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Zhao WB, Liu KK, Song SY, Zhou R, Shan CX. Fluorescent Nano-Biomass Dots: Ultrasonic-Assisted Extraction and Their Application as Nanoprobe for Fe 3+ detection. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2019; 14:130. [PMID: 30989400 PMCID: PMC6465388 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-019-2950-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Biomass as sustainable and renewable resource has been one of the important energy sources for human life. Herein, luminescent nano-biomass dots (NBDs) have been extracted from soybean through ultrasonic method, which endows biomass with fluorescence property. The as-prepared NBDs are amorphous in structure with an average diameter of 2.4 nm and show bright blue fluorescence with a quantum yield of 16.7%. Benefiting from the edible raw materials and heating-free synthesis process, the cytotoxicity test shows that the cell viability still keeps 100% even if the concentration of the NBDs reaches 800 μg/ml, indicating the good biocompatibility of the NBDs. In addition, the fluorescence of the NBDs is very sensitive to Fe3+, which can be used for Fe3+ detection in terms of their health superiority. The limit of detection (LOD) of the proposed sensor was determined as 2.9 μM, which is lower than the maximum allowable level of Fe3+ (5.37 μM) in drinking water.
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- Wen-Bo Zhao
- Henan Key Laboratory of Diamond Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, No. 75 Daxue Road, Zhengzhou, 450052 People’s Republic of China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Diamond Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, No. 75 Daxue Road, Zhengzhou, 450052 People’s Republic of China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Diamond Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, No. 75 Daxue Road, Zhengzhou, 450052 People’s Republic of China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Diamond Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, No. 75 Daxue Road, Zhengzhou, 450052 People’s Republic of China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Diamond Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, No. 75 Daxue Road, Zhengzhou, 450052 People’s Republic of China
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Zhang Y, Zhang C, Xu C, Wang X, Liu C, Waterhouse GIN, Wang Y, Yin H. Ultrasmall Au nanoclusters for biomedical and biosensing applications: A mini-review. Talanta 2019; 200:432-442. [PMID: 31036206 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2019.03.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Revised: 03/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Gold (Au) nanoclusters with diameters less than 2 nm are attracting increasing attention due to their unique size-dependent physicochemical properties which include strong luminescence and excellent biocompatibility. Accordingly, Au nanoclusters are now becoming essential in biomedical research for bioimaging, biosensing, quantitative analysis of protein and ion detection. In this mini review, the luminescence mechanism and biosynthesis of Au nanoclusters is systematically explored, followed by a brief survey of Au nanoclusters applications across the biomedical sector. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of biological molecules such as proteins, peptides and low molecular weight organic compounds in the synthesis of small luminescent Au nanoclusters, either as templates or surface capping agents. Successful strategies for applying luminescent Au nanoclusters in bioimaging and biosensing are also summarized. Future areas for Au nanocluster utilization in biomedical research are briefly discussed.
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- Yong Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, Shandong, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, Shandong, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, Shandong, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, Shandong, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, Shandong, PR China; School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 11142, New Zealand
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety and CAS Center for Excellent in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, Shandong, PR China.
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Chen T, He B, Tao J, He Y, Deng H, Wang X, Zheng Y. Application of Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) technique to elucidate intracellular and In Vivo biofate of nanomedicines. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2019; 143:177-205. [PMID: 31201837 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2019.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2018] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Extensive studies on nanomedicines have been conducted for drug delivery and disease diagnosis (especially for cancer therapy). However, the intracellular and in vivo biofate of nanomedicines, which is significantly associated with their clinical therapeutic effect, is poorly understood at present. This is because of the technical challenges to quantify the disassembly and behaviour of nanomedicines. As a fluorescence- and distance-based approach, the Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) technique is very successful to study the interaction of nanomedicines with biological systems. In this review, principles on how to select a FRET pair and construct FRET-based nanomedicines have been described first, followed by their application to study structural integrity, biodistribution, disassembly kinetics, and elimination of nanomedicines at intracellular and in vivo levels, especially with drug nanocarriers including polymeric micelles, polymeric nanoparticles, and lipid-based nanoparticles. FRET is a powerful tool to reveal changes and interaction of nanoparticles after delivery, which will be very useful to guide future developments of nanomedicine.
