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Khatoon S, Han HS, Jeon J, Rao NV, Jeong DW, Ikram M, Yasin T, Yi GR, Park JH. Hypoxia-Responsive Mesoporous Nanoparticles for Doxorubicin Delivery. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:E390. [PMID: 30966424 PMCID: PMC6415200 DOI: 10.3390/polym10040390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Hypoxia, or low oxygen tension, is a common feature of solid tumors. Here, we report hypoxia-responsive mesoporous silica nanoparticles (HR-MSNs) with a 4-nitroimidazole-β-cyclodextrin (NI-CD) complex that is acting as the hypoxia-responsive gatekeeper. When these CD-HR-MSNs encountered a hypoxic environment, the nitroimidazole (NI) gatekeeper portion of CD-HR-MSNs disintegrated through bioreduction of the hydrophobic NI state to the hydrophilic NI state. Under hypoxic conditions, the release rate of doxorubicin (DOX) from DOX-loaded CD-HR-MSNs (DOX-CD-HR-MSNs) increased along with the disintegration of the gatekeeper. Conversely, DOX release was retarded under normoxic conditions. In vitro experiments confirmed that DOX-CD-HR-MSNs exhibit higher toxicity to hypoxic cells when compared to normoxic cells. Confocal microscopy images indicated that DOX-CD-HR-MSNs effectively release DOX into SCC-7 cells under hypoxic conditions. These results demonstrate that CD-HR-MSNs can release drugs in a hypoxia-responsive manner, and thus are promising drug carriers for hypoxia-targeted cancer therapy.
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- Shakera Khatoon
- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea.
- Department of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad 45650, Pakistan.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea.
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- Department of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad 45650, Pakistan.
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- Department of Material Engineering, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad 45650, Pakistan.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea.
- Biomedical Institute for Convergence at SKKU (BICS), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea.
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Tang J, Huang C, Shu J, Zheng J, Ma D, Li J, Yang R. Azoreductase and Target Simultaneously Activated Fluorescent Monitoring for Cytochrome c Release under Hypoxia. Anal Chem 2018; 90:5865-5872. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Jianru Tang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- The First People Hospital of Yueyang, Yueyang, 414000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410076, China
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Xie Z, Guo W, Guo N, Huangfu M, Liu H, Lin M, Xu W, Chen J, Wang T, Wei Q, Han M, Gao J. Targeting tumor hypoxia with stimulus-responsive nanocarriers in overcoming drug resistance and monitoring anticancer efficacy. Acta Biomater 2018; 71:351-362. [PMID: 29545193 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Revised: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Although existing nanomedicines have focused on the tumor microenvironment with the goal of improving the effectiveness of conventional chemotherapy, the penetration of a tumor's core still represents a formidable barrier for existing drug delivery systems. Therefore, a novel multifunctional hypoxia-induced size-shrinkable nanoparticle has been designed to increase the penetration of drugs, nucleic acids, or probes into tumors. This cooperative strategy relies on three aspects: (i) the responsiveness of nanoparticles to hypoxia, which shrink when triggered by low oxygen concentrations; (ii) the core of a nanoparticle involves an internal cavity and strong positive charges on the surface to deliver both doxorubicin and siRNA; and (iii) a reactive oxygen species (ROS) probe is incorporated in the nanoparticle to monitor its preliminary therapeutic response in real time, which is expected to realize the enhanced efficacy together with the ability to self-monitor the anticancer activity. A more effective inhibition of tumor growth was observed in tumor-bearing zebrafish, demonstrating the feasibility of this cooperative strategy for in vivo applications. This research highlights a promising value in delivering drugs, nucleic acids, or probes to a tumor's core for cancer imaging and treatment. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Hypoxia-induced chemoresistance of tumor cells still represents a formidable barrier, as it is difficult for existing drug delivery systems to penetrate the tumor hypoxia core. This study involves the hypoxia-responsive size-shrinkable nanoparticle co-delivery of DOX and siRNA to enhance the penetration of DOX deep within tumors and subsequently disturb crucial pathways of cancer development induced by hypoxia and to improve sensitization to DOX chemotherapy. Furthermore, the nanopreparation can combine the ROS probe as a self-reporting nanopreparation to realize the function of real-time feedback efficacy, which has a good application prospect in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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- Zhiqi Xie
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, College of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, College of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, College of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China.
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China.
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Mirabello V, Cortezon-Tamarit F, Pascu SI. Oxygen Sensing, Hypoxia Tracing and in Vivo Imaging with Functional Metalloprobes for the Early Detection of Non-communicable Diseases. Front Chem 2018; 6:27. [PMID: 29527524 PMCID: PMC5829448 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Hypoxia has been identified as one of the hallmarks of tumor environments and a prognosis factor in many cancers. The development of ideal chemical probes for imaging and sensing of hypoxia remains elusive. Crucial characteristics would include a measurable response to subtle variations of pO2 in living systems and an ability to accumulate only in the areas of interest (e.g., targeting hypoxia tissues) whilst exhibiting kinetic stabilities in vitro and in vivo. A sensitive probe would comprise platforms for applications in imaging and therapy for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) relying on sensitive detection of pO2. Just a handful of probes for the in vivo imaging of hypoxia [mainly using positron emission tomography (PET)] have reached the clinical research stage. Many chemical compounds, whilst presenting promising in vitro results as oxygen-sensing probes, are facing considerable disadvantages regarding their general application in vivo. The mechanisms of action of many hypoxia tracers have not been entirely rationalized, especially in the case of metallo-probes. An insight into the hypoxia selectivity mechanisms can allow an optimization of current imaging probes candidates and this will be explored hereby. The mechanistic understanding of the modes of action of coordination compounds under oxygen concentration gradients in living cells allows an expansion of the scope of compounds toward in vivo applications which, in turn, would help translate these into clinical applications. We summarize hereby some of the recent research efforts made toward the discovery of new oxygen sensing molecules having a metal-ligand core. We discuss their applications in vitro and/or in vivo, with an appreciation of a plethora of molecular imaging techniques (mainly reliant on nuclear medicine techniques) currently applied in the detection and tracing of hypoxia in the preclinical and clinical setups. The design of imaging/sensing probe for early-stage diagnosis would longer term avoid invasive procedures providing platforms for therapy monitoring in a variety of NCDs and, particularly, in cancers.
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Qin W, Zhang P, Li H, Lam JWY, Cai Y, Kwok RTK, Qian J, Zheng W, Tang BZ. Ultrabright red AIEgens for two-photon vascular imaging with high resolution and deep penetration. Chem Sci 2018; 9:2705-2710. [PMID: 29732054 PMCID: PMC5914133 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc04820c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Reported here is a successful strategy for the design of ultrabright red luminogens with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) features, donor-acceptor structures, and intense charge transfer effects. These luminogens show no aggregation caused emission quenching in the solid state and have high quantum efficiency. They can be fabricated into AIE dots by a simple nanoprecipitation procedure. The AIE dots exhibit high brightness, a large Stokes shift, good biocompatibility, satisfactory photostability, and a high two-photon absorption cross section. The AIE dots can be utilized as highly efficient fluorescent probes for in vivo deep-tissue imaging by a two-photon technique, which outperforms the one-photon technique under the same experimental conditions, in terms of penetration depth and image contrast. This is the first report of using highly emissive AIE dots for the accurate measurement of capillary diameters in mouse ears. Such a strategy sheds light on the development of efficient solid state red/NIR emitters for biological applications.
