nanoprobe, SDPP can precisely track intracellular basal •OH levels and visualize the •OH associated with myocarditis in vivo. More importantly, the attempt in this work not only provides an effective molecular tool to investigate the role of •OH in cardiopathy, but also puts forward a new direction to current signal-amplifying strategies for precisely and reliably acquiring the intracellular molecular information.
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- Yibo Zhou
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Research, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, P. R. China
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- Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Research, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, P. R. China
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Liu J, Wu M, Zhang R, Xu ZP. Oxygen‐derived free radicals: Production, biological importance, bioimaging, and analytical detection with responsive luminescent nanoprobes. VIEW 2021; 2:20200139. [DOI: 10.1002/viw.20200139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Zhou Y, Yin K, Dong H, Yang S, Li J, Luo J, Li Y, Yang R. Long-Lasting Bioluminescence Imaging of the Fibroblast Activation Protein by an Amphiphilic Block Copolymer-Based Probe. Anal Chem 2021; 93:3726-3732. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c03638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yibo Zhou
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical Organic Chemistry and Function Molecule, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Research, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, P. R. China
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Hernández-Montelongo J, Fernández-Fierro C, Benito-Gómez N, Romero-Sáez M, Parodi J, Carmona ER, Recio-Sánchez G. Hybrid porous silicon/green synthetized Ag microparticles as potential carries for Ag nanoparticles and drug delivery. Materials Science and Engineering: C 2020; 116:111183. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2020.111183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Luo J, Yang J, Li G, Yang S, Zhou Y, Li JB, Huang G, Hu Y, Zou S, Zeng Q, Yang R. Noncovalently Caged Firefly Luciferins Enable Amplifiable Bioluminescence Sensing of Hyaluronidase-1 Activity in Vivo. ACS Sens 2020; 5:1726-1733. [PMID: 32441104 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c00393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Hyaluronidase 1 (Hyal-1) is an important enzyme involved in intracellular hyaluronic acid (HA) catabolism for performing various physiological functions, and its aberrant level is closely associated with many malignant diseases. Bioluminescence imaging is advantageous for monitoring Hyal-1 activity in vivo, but it remains challenging to design an available probe for differentiating Hyal-1 from other isoforms by a traditional strategy that covalently masks the firefly luciferase substrate. Herein, we, for the first time, present a noncovalently caging approach to construct a Hyal-1-specific bioluminogenic nanosensor by entrapping d-luciferin (d-Luc) inside the cholesterylamine-modified HA (CHA) nanoassembly to inhibit the bioluminescence production. When encountered with intracellular Hyal-1, CHA could be fully dissembled to liberate multiple copies of the loaded d-Luc, thereby emitting light by the luciferase-catalyzed bioluminescence reaction. Because of its cascade signal amplification feature, d-Luc@CHA displayed a remarkable "turn-on" response (248-fold) to 5 μg/mL Hyal-1 with a detection limit of 0.07 ng/mL. Importantly, bioluminescence imaging results validated that d-Luc@CHA could be competent for dynamically visualizing endogenous Hyal-1 changes in living cells and animals and possessed the capability of discriminating between normal and cancer cells, thus offering a promising toolbox to evaluate Hyal-1 roles in biological processes as well as to diagnose Hyal-1-related diseases.
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- Jinqiu Luo
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Cancer Hospital/the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Cancer Hospital/the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P. R. China
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- Department of Dermatology, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, P. R. China
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- Hunan Cancer Hospital/the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P. R. China
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- Department of Dermatology, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. China
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Zhou Y, Yang S, Guo J, Dong H, Yin K, Huang WT, Yang R. In Vivo Imaging of Hypoxia Associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by a Cytoplasmic Protein-Powered Fluorescence Cascade Amplifier. Anal Chem 2020; 92:5787-5794. [PMID: 32192346 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Accurate and sensitive imaging of hypoxia associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is significant for the precise diagnosis and treatment of this disease, but it remains a challenge for traditional hypoxia-activatable fluorescence probes because of a more moderate hypoxic state during IBD than under other pathological conditions. To address this issue, herein, we designed a hypoxia-activatable and cytoplasmic protein-powered fluorescence cascade amplifier, named HCFA, to image hypoxia associated with IBD in vivo. In our design, a 4-aminobenzoic acid (azo)-modified mesoporous silica nanoparticle (MSN) was used as a container to load black hole quencher 2 (BHQ2) and cytoplasmic protein-binding squarylium dye (SQ); then, the β-cyclodextrin polymer (β-CDP) combined with azo through a host-guest interaction to form HCFA. Upon passive stagnation in the inflamed tissue of IBD, the azo band would be cleaved under a hypoxic microenvironment, and SQ was released to activate the fluorescence of HCFA. Moreover, the unconstrained SQ can bind with cytoplasmic protein to exhibit drastic fluorescence intensity enhancement, realizing the fluorescence signal amplification for imaging of hypoxia. When one takes advantage of the large load capacity of MSN and the unique property of SQ, HCFA can sense oxygen levels in the range of 0% to 10%. Meanwhile, the fluorescence imaging results demonstrate that HCFA can sensitively distinguish different levels of cellular hypoxia and monitor the variations of hypoxia in vivo, highlighting HCFA as a promising tool for the detection of hypoxia associated with IBD.
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- Yibo Zhou
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410114, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410114, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cytochemistry, School of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410114, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, P. R. China
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