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- Tongkai Chen
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmaceutics and New Drug Delivery System, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmaceutics and New Drug Delivery System, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmaceutics and New Drug Delivery System, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
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Li SX, Xia H, Xu YS, Lv C, Wang G, Dai YZ, Sun HB. Gold nanoparticle densely packed micro/nanowire-based pressure sensors for human motion monitoring and physiological signal detection. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:4925-4932. [PMID: 30834925 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr00595a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Flexible pressure sensors have gained ever-increasing attention because of their widespread applications in wearable devices. The sensor fabrication technologies reported so far are generally complicated, limiting their industrial applications. It is therefore of great importance to develop a simple method to fabricate high-performance flexible pressure sensors. Herein, we report an approach of assembling gold nanoparticles into strictly aligned and densely stacked micro/nanowires by imprinting for flexible pressure sensors with high performance. By our method, the whole assembly process takes only 1 min. The pressure sensor exhibits a best detection limit as low as 25 Pa. The sensors could be attached to any part of the human body and are so sensitive that even pulses in different regions of the body and the differences between a pregnant woman and a nonpregnant woman could be distinguished.
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- Shun-Xin Li
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, China.
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Li D, Wang G, Peng Y, Chen Z, Gao X, Cheng L, Mei X. Development of ratiometric sensing and white light-harvesting materials based on all-copper nanoclusters. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2019; 1:1086-1095. [PMID: 36133193 PMCID: PMC9473235 DOI: 10.1039/c8na00224j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/01/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Herein, we developed a special strategy for the fast sensitization of red emitting copper nanoclusters with the assistance of green emitting copper nanoclusters. Compared to most previous methods based on AIE, which do not maintain the water solubility or tiny size of nanoclusters, the charming features of the copper nanoclusters were retained after the fabrication. Furthermore, the product was employed for the detection of sulphide, which revealed its ratiometric sensing ability in water since the ratio of the intensity change for green and red emission was related to the sulphide concentration. In addition, after the addition of Zn2+, the green and red emission was either enhanced or quenched via the corresponding mechanism. This enables the facile fabrication of promising white light-harvesting materials since the species of the emitting color can be simply tuned.
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- Dan Li
- Department of Chemistry, The Key Laboratory of Medical Tissue Engineering of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University Jinzhou 121001 China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Key Laboratory of Medical Tissue Engineering of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University Jinzhou 121001 China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Key Laboratory of Medical Tissue Engineering of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University Jinzhou 121001 China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Key Laboratory of Medical Tissue Engineering of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University Jinzhou 121001 China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Key Laboratory of Medical Tissue Engineering of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University Jinzhou 121001 China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine Key Laboratory of Spine & Spinal Cord Injury Repair and Regeneration, Tongji University Shang-hai 200065 China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Key Laboratory of Medical Tissue Engineering of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University Jinzhou 121001 China
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Selvan D, Prasad P, Crane S, Abuhagr A, Covington R, Artyushkova K, Ramakrishna G, Chakraborty S. Intrinsically fluorescent gold nanoclusters stabilized within a copper storage protein that follow the Irving–Williams trend in metal ion sensing. Analyst 2019; 144:3949-3958. [DOI: 10.1039/c9an00426b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A copper storage protein is used to synthesize gold clusters with tunable emission that follow the Irving–Williams series for metal detection.
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- Dhanashree Selvan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Mississippi
- University
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Mississippi
- University
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Mississippi
- University
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Western Michigan University
- Kalamazoo
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Mississippi
- University
- USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Center for Micro-Engineered Materials (CMEM)
- University of New Mexico
- Albuquerque
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Mississippi
- University
- USA
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Li X, Zhao H, Ji Y, Yin C, Li J, Yang Z, Tang Y, Zhang Q, Fan Q, Huang W. Lysosome-Assisted Mitochondrial Targeting Nanoprobe Based on Dye-Modified Upconversion Nanophosphors for Ratiometric Imaging of Mitochondrial Hydrogen Sulfide. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:39544-39556. [PMID: 30387597 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b16818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a versatile modulator in mitochondria and involved in numerous diseases caused by mitochondrial dysfunction. Therefore, many efforts have been made to develop fluorescent probes for mitochondrial H2S detection. However, these cationic small molecule probes are inapplicable for in vivo imaging because of the shallow tissue penetration and poor biostability. Herein, a ratiometric upconversion luminescence nanoprobe with an acid-activated targeting strategy is developed for detecting and bioimaging of mitochondrial H2S. The merocyanine triphenylamine-merocyanine (TPAMC)-modified upconversion nanophosphors, acting as the targeting and response component, are encapsulated into a pH-sensitive husk, composed of 1,2-distearoyl- sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine- N-[methoxy-(poly(ethylene glycol))-2000] (DSPE-PEG) and poly(l-histidine)- b-PEG, which improved the nanoprobe's stability during transport in vivo. Under lysosomal pH, the PEG shell is interrupted and the targeting sites are exposed to further attach to mitochondria. Taking advantage of the luminescence resonance energy transfer process between TPAMC and upconversion nanophosphors, the ratiometric detection of mitochondrial H2S can be achieved with high selectivity and sensitivity. Cellular testing reveals the precise targeting to mitochondria via a lysosome delivery process. Importantly, the nanoprobe can be used for monitoring mitochondrial H2S levels in living cells and colon cancer mouse models.