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- Wei Qin
- Department of Chemistry , Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction , Institute for Advanced Study , Division of Biomedical Engineering , State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience and Division of Life Science , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong .
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- Department of Chemistry , Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction , Institute for Advanced Study , Division of Biomedical Engineering , State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience and Division of Life Science , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong .
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- Research Laboratory for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging , Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Molecular Imaging , Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering , Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen , 518055 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction , Institute for Advanced Study , Division of Biomedical Engineering , State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience and Division of Life Science , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong .
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- NSFC Center for Luminescence from Molecular Aggregate , SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory , State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction , Institute for Advanced Study , Division of Biomedical Engineering , State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience and Division of Life Science , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong .
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentations , Center for Optical and Electromagnetic Research , JORCEP (Sino-Swedish Joint Research Center of Photonics) Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058 , China
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- Research Laboratory for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging , Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Molecular Imaging , Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering , Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen , 518055 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction , Institute for Advanced Study , Division of Biomedical Engineering , State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience and Division of Life Science , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong . .,NSFC Center for Luminescence from Molecular Aggregate , SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory , State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science , Disease and Drug Development , HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute , No. 9 Yuexing 1st RD, South Area Hi-tech Park, Nanshan , Shenzhen 518057 , China
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Yang G, Zhang R, Liang C, Zhao H, Yi X, Shen S, Yang K, Cheng L, Liu Z. Manganese Dioxide Coated WS 2 @Fe 3 O 4 /sSiO 2 Nanocomposites for pH-Responsive MR Imaging and Oxygen-Elevated Synergetic Therapy. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2018; 14:1702664. [PMID: 29165872 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201702664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Recently, the development of multifunctional theranostic nanoplatforms to realize tumor-specific imaging and enhanced cancer therapy via responding or modulating the tumor microenvironment (TME) has attracted tremendous interests in the field of nanomedicine. Herein, tungsten disulfide (WS2 ) nanoflakes with their surface adsorbed with iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) via self-assembly are coated with silica and then subsequently with manganese dioxide (MnO2 ), on to which polyethylene glycol (PEG) is attached. The obtained WS2 -IO/S@MO-PEG appears to be highly sensitive to pH, enabling tumor pH-responsive magnetic resonance imaging with IONPs as the pH-inert T2 contrast probe and MnO2 as the pH-sensitive T1 contrast probe. Meanwhile, synergistic combination tumor therapy is realized with such WS2 -IO/S@MO-PEG, by utilizing the strong near-infrared light and X-ray absorbance of WS2 for photothermal therapy (PTT) and enhanced cancer radiotherapy (RT), respectively, as well as the ability of MnO2 to decompose tumor endogenous H2 O2 and relieve tumor hypoxia to further overcome hypoxia-associated radiotherapy resistance. The combination of PTT and RT with WS2 -IO/S@MO-PEG results in a remarkable synergistic effect to destruct tumors. This work highlights the promise of developing multifunction nanocomposites for TME-specific imaging and TME modulation, aiming at precision cancer synergistic treatment.
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- Guangbao Yang
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215003, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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- School of Radiation Medicine and Protection and School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Radiation Medicine and Protection and School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, China
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He Z, Chou Y, Zhou H, Zhang H, Cheng T, Liu G. A nitroreductase and acidity detecting dual functional ratiometric fluorescent probe for selectively imaging tumor cells. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 16:3266-3272. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ob00670a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A dual functional ratiometric fluorescent probe can obviously distinguish acidity, nitroreductase, and nitroreductase in an acidic environment. Confocal fluorescence imaging of A549 cells indicates the probe can detect acidity and expressed nitroreductase in living cells.
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- Zhaoshuai He
- Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials
- Department of Chemistry
- Shanghai Normal University
- Shanghai 200234
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials
- Department of Chemistry
- Shanghai Normal University
- Shanghai 200234
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials
- Department of Chemistry
- Shanghai Normal University
- Shanghai 200234
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials
- Department of Chemistry
- Shanghai Normal University
- Shanghai 200234
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials
- Department of Chemistry
- Shanghai Normal University
- Shanghai 200234
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials
- Department of Chemistry
- Shanghai Normal University
- Shanghai 200234
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Hu M, Yang C, Luo Y, Chen F, Yang F, Yang S, Chen H, Cheng Z, Li K, Xie Y. A hypoxia-specific and mitochondria-targeted anticancer theranostic agent with high selectivity for cancer cells. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:2413-2416. [PMID: 32254457 DOI: 10.1039/c8tb00546j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A novel hypoxia-specific and mitochondria-targeted theranostic agent,HMX-1, was reported with certified anti-cancer efficiencyin vitroandin vivo.
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Chen H, Bi Q, Yao Y, Tan N. Dimeric BODIPY-loaded liposomes for dual hypoxia marker imaging and activatable photodynamic therapy against tumors. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:4351-4359. [DOI: 10.1039/c8tb00665b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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This work reports a dimeric BODIPY (BDP)-loaded liposome with conjugation of anti-HIF antibodies for dual hypoxia marker imaging and nitroreductase (NTR)-activatable photodynamic therapy (PDT) against hypoxic tumors.
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- Huachao Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of TCM Evaluation and Translational Research
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 211198
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of TCM Evaluation and Translational Research
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 211198
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of TCM Evaluation and Translational Research
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 211198
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of TCM Evaluation and Translational Research
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 211198
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Huang C, Zheng J, Ma D, Liu N, Zhu C, Li J, Yang R. Hypoxia-triggered gene therapy: a new drug delivery system to utilize photodynamic-induced hypoxia for synergistic cancer therapy. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:6424-6430. [DOI: 10.1039/c8tb01805g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An new drug delivery system to utilize the photodynamic-induced hypoxia for synergistic cancer therapy is proposed in this paper.
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- Caixia Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
- Changsha
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
- Changsha
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
- Changsha
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
- Changsha
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
- Changsha
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
- Changsha
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology
- Changsha
- China
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Liu HW, Chen L, Xu C, Li Z, Zhang H, Zhang XB, Tan W. Recent progresses in small-molecule enzymatic fluorescent probes for cancer imaging. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:7140-7180. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00862g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 515] [Impact Index Per Article: 85.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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An overview of recent advances in small-molecule enzymatic fluorescent probes for cancer imaging, including design strategies and cancer imaging applications.
