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Feng W, Zhao W, Chen Z, Zhang C, Ge J, Zheng X, Ren H, Bo S. Organic Dye Nanoparticles with a Special D-π-A Structure for Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:5722-5729. [PMID: 35021803 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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FTC dye with a D-π-A structure showed outstanding stability, high extinction coefficient, and good photothermal performance. Thus, nanoparticles based on FTC dye were first fabricated by a nanoprecipitation method for photothermal therapy (PTT) which was guided by photoacoustic imaging (PAI). The prepared FTC NPs showed a photothermal conversion efficiency of ∼52.71%, good photoacoustic performance, and excellent stability in in vitro experiments. Moreover, FTC NPs showed good performance in tumor ablation under a 635 nm laser irradiation and low cytotoxicity to the mice model without laser treatment. Histopathological analysis further confirmed that FTC NPs did not harm the major organs of mice. Given the abovementioned features, FTC NPs have great potential to be effective phototheranostic materials for PAI and PTT.
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- Weilong Feng
- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100043, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100043, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.,School of Science, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, PR China
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Khalin I, Heimburger D, Melnychuk N, Collot M, Groschup B, Hellal F, Reisch A, Plesnila N, Klymchenko AS. Ultrabright Fluorescent Polymeric Nanoparticles with a Stealth Pluronic Shell for Live Tracking in the Mouse Brain. ACS NANO 2020; 14:9755-9770. [PMID: 32680421 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c01505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Visualizing single organic nanoparticles (NPs) in vivo remains a challenge, which could greatly improve our understanding of the bottlenecks in the field of nanomedicine. To achieve high single-particle fluorescence brightness, we loaded polymer poly(methyl methacrylate)-sulfonate (PMMA-SO3H) NPs with octadecyl rhodamine B together with a bulky hydrophobic counterion (perfluorinated tetraphenylborate) as a fluorophore insulator to prevent aggregation-caused quenching. To create NPs with stealth properties, we used the amphiphilic block copolymers pluronic F-127 and F-68. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) revealed that pluronics remained at the NP surface after dialysis (at one amphiphile per 5.5 nm2) and prevented NPs from nonspecific interactions with serum proteins and surfactants. In primary cultured neurons, pluronics stabilized the NPs, preventing their prompt aggregation and binding to neurons. By increasing dye loading to 20 wt % and optimizing particle size, we obtained 74 nm NPs showing 150-fold higher single-particle brightness with two-photon excitation than commercial Nile Red-loaded FluoSpheres of 39 nm hydrodynamic diameter. The obtained ultrabright pluronic-coated NPs enabled direct single-particle tracking in vessels of mice brains by two-photon intravital microscopy for at least 1 h, whereas noncoated NPs were rapidly eliminated from the circulation. Following brain injury or neuroinflammation, which can open the blood-brain barrier, extravasation of NPs was successfully monitored. Moreover, we demonstrated