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- Xiang Li
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road , Nanjing 210023 , China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanyang Technological University , 50 Nanyang Avenue , Singapore 639798 , Singapore
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road , Nanjing 210023 , China
- Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE) , Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) , Xi'an 710072 , China
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) , Nanjing 211816 , China
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Kaur N, Aditya RN, Singh A, Kuo TR. Biomedical Applications for Gold Nanoclusters: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2018; 13:302. [PMID: 30259230 PMCID: PMC6158143 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-018-2725-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) have been extensively applied as a fluorescent probe for biomedical applications in imaging, detection, and therapy due to their unique chemical and physical properties. Fluorescent probes of AuNCs have exhibited high compatibility, superior photostablility, and excellent water solubility which resulted in remarkable biomedical applications for long-term imaging, high-sensitivity detection, and target-specific treatment. Recently, great efforts have been made in the developments of AuNCs as the fluorescent probes for various biomedical applications. In this review, we have collected fluorescent AuNCs prepared by different ligands, including small molecules, polymers, and biomacromolecules, and highlighted current achievements of AuNCs in biomedical applications for imaging, detection, and therapy. According to these advances, we further provided conclusions of present challenges and future perspectives of AuNCs for fundamental investigations and practical biomedical applications.
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- Navdeep Kaur
- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 11031 Taiwan
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- International Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 11031 Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 11031 Taiwan
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- International Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 11031 Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 11031 Taiwan
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Delcanale P, Galstyan A, Daniliuc CG, Grecco HE, Abbruzzetti S, Faust A, Viappiani C, Strassert CA. Oxygen-Insensitive Aggregates of Pt(II) Complexes as Phosphorescent Labels of Proteins with Luminescence Lifetime-Based Readouts. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:24361-24369. [PMID: 29989787 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b02709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The synthesis and photophysical properties of a tailored Pt(II) complex are presented. The phosphorescence of its monomeric species in homogeneous solutions is quenched by interaction with the solvent and therefore absent even upon deoxygenation. However, aggregation-induced shielding from the environment and suppression of rotovibrational degrees of freedom trigger a phosphorescence turn-on that is not suppressed by molecular oxygen, despite possessing an excited-state lifetime ranging in the microsecond scale. Thus, the photoinduced production of reactive oxygen species is avoided by the suppression of diffusion-controlled Dexter-type energy transfer to triplet molecular oxygen. These aggregates emit with the characteristic green luminescence profile of monomeric complexes, indicating that Pt-Pt or excimeric interactions are negligible. Herein, we show that these aggregates can be used to label a model biomolecule (bovine serum albumin) with a microsecond-range luminescence. The protein stabilizes the aggregates, acting as a carrier in aqueous environments. Despite spectral overlaps, the green phosphorescence can be separated by time-gated detection from the dominant autofluorescence of the protein arising from a covalently bound green fluorophore that emits in the nanosecond range. Interestingly, the aggregates also acted as energy donors able to sensitize the emission of a fraction of the fluorophores bound to the protein. This resulted in a microsecond-range luminescence of the fluorescent acceptors and a shortening of the excited-state lifetime of the phosphorescent aggregates. The process that can be traced by a 1000-fold increase in the acceptor's lifetime mirrors the donor's triplet character. The implications for phosphorescence lifetime imaging are discussed.