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- Hong-Wen Liu
- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL)
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemistry and Molecular Medicine
- Hunan University
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL)
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemistry and Molecular Medicine
- Hunan University
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL)
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemistry and Molecular Medicine
- Hunan University
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL)
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemistry and Molecular Medicine
- Hunan University
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL)
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemistry and Molecular Medicine
- Hunan University
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL)
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemistry and Molecular Medicine
- Hunan University
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL)
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemistry and Molecular Medicine
- Hunan University
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Knox HJ, Hedhli J, Kim TW, Khalili K, Dobrucki LW, Chan J. A bioreducible N-oxide-based probe for photoacoustic imaging of hypoxia. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1794. [PMID: 29176550 PMCID: PMC5702603 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01951-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Hypoxia occurs when limited oxygen supply impairs physiological functions and is a pathological hallmark of many diseases including cancer and ischemia. Thus, detection of hypoxia can guide treatment planning and serve as a predictor of patient prognosis. Unfortunately, current methods suffer from invasiveness, poor resolution and low specificity. To address these limitations, we present Hypoxia Probe 1 (HyP-1), a hypoxia-responsive agent for photoacoustic imaging. This emerging modality converts safe, non-ionizing light to ultrasound waves, enabling acquisition of high-resolution 3D images in deep tissue. HyP-1 features an N-oxide trigger that is reduced in the absence of oxygen by heme proteins such as CYP450 enzymes. Reduction of HyP-1 produces a spectrally distinct product, facilitating identification via photoacoustic imaging. HyP-1 exhibits selectivity for hypoxic activation in vitro, in living cells, and in multiple disease models in vivo. HyP-1 is also compatible with NIR fluorescence imaging, establishing its versatility as a multimodal imaging agent. Hypoxia is a hallmark of many diseases including cancer and ischemia, and detection can be invasive and of low resolution and specificity. Here the authors show a hypoxia probe that converts non-ionizing light to ultrasound, which enables the acquisition of high-resolution 3D images in deep tissue.
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- Hailey J Knox
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.,Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1304 W. Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1304 W. Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. .,Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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Carboxymethyl dextran-based hypoxia-responsive nanoparticles for doxorubicin delivery. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 110:399-405. [PMID: 29133095 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.11.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Revised: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In an attempt to develop the hypoxia-responsive nanoparticles for cancer therapy, a polymer conjugate, consisting of carboxymethyl dextran (CMD) and black hole quencher 3 (BHQ3), was prepared. The polymer conjugate can self-assemble into nanoparticles (CMD-BHQ3 NPs) under aqueous conditions. The anticancer drug, doxorubicin (DOX), was loaded in CMD-BHQ3 NPs to prepare DOX@CMD-BHQ3 NPs. The CMD-BHQ3 NPs released DOX in a sustained manner under physiological conditions, whereas the release rate of DOX remarkably increased under hypoxic conditions throughout the cleavage of the azo bond in BHQ3. In vitro cytotoxicity study revealed that DOX@CMD-BHQ3 NPs showed higher toxicity under hypoxic conditions than normoxic conditions. Confocal microscopic images indicated oxygen-dependent intracellular release of DOX from DOX@CMD-BHQ3. In vivo biodistribution study demonstrated that CMD-BHQ3 NPs were preferentially accumulated in the tumor after systemic administration into tumor-bearing mice. Overall, CMD-BHQ3 might be a promising carrier for selective drug release in the hypoxic tumor.
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Gao Y, Lin Y, Liu T, Chen H, Yang X, Tian C, Du L, Li M. Bioluminescent Probe for Tumor Hypoxia Detection via CYP450 Reductase in Living Animals. Anal Chem 2017; 89:12488-12493. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Yuqi Gao
- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE),
School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE),
School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE),
School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE),
School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250022, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250200, China
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE),
School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE),
School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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Boronic acid-based chemical sensors for saccharides. Carbohydr Res 2017; 452:129-148. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2017.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Revised: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Recent advances in activatable fluorescence imaging probes for tumor imaging. Drug Discov Today 2017; 22:1367-1374. [DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2017.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Revised: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Yang D, Tian HY, Zang TN, Li M, Zhou Y, Zhang JF. Hypoxia imaging in cells and tumor tissues using a highly selective fluorescent nitroreductase probe. Sci Rep 2017; 7:9174. [PMID: 28835695 PMCID: PMC5569069 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09525-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Hypoxia is a characteristic of locally advanced solid tumors, resulting from an imbalance between oxygen consumption and supply. In hypoxic solid tumors, an increased expression of nitroreductase (NTR) is detected, therefore, the development of NTR-targeted fluorescent probes to selectively and efficiently detect hypoxia in vivo is of utmost importance. In this study, a probe (1) has been designed and tested for effective optical detection of NTR in vitro and in vivo. The reduction of probe (1), catalyzed by NTR, resulted in changes of the electron-withdrawn nitrogen group into an electron-donation amino group. In addition, breakage of the O-C bond ensured selective fluorescence enhancement. The in vitro response towards exogenous NTR, from rat liver microsomes, resulted in the optical enhancement during the detection process. In vivo imaging of caerorhabditis elegans (C.elegan) further confirmed the detection of NTR by probe (1). Moreover, probe (1) was successfully used for the detection of hypoxia in both HI5 cells, and a murine tumor model, which demonstrates the potential of probe (1) for application in fluorescence bioimaging studies, and tumor hypoxia diagnosis.
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- Dan Yang
- College of Chemical Science and Engineering, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PR China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650000, China
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- College of Chemical Science and Engineering, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PR China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650000, China
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- College of Chemical Science and Engineering, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, 650500, PR China.
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Perry A, Kousseff CJ. Synthesis and metal binding properties of N-alkylcarboxyspiropyrans. Beilstein J Org Chem 2017; 13:1542-1550. [PMID: 28845199 PMCID: PMC5550821 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.13.154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Spiropyrans bearing an N-alkylcarboxylate tether are a common structure in dynamic, photoactive materials and serve as colourimetric/fluorimetric cation receptors. In this study, we describe an efficient synthesis of spiropyrans with 2-12 carbon atom alkylcarboxylate substituents, and a systematic analysis of their interactions with metal cations using 1H NMR and UV-visible spectroscopy. All N-alkylcarboxyspiropyrans in this study displayed a strong preference for binding divalent metal cations and a modest increase in M2+ binding affinity correlated with increased alkycarboxylate tether length.
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- Alexis Perry
- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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Chevalier A, Renard PY, Romieu A. Azo-Based Fluorogenic Probes for Biosensing and Bioimaging: Recent Advances and Upcoming Challenges. Chem Asian J 2017; 12:2008-2028. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201700682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Arnaud Chevalier
- Normandie Université, CNRS, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen; COBRA (UMR 6014), IRCOF; rue Tesnières 76000 Rouen France
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- Normandie Université, CNRS, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen; COBRA (UMR 6014), IRCOF; rue Tesnières 76000 Rouen France
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- ICMUB, UMR 6302, CNRS; University Bourgogne Franche-Comté; 9, Avenue Alain Savary 21078 Dijon cedex France
- Institut Universitaire de France; 103, Boulevard Saint-Michel 75005 Paris France
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Hirayama T, Tsuboi H, Niwa M, Miki A, Kadota S, Ikeshita Y, Okuda K, Nagasawa H. A universal fluorogenic switch for Fe(ii) ion based on N-oxide chemistry permits the visualization of intracellular redox equilibrium shift towards labile iron in hypoxic tumor cells. Chem Sci 2017; 8:4858-4866. [PMID: 28959409 PMCID: PMC5603896 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc05457a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Iron (Fe) species play a number of biologically and pathologically important roles. In particular, iron is a key element in oxygen sensing in living tissue where its metabolism is intimately linked with oxygen metabolism. Regulation of redox balance of labile iron species to prevent the generation of iron-catalyzed reactive oxygen species (ROS) is critical to survival. However, studies on the redox homeostasis of iron species are challenging because of a lack of a redox-state-specific detection method for iron, in particular, labile Fe2+. In this study, a universal fluorogenic switching system is established, which is responsive to Fe2+ ion based on a unique N-oxide chemistry in which dialkylarylamine N-oxide is selectively deoxygenized by Fe2+ to generate various fluorescent probes of Fe2+-CoNox-1 (blue), FluNox-1 (green), and SiRhoNox-1 (red). All the probes exhibited fluorescence enhancement against Fe2+ with high selectivity both in cuvette and in living cells. Among the probes, SiRhoNox-1 showed an excellent fluorescence response with respect to both reaction rate and off/on signal contrast. Imaging studies were performed showing the intracellular redox equilibrium shift towards labile iron in response to reduced oxygen tension in living cells and 3D tumor spheroids using SiRhoNox-1, and it was found that the hypoxia induction of labile Fe2+ is independent of iron uptake, hypoxia-induced signaling, and hypoxia-activated enzymes. The present studies demonstrate the feasibility of developing sensitive and specific fluorescent probes for Fe2+ with refined photophysical characteristics that enable their broad application in the study of iron in various physiological and pathological conditions.
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- Tasuku Hirayama
- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry , Gifu Pharmaceutical University , 1-25-4, Daigaku-nishi, Gifu-shi , Gifu , 501-1196 , Japan . ;
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry , Gifu Pharmaceutical University , 1-25-4, Daigaku-nishi, Gifu-shi , Gifu , 501-1196 , Japan . ;
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry , Gifu Pharmaceutical University , 1-25-4, Daigaku-nishi, Gifu-shi , Gifu , 501-1196 , Japan . ;
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry , Gifu Pharmaceutical University , 1-25-4, Daigaku-nishi, Gifu-shi , Gifu , 501-1196 , Japan . ;
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry , Gifu Pharmaceutical University , 1-25-4, Daigaku-nishi, Gifu-shi , Gifu , 501-1196 , Japan . ;
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry , Gifu Pharmaceutical University , 1-25-4, Daigaku-nishi, Gifu-shi , Gifu , 501-1196 , Japan . ;
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry , Gifu Pharmaceutical University , 1-25-4, Daigaku-nishi, Gifu-shi , Gifu , 501-1196 , Japan . ;
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry , Gifu Pharmaceutical University , 1-25-4, Daigaku-nishi, Gifu-shi , Gifu , 501-1196 , Japan . ;
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Yoshihara K, Takagi K, Son A, Kurihara R, Tanabe K. Aggregate Formation of Oligonucleotides that Assist Molecular Imaging for Tracking of the Oxygen Status in Tumor Tissue. Chembiochem 2017; 18:1650-1658. [PMID: 28503897 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The use of DNA aggregates could be a promising strategy for the molecular imaging of biological functions. Herein, phosphorescent oligodeoxynucleotides were designed with the aim of visualizing oxygen fluctuation in tumor cells. DNA-ruthenium conjugates (DRCs) that consisted of oligodeoxynucleotides, a phosphorescent ruthenium complex, a pyrene unit for high oxygen responsiveness, and a nitroimidazole unit as a tumor-targeting unit were prepared. In general, oligonucleotides have low cell permeability because of their own negative charges; however, the DRC formed aggregates in aqueous solution due to the hydrophobic pyrene and nitroimidazole groups, and smoothly penetrated the cellular membrane to accumulate in tumor cells in a hypoxia-selective manner. The oxygen-dependent phosphorescence of DRC in cells was also observed. In vivo experiments revealed that aggregates of DRC accumulated in hypoxic tumor tissue that was transplanted into the left leg of mice, and showed that oxygen fluctuations in tumor tissue could be monitored by tracking of the phosphorescence emission of DRC.
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- Kazuki Yoshihara
- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura Campus, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura Campus, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura Campus, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, 252-5258, Japan
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Dai Y, Xu C, Sun X, Chen X. Nanoparticle design strategies for enhanced anticancer therapy by exploiting the tumour microenvironment. Chem Soc Rev 2017; 46:3830-3852. [PMID: 28516983 PMCID: PMC5521825 DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00592f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 593] [Impact Index Per Article: 84.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nanovehicles can efficiently carry and deliver anticancer agents to tumour sites. Compared with normal tissue, the tumour microenvironment has some unique properties, such as vascular abnormalities, hypoxia and acidic pH. There are many types of cells, including tumour cells, macrophages, immune and fibroblast cells, fed by defective blood vessels in the solid tumour. Exploiting the tumour microenvironment can benefit the design of nanoparticles for enhanced therapeutic effectiveness. In this review article, we summarized the recent progress in various nanoformulations for cancer therapy, with a special emphasis on tumour microenvironment stimuli-responsive ones. Numerous tumour microenvironment modulation strategies with promising cancer therapeutic efficacy have also been highlighted. Future challenges and opportunities of design consideration are also discussed in detail. We believe that these tumour microenvironment modulation strategies offer a good chance for the practical translation of nanoparticle formulas into clinic.
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- Yunlu Dai
- Centre for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China. and Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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- Centre for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiang'an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Li Y, Wang A, Bai Y, Wang S. Acriflavine-immobilized eggshell membrane as a new solid-state biosensor for Sudan I-IV detection based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Food Chem 2017; 237:966-973. [PMID: 28764093 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.06.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2016] [Revised: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A novel solid-surface fluorescence biosensor for rapid detection of Sudan I-IV was proposed based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). The biosensor was fabricated by immobilizing acriflavine (AY) on the eggshell membrane (ESM) with glutaraldehyde as cross-linking agent. FRET mechanism was demonstrated by using AY and Sudan dyes as donor and acceptor respectively, an efficient energy transfer in the present system was indicated by the sufficient spectral overlap integral (J) and proper Förster critical distance (R0). Under optimum conditions, the fluorescence of the AY-ESM could be efficiently quenched by Sudan I-IV and the corresponding linear range was 0.5-60μM with the detection limits (3σ/slope) of 0.16, 0.26, 0.21 and 0.17μM respectively. Compared to the detection of Sudan dyes in solution-state, the membrane biosensor exhibited advantages of low detection limits, high sensitivity and selectivity, as well as excellent stability. Recovery tests in spiked real samples also achieved satisfactory results.