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- Pietro Delcanale
- Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche , Fisiche e Informatiche , Parco Area delle Scienze 7A , 43124 Parma , Italy
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- Physikalisches Institut and Center for Nanotechnology , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Heisenbergstraße 11 , D-48149 Münster , Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Corrensstraße 40 , D-48149 Münster , Germany
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- Departamento de Física , FCEyN, UBA and IFIBA, CONICET, Pabellón 1, Ciudad Universitaria , 1428 Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche , Fisiche e Informatiche , Parco Area delle Scienze 7A , 43124 Parma , Italy
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- University Hospital Münster and European Institute for Molecular Imaging , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Waldeyerstraße 15 , D-48149 Münster , Germany
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche , Fisiche e Informatiche , Parco Area delle Scienze 7A , 43124 Parma , Italy
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- Physikalisches Institut and Center for Nanotechnology , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Heisenbergstraße 11 , D-48149 Münster , Germany
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Ma T, Zheng J, Zhang T, Xing D. Ratiometric photoacoustic nanoprobes for monitoring and imaging of hydrogen sulfide in vivo. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:13462-13470. [PMID: 29972183 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr03445a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Detection and visualization of hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is crucial for understanding its physiological and pathological roles towards human health and diseases, but precisely tracking of H2S in vivo remains challenging due to the limitations of available analytical methods. In this study, we developed a novel ratiometric photoacoustic (PA) nanoprobe for selective detection and imaging of H2S in biological fluids, live cells, brain tissues and animals. The nanoprobe AzHD-LP was fabricated by encapsulation of a newly synthesized H2S-responsive near-infrared (NIR) dye (AzHD) within a liposome (LP). The as-prepared AzHD-LP exhibits a dramatically red-shift response of its absorption peak after reduction reaction of AzHD with H2S: the absorbance of AzHD-LP centered at 600 and 700 nm is decreased and increased, respectively, producing a turn-on ratiometric PA signal in the presence of H2S. Typically, under the excitation of a 532 nm and 700 nm pulsed laser, the selective detection and imaging of H2S was achieved in aqueous solution, living cells and brain tissues of Alzheimer's diseased mice. Moreover, after AzHD-LP conjugated with a tumor-targeting peptide - c(RGDyK) as RGD-AzHD-LP - ratiometric PA mapping of the intratumoral generated H2S in the HCT116 colon tumor-bearing live mice was demonstrated.
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- Teng Ma
- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China.
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Liu R, Wu H, Lv L, Kang X, Cui C, Feng J, Guo Z. Fluorometric aptamer based assay for ochratoxin A based on the use of exonuclease III. Mikrochim Acta 2018; 185:254. [PMID: 29656368 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-018-2786-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This study describes an aptamer based assay for the mycotoxin ochratoxin A (OTA). The method is based on the use of an OTA-specific aptamer, exonuclease (Exo) III, SYBR Gold as a fluorescent probe, and a complementary strand that specifically combines with the aptamer. In the presence of OTA, the aptamer and OTA hybridize, thereby resulting in the formation of ssDNA, which is not digested by Exo III. Intense fluorescence is observed after addition of SYBR Gold (best measured at excitation/emission wavelengths of 495/540 nm). Fluorescence increases linearly with the log of the OTA concentration in the range from 8 to 1000 ng·mL-1. The detection limit is 4.7 ng·mL-1. The assay was applied to the determination of OTA in diluted [2%(v/v)] red wine, and recoveries and RSDs ranged between 93.5% and 113.8%, and between 3.2% and 5.7%, respectively. Graphical abstract In the presence of ochratoxin A (OTA), specific combinations of aptamer and OTA may occur and result in DNA double strands being untied, which avoids being digested by Exo III. Intense fluorescence is observed after SYBR Gold addition.
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- Renjie Liu
- Institute of food science and engineering, Jilin agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China
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- Institute of food science and engineering, Jilin agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China
- College of agriculture, Yanbian university, Yanji, 133002, China
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- College of agriculture, Yanbian university, Yanji, 133002, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Intelligentization, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, China
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- College of agriculture, Yanbian university, Yanji, 133002, China
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- College of agriculture, Yanbian university, Yanji, 133002, China
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- College of agriculture, Yanbian university, Yanji, 133002, China.
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Pal VK, Bandyopadhyay P, Singh A. Hydrogen sulfide in physiology and pathogenesis of bacteria and viruses. IUBMB Life 2018; 70:393-410. [PMID: 29601123 PMCID: PMC6029659 DOI: 10.1002/iub.1740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Revised: 02/14/2018] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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An increasing number of studies have established hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas as a major cytoprotectant and redox modulator. Following its discovery, H2S has been found to have pleiotropic effects on physiology and human health. H2S acts as a gasotransmitter and exerts its influence on gastrointestinal, neuronal, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and hepatic systems. Recent discoveries have clearly indicated the importance of H2S in regulating vasorelaxation, angiogenesis, apoptosis, ageing, and metabolism. Contrary to studies in higher organisms, the role of H2S in the pathophysiology of infectious agents such as bacteria and viruses has been less studied. Bacterial and viral infections are often accompanied by changes in the redox physiology of both the host and the pathogen. Emerging studies indicate that bacterial-derived H2S constitutes a defense system against antibiotics and oxidative stress. The H2S signaling pathway also seems to interfere with redox-based events affected on infection with viruses. This review aims to summarize recent advances on the emerging role of H2S gas in the bacterial physiology and viral infections. Such studies have opened up new research avenues exploiting H2S as a potential therapeutic intervention.
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Affiliation(s)
- Virender Kumar Pal
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Centre for Infectious Disease Research, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Centre for Infectious Disease Research, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India
| | - Amit Singh
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Centre for Infectious Disease Research, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India
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