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- Ying Li
- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, 17# Qinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China.
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, 17# Qinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Tianjin Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, 51# 2nd Street, Tianjin Economic & Technological Development Area (TEDA), Tianjin 300457, China.
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, 17# Qinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China.
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Lee J, Oh ET, Yoon H, Kim CW, Han Y, Song J, Jang H, Park HJ, Kim C. Mesoporous nanocarriers with a stimulus-responsive cyclodextrin gatekeeper for targeting tumor hypoxia. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:6901-6909. [PMID: 28503686 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr00808b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Tissue hypoxia developed in most malignant tumors makes a significant difference to normal tissues in the reduction potential and the activity of various bioreductive enzymes. Given the superior enzymatic activity of NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1, a cytosolic reductase up-regulated in many human cancers) in hypoxia relative to that in normoxia, NQO1 has great potential for targeting hypoxic tumor cells. In the present report, the core concept of hypoxic NQO1-responsive mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) is based on the reasoning that the superior enzymatic activity of NQO1 within hypoxic cancer cells can be utilized as a key stimulus for the selective cleavage of an azobenzene stalk triggering the on-off gatekeeping for controlled release of guest drugs. We corroborate that the NQO1 specifically triggers to release the entrapped drug in the nanochannel of MSNs by reductive cleavage of the azobenzene linker only under hypoxic conditions in a controlled manner not only in vitro but also in vivo. Therefore, our results indicate that Si-Azo-CD-PEG could be utilized as a hypoxic cancer-targeting drug delivery carrier, and further suggest that the azobenzene linker could generally be useful for the construction of hypoxic NQO1-responsive nanomaterials.
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- Jeonghun Lee
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Korea.
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Xie D, Kim S, Kohli V, Banerjee A, Yu M, Enriquez JS, Luci JJ, Que EL. Hypoxia-Responsive 19F MRI Probes with Improved Redox Properties and Biocompatibility. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:6429-6437. [PMID: 28537705 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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19F magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), an emerging modality in biomedical imaging, has shown promise for in vitro and in vivo preclinical studies. Here we present a series of fluorinated Cu(II)ATSM derivatives for potential use as 19F magnetic resonance agents for sensing cellular hypoxia. The synthesized complexes feature a hypoxia-targeting Cu2+ coordination core, nine equivalent fluorine atoms connected via a variable-length poly(ethylene glycol) linker. Introduction of the fluorine moiety maintains the planar coordination geometry of the Cu2+ center, while the linker length modulates the Cu2+/+ reduction potential, 19F NMR relaxation properties, and lipophilicity. In particular, the 19F NMR relaxation properties were quantitatively evaluated by the Solomon-Bloembergen model, revealing a regular pattern of relaxation enhancement tuned by the distance between Cu2+ and F atoms. Finally, the potential utility of these complexes for sensing reductive environments was demonstrated using both 19F MR phantom imaging and 19F NMR, including experiments in intact live cells.
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- Da Xie
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin , 105 E. 24th Street Stop A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin , 105 E. 24th Street Stop A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin , 105 E. 24th Street Stop A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin , 105 E. 24th Street Stop A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin , 105 E. 24th Street Stop A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin , 105 E. 24th Street Stop A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States.,Imaging Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin , 105 E. 24th Street Stop A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Zhao K, Ke W, Yin W, Li J, Qiang M, Ge Z. Facile Preparation and Radiotherapy Application of an Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Radiosensitizer. ACS Macro Lett 2017; 6:556-560. [PMID: 35610878 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Radiosensitizer plays an important role in the cancer radiotherapy for efficient killing of hypoxic cancer cells at a low radiation dose. However, the commercially available small molecular radiosensitizers show low efficiency due to poor bioavailability in tumor tissues. In this report, we develop a novel amphiphilic block copolymer radiosensitizer, metronidazole-conjugated poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(γ-propargyl-l-glutamate) (PEG-b-P(PLG-g-MN)), which can be self-assembled into core-shell micelles (MN-Micelle) with an optimal size of ∼60 nm in aqueous solution. In vitro cytotoxicity evaluation indicated that MN-Micelle sensitized the hypoxic cancer cells more efficiently under radiation with the sensitization enhancement ratio (SER) of 1.62 as compared with that of commercially available sodium glycididazole (GS; SER = 1.17) at the metronidazole-equivalent concentration of 180 μg/mL. Upon intravenous injection of MN-Micelle into the tumor-bearing mice, high tumor deposition was achieved, which finally suppressed tumor growth completely after electron beam radiation at a low radiation dose of 4 Gy. MN-Micelle with outstanding performance as an in vivo radiosensitizer holds great potentials for translation into radiotherapy application.
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- Kaijie Zhao
- CAS
Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science
and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui China
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science
and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui China
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science
and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui China
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science
and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui China
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- Department
of Oncology, 105 Hospital of People’s Liberation Army, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science
and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui China
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Liu JN, Bu W, Shi J. Chemical Design and Synthesis of Functionalized Probes for Imaging and Treating Tumor Hypoxia. Chem Rev 2017; 117:6160-6224. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 556] [Impact Index Per Article: 79.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Jia-nan Liu
- State
Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P.R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P.R. China
- Shanghai
Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of
Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P.R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P.R. China
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Conway JRW, Warren SC, Timpson P. Context-dependent intravital imaging of therapeutic response using intramolecular FRET biosensors. Methods 2017; 128:78-94. [PMID: 28435000 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2017.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Revised: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Intravital microscopy represents a more physiologically relevant method for assessing therapeutic response. However, the movement into an in vivo setting brings with it several additional considerations, the primary being the context in which drug activity is assessed. Microenvironmental factors, such as hypoxia, pH, fibrosis, immune infiltration and stromal interactions have all been shown to have pronounced effects on drug activity in a more complex setting, which is often lost in simpler two- or three-dimensional assays. Here we present a practical guide for the application of intravital microscopy, looking at the available fluorescent reporters and their respective expression systems and analysis considerations. Moving in vivo, we also discuss the microscopy set up and methods available for overlaying microenvironmental context to the experimental readouts. This enables a smooth transition into applying higher fidelity intravital imaging to improve the drug discovery process.
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- James R W Conway
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Cancer Division, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Cancer Division, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Cancer Division, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
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Miller MA, Weissleder R. Imaging the pharmacology of nanomaterials by intravital microscopy: Toward understanding their biological behavior. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2017; 113:61-86. [PMID: 27266447 PMCID: PMC5136524 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2016.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Therapeutic nanoparticles (NPs) can deliver cytotoxic chemotherapeutics and other drugs more safely and efficiently to patients; furthermore, selective delivery to target tissues can theoretically be accomplished actively through coating NPs with molecular ligands, and passively through exploiting physiological "enhanced permeability and retention" features. However, clinical trial results have been mixed in showing improved efficacy with drug nanoencapsulation, largely due to heterogeneous NP accumulation at target sites across patients. Thus, a clear need exists to better understand why many NP strategies fail in vivo and not result in significantly improved tumor uptake or therapeutic response. Multicolor in vivo confocal fluorescence imaging (intravital microscopy; IVM) enables integrated pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) measurement at the single-cell level, and has helped answer key questions regarding the biological mechanisms of in vivo NP behavior. This review summarizes progress to date and also describes useful technical strategies for successful IVM experimentation.
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- Miles A Miller
- Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge St, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge St, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Oxygen imaging of living cells and tissues using luminescent molecular probes. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2017.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Gao M, Yu F, Lv C, Choo J, Chen L. Fluorescent chemical probes for accurate tumor diagnosis and targeting therapy. Chem Soc Rev 2017; 46:2237-2271. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00908e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 527] [Impact Index Per Article: 75.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This review focuses on small molecular ligand-targeted fluorescent imaging probes and fluorescent theranostics, including their design strategies and applications in clinical tumor treatment.
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- Min Gao
- Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation
- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yantai 264003
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation
- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yantai 264003
- China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine
- Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University
- Binzhou 256603
- China
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- Department of Bionano Engineering
- Hanyang University
- Ansan 426-791
- South Korea
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation
- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yantai 264003
- China
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Li X, Yin Y, Gao P, Li W, Yan H, Lu C, Zhao Q. A novel phosphorescent iridium(iii) complex bearing a donor–acceptor-type o-carboranylated ligand for endocellular hypoxia imaging. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:13802-13810. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt03097e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The first o-carborane functionalized red phosphorescent cationic iridium complex probe was developed for endocellular hypoxia imaging.
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- Xiang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays and Institute of Advanced Materials
- Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays and Institute of Advanced Materials
- Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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Zhou Y, Bobba KN, Lv XW, Yang D, Velusamy N, Zhang JF, Bhuniya S. A biotinylated piperazine-rhodol derivative: a ‘turn-on’ probe for nitroreductase triggered hypoxia imaging. Analyst 2017; 142:345-350. [DOI: 10.1039/c6an02107g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We developed a nitroreductase responsive theranostic probe1; it comprises biotinylated rhodol in conjunction withp-nitrobenzyl functionality.
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- Ying Zhou
- College of Chemical Science and Technology
- Yunnan University
- 650091-Kunming
- China
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- Amrita Centre for Industrial Research & Innovation
- Amrita School of Engineering
- Coimbatore
- India
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- College of Chemical Science and Technology
- Yunnan University
- 650091-Kunming
- China
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- College of Chemical Science and Technology
- Yunnan University
- 650091-Kunming
- China
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- Amrita Centre for Industrial Research & Innovation
- Amrita School of Engineering
- Coimbatore
- India
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Yunnan University
- Kunming
- China
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- Amrita Centre for Industrial Research & Innovation
- Amrita School of Engineering
- Coimbatore
- India
- Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
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Wang J, Kou J, Hou X, Zhao Z, Chao H. A ruthenium(II) anthraquinone complex as the theranostic agent combining hypoxia imaging and HIF-1α inhibition. Inorganica Chim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2016.04.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Huang B, Chen W, Kuang YQ, Liu W, Liu XJ, Tang LJ, Jiang JH. A novel off–on fluorescent probe for sensitive imaging of mitochondria-specific nitroreductase activity in living tumor cells. Org Biomol Chem 2017; 15:4383-4389. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ob00781g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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We have developed a novel fluorescent probe of a benzoindocyanine probe (BICP), which is able to target mitochondria and realize sensitive and selective detection of NTR.
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- Bo Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- College of Biology
- Hunan University
- Changsha
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- College of Biology
- Hunan University
- Changsha
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- College of Biology
- Hunan University
- Changsha
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- College of Biology
- Hunan University
- Changsha
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- College of Biology
- Hunan University
- Changsha
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- College of Biology
- Hunan University
- Changsha
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- College of Biology
- Hunan University
- Changsha
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Verwilst P, Han J, Lee J, Mun S, Kang HG, Kim JS. Reconsidering azobenzene as a component of small-molecule hypoxia-mediated cancer drugs: A theranostic case study. Biomaterials 2017; 115:104-114. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Li X, Tong X, Yan H, Lu C, Zhao Q, Huang W. A Convenient Approach To Synthesizeo-Carborane-Functionalized Phosphorescent Iridium(III) Complexes for Endocellular Hypoxia Imaging. Chemistry 2016; 22:17282-17290. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201603340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Xiang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Nanjing University; Nanjing 210023 P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Institute of Advanced Materials; Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Nanjing 210023 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Nanjing University; Nanjing 210023 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Nanjing University; Nanjing 210023 P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Institute of Advanced Materials; Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Nanjing 210023 P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Institute of Advanced Materials; Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Nanjing 210023 P.R. China
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Kang L, Fan B, Sun P, Huang W, Jin M, Wang Q, Gao Z. An effective tumor-targeting strategy utilizing hypoxia-sensitive siRNA delivery system for improved anti-tumor outcome. Acta Biomater 2016; 44:341-54. [PMID: 27545812 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Revised: 07/30/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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UNLABELLED Hypoxia is a feature of most solid tumors, targeting hypoxia is considered as the best validated yet not extensively exploited strategy in cancer therapy. Here, we reported a novel tumor-targeting strategy using a hypoxia-sensitive siRNA delivery system. In the study, 2-nitroimidazole (NI), a hydrophobic component that can be converted to hydrophilic 2-aminoimidazole (AI) through bioreduction under hypoxic conditions, was conjugated to the alkylated polyethyleneimine (bPEI1.8k-C6) to form amphiphilic bPEI1.8k-C6-NI polycations. bPEI1.8k-C6-NI could self-assemble into micelle-like aggregations in aqueous, which contributed to the improved stability of the bPEI1.8k-C6-NI/siRNA polyplexes, resulted in increased cellular uptake. After being transported into the hypoxic tumor cells, the selective nitro-to-amino reduction would cause structural change and elicit a relatively loose structure to facilitate the siRNA dissociation in the cytoplasm, for enhanced gene silencing efficiency ultimately. Therefore, the conflict between the extracellular stability and the intracellular siRNA release ability of the polyplexes was solved by introducing the hypoxia-responsive unit. Consequently, the survivin-targeted siRNA loaded polyplexes shown remarkable anti-tumor effect not only in hypoxic cells, but also in tumor spheroids and tumor-bearing mice, indicating that the hypoxia-sensitive siRNA delivery system had great potential for tumor-targeted therapy. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Hypoxia is one of the most remarkable features of most solid tumors, and targeting hypoxia is considered as the best validated strategy in cancer therapy. However, in the past decades, there were few reports about using this strategy in the drug delivery system, especially in siRNA delivery system. Therefore, we constructed a hypoxia-sensitive siRNA delivery system utilizing a hypoxia-responsive unit, 2-nitroimidazole, by which the unavoidable conflict between improved extracellular stability and promoted intracellular siRNA release in the same delivery system could be effectively solved, resulting in enhanced siRNA silencing efficiency in tumor cells. To our knowledge, the described work is the first demonstration of a siRNA delivery system using a hypoxia trigger for regulation of siRNA release, which represents a new strategy for tumor-targeted therapy, and it is expected that this meaningful strategy must be widely applied in the future.
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- Lin Kang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Beijing City Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery Technology and Novel Formulations, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Beijing City Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery Technology and Novel Formulations, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Beijing City Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery Technology and Novel Formulations, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Beijing City Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery Technology and Novel Formulations, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Beijing City Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery Technology and Novel Formulations, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Beijing City Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery Technology and Novel Formulations, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Beijing City Key Laboratory of Drug Delivery Technology and Novel Formulations, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.
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Kumar R, Kim EJ, Han J, Lee H, Shin WS, Kim HM, Bhuniya S, Kim JS, Hong KS. Hypoxia-directed and activated theranostic agent: Imaging and treatment of solid tumor. Biomaterials 2016; 104:119-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Revised: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Youssef S, Ren W, Ai HW. A Genetically Encoded FRET Sensor for Hypoxia and Prolyl Hydroxylases. ACS Chem Biol 2016; 11:2492-8. [PMID: 27385075 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Oxygen is vital for all aerobic life forms. Oxygen-dependent hydroxylation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α by prolyl hydroxylase domain enzymes (PHDs) is an important step for controlling the expression of oxygen-regulated genes in metazoan species, thereby constituting a molecular mechanism for oxygen sensing and response. Herein, we report a genetically encoded dual-emission ratiometric fluorescent sensor, ProCY, which responds to PHD activities in vitro and in live cells. We demonstrated that ProCY could monitor hypoxia in mammalian cells. By targeting this novel genetically encoded biosensor to the cell nucleus and cytosol, we determined that, under normoxic conditions, the HIF-prolyl hydroxylase activity was mainly confined to the cytosol of HEK 293T cells. The results collectively suggest broad applications of ProCY on the evaluation of hypoxia and PHD activities and understanding of pathways for the control of hypoxic responses.
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- Suzan Youssef
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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You X, Li L, Li X, Ma H, Zhang G, Zhang D. A New Tetraphenylethylene-Derived Fluorescent Probe for Nitroreductase Detection and Hypoxic-Tumor-Cell Imaging. Chem Asian J 2016; 11:2918-2923. [PMID: 27534906 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201600945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The fluorescence detection of nitroreductase (NTR) and evaluation of the hypoxia status of tumor cells are vital, not only for clinical diagnoses and therapy, but also for biomedical research. Herein, we report the synthesis and application of a new fluorometric "turn-on" probe for the detection of NTR (TPE-NO2 ) that takes advantage of the aggregation-induced emission of tetraphenylethylene. TPE-NO2 can detect NTR at concentrations as low as 5 ng mL-1 in aqueous solution. The detection mechanism relied on the aggregation and deaggregation of tetraphenylethylene molecules. Moreover, this fluorescent probe can be used to monitor the hypoxia status of tumor cells through the detection of endogenous NTR.
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- Xue You
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living, Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living, Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living, Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living, Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living, Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Laboratories of Organic Solids and Analytical Chemistry for Living, Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
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Kurihara R, Ikemura Y, Tanabe K. Preparation of alkyne-labeled 2-nitroimidazoles for identification of tumor hypoxia by Raman spectroscopy. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:4892-4894. [PMID: 27646700 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2016] [Revised: 09/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Hypoxia is a characteristic feature of solid tumors. Herein, we have developed novel hypoxia-sensitive probes (IM-ACs) for Raman spectroscopic analysis, consisting of nitroimidazole as a hypoxia-targeting unit and acetylene group as the signal-emitting unit. Among IM-ACs synthesized in this study, IM-AC possessing a diacetylene group (IM-AC 3), showed suitable properties as a hypoxia indicator. When administered to A549 cells, we observed a strong signal of IM-AC 3 around 2200cm-1 in the Raman spectra from hypoxic cells. Ex vivo experiments suggest that IM-AC 3 remained in hypoxic tumor tissue and emitted a strong signal.
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- Ryohsuke Kurihara
- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara 252-5258, Japan.
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Fukuda S, Okuda K, Kishino G, Hoshi S, Kawano I, Fukuda M, Yamashita T, Beheregaray S, Nagano M, Ohneda O, Nagasawa H, Oshika T. In vivo retinal and choroidal hypoxia imaging using a novel activatable hypoxia-selective near-infrared fluorescent probe. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2016; 254:2373-2385. [PMID: 27572140 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-016-3476-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Revised: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Retinal hypoxia plays a crucial role in ocular neovascular diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, and retinal vascular occlusion. Fluorescein angiography is useful for identifying the hypoxia extent by detecting non-perfusion areas or neovascularization, but its ability to detect early stages of hypoxia is limited. Recently, in vivo fluorescent probes for detecting hypoxia have been developed; however, these have not been extensively applied in ophthalmology. We evaluated whether a novel donor-excited photo-induced electron transfer (d-PeT) system based on an activatable hypoxia-selective near-infrared fluorescent (NIRF) probe (GPU-327) responds to both mild and severe hypoxia in various ocular ischemic diseases animal models. METHODS The ocular fundus examination offers unique opportunities for direct observation of the retina through the transparent cornea and lens. After injection of GPU-327 in various ocular hypoxic diseases of mouse and rabbit models, NIRF imaging in the ocular fundus can be performed noninvasively and easily by using commercially available fundus cameras. To investigate the safety of GPU-327, electroretinograms were also recorded after GPU-327 and PBS injection. RESULT Fluorescence of GPU-327 increased under mild hypoxic conditions in vitro. GPU-327 also yielded excellent signal-to-noise ratio without washing out in vivo experiments. By using near-infrared region, GPU-327 enables imaging of deeper ischemia, such as choroidal circulation. Additionally, from an electroretinogram, GPU-327 did not cause neurotoxicity. CONCLUSIONS GPU-327 identified hypoxic area both in vivo and in vitro.
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- Shinichi Fukuda
- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic & Natural Products Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Kulkarni P, Haldar MK, Katti P, Dawes C, You S, Choi Y, Mallik S. Hypoxia Responsive, Tumor Penetrating Lipid Nanoparticles for Delivery of Chemotherapeutics to Pancreatic Cancer Cell Spheroids. Bioconjug Chem 2016; 27:1830-8. [PMID: 27391789 PMCID: PMC5502747 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.6b00241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Solid tumors are often poorly irrigated due to structurally compromised microcirculation. Uncontrolled multiplication of cancer cells, insufficient blood flow, and the lack of enough oxygen and nutrients lead to the development of hypoxic regions in the tumor tissues. As the partial pressure of oxygen drops below the necessary level (10 psi), the cancer cells modulate their genetic makeup to survive. Hypoxia triggers tumor progression by enhancing angiogenesis, cancer stem cell production, remodeling of the extracellular matrix, and epigenetic changes in the cancer cells. However, the hypoxic regions are usually located deep in the tumors and are usually inaccessible to the intravenously injected drug carrier or the drug. Considering the designs of the reported nanoparticles, it is likely that the drug is delivered to the peripheral tumor tissues, close to the blood vessels. In this study, we prepared lipid nanoparticles (LNs) comprising the synthesized hypoxia-responsive lipid and a peptide-lipid conjugate. We observed that the resultant LNs penetrated to the hypoxic regions of the tumors. Under low oxygen partial pressure, the hypoxia-responsive lipid undergoes reduction, destabilizing the lipid membrane, and releasing encapsulated drugs from the nanoparticles. We demonstrated the results employing spheroidal cultures of the pancreatic cancer cells BxPC-3. We observed that the peptide-decorated, drug encapsulated LNs reduced the viability of pancreatic cancer cells of the spheroids to 35% under hypoxic conditions.
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- Prajakta Kulkarni
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58102, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58102, United States
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- Davies High School, Fargo, North Dakota 58104, United States
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- Valley City High School, Valley City, North Dakota 58072, United States
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- Department of Physics and Mathematics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58102, United States
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- Department of Physics and Mathematics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58102, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58102, United States
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Kulkarni P, Haldar MK, You S, Choi Y, Mallik S. Hypoxia-Responsive Polymersomes for Drug Delivery to Hypoxic Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Biomacromolecules 2016; 17:2507-13. [PMID: 27303825 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b00350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Hypoxia in tumors contributes to overall tumor progression by assisting in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, angiogenesis, and metastasis of cancer. In this study, we have synthesized a hypoxia-responsive, diblock copolymer poly(lactic acid)-azobenzene-poly(ethylene glycol), which self-assembles to form polymersomes in an aqueous medium. The polymersomes did not release any encapsulated contents for 50 min under normoxic conditions. However, under hypoxia, 90% of the encapsulated dye was released in 50 min. The polymersomes encapsulated the combination of anticancer drugs gemcitabine and erlotinib with entrapment efficiency of 40% and 28%, respectively. We used three-dimensional spheroid cultures of pancreatic cancer cells BxPC-3 to demonstrate hypoxia-mediated release of the drugs from the polymersomes. The vesicles were nontoxic. However, a significant decrease in cell viability was observed in hypoxic spheroidal cultures of BxPC-3 cells in the presence of drug encapsulated polymersomes. These polymersomes have potential for future applications in imaging and treatment of hypoxic tumors.
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- Prajakta Kulkarni
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and ‡Department of Physics and Mathematics, North Dakota State University , Fargo, North Dakota 58102, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and ‡Department of Physics and Mathematics, North Dakota State University , Fargo, North Dakota 58102, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and ‡Department of Physics and Mathematics, North Dakota State University , Fargo, North Dakota 58102, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and ‡Department of Physics and Mathematics, North Dakota State University , Fargo, North Dakota 58102, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and ‡Department of Physics and Mathematics, North Dakota State University , Fargo, North Dakota 58102, United States
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Sun W, Guo S, Hu C, Fan J, Peng X. Recent Development of Chemosensors Based on Cyanine Platforms. Chem Rev 2016; 116:7768-817. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 657] [Impact Index Per Article: 82.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Wen Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, 116024 Dalian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, 116024 Dalian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, 116024 Dalian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, 116024 Dalian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, 116024 Dalian, China
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Ke XS, Ning Y, Tang J, Hu JY, Yin HY, Wang GX, Yang ZS, Jie J, Liu K, Meng ZS, Zhang Z, Su H, Shu C, Zhang JL. Gadolinium(III) Porpholactones as Efficient and Robust Singlet Oxygen Photosensitizers. Chemistry 2016; 22:9676-86. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Xian-Sheng Ke
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing 100871 P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing 100871 P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing 100871 P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing 100871 P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing 100871 P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing 100871 P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing 100871 P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing 100871 P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; Renmin University of China; Beijing 100872 P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 P.R. China
- College of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing 100871 P.R. China
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Žukauskaitė Ž, Buinauskaitė V, Solovjova J, Malinauskaitė L, Kveselytė A, Bieliauskas A, Ragaitė G, Šačkus A. Microwave-assisted synthesis of new fluorescent indoline-based building blocks by ligand free Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction in aqueous media. Tetrahedron 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2016.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Sun L, Chen Y, Kuang S, Li G, Guan R, Liu J, Ji L, Chao H. Iridium(III) Anthraquinone Complexes as Two-Photon Phosphorescence Probes for Mitochondria Imaging and Tracking under Hypoxia. Chemistry 2016; 22:8955-65. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Lingli Sun
- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Sun Yat-Sen University; Guangzhou 510275 P.R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Sun Yat-Sen University; Guangzhou 510275 P.R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Sun Yat-Sen University; Guangzhou 510275 P.R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Sun Yat-Sen University; Guangzhou 510275 P.R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Sun Yat-Sen University; Guangzhou 510275 P.R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Sun Yat-Sen University; Guangzhou 510275 P.R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Sun Yat-Sen University; Guangzhou 510275 P.R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Sun Yat-Sen University; Guangzhou 510275 P.R. China
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Cao J, Campbell J, Liu L, Mason RP, Lippert AR. In Vivo Chemiluminescent Imaging Agents for Nitroreductase and Tissue Oxygenation. Anal Chem 2016; 88:4995-5002. [PMID: 27054463 PMCID: PMC5033617 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b01096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Tissue oxygenation is a driving parameter of the tumor microenvironment, and hypoxia can be a prognostic indicator of aggressiveness, metastasis, and poor response to therapy. Here, we report a chemiluminescence imaging (CLI) agent based on the oxygen-dependent reduction of a nitroaromatic spiroadamantane 1,2-dioxetane scaffold. Hypoxia ChemiLuminescent Probe 2 (HyCL-2) responds to nitroreductase with ∼170-fold increase in luminescence intensity and high selectivity for enzymatic reductase versus other small molecule reductants. HyCL-2 can image exogenous nitroreductase in vitro and in vivo in living mice, and total luminescent intensity is increased by ∼5-fold under low oxygen conditions. HyCL-2 is demonstrated to report on tumor oxygenation during an oxygen challenge in H1299 lung tumor xenografts grown in a murine model as independently confirmed using multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT) imaging of hemoglobin oxygenation.
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- Jian Cao
- Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 75275-0314
- Center for Drug Discovery, Design, and Delivery (CD4), Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 75275-0314
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- Prognostic Imaging Research Laboratory (PIRL), Pre-clinical Imaging Section, Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9058, USA
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- Prognostic Imaging Research Laboratory (PIRL), Pre-clinical Imaging Section, Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9058, USA
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- Prognostic Imaging Research Laboratory (PIRL), Pre-clinical Imaging Section, Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9058, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 75275-0314
- Center for Drug Discovery, Design, and Delivery (CD4), Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 75275-0314
- Center for Global Health Impact (CGHI), Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 75275-0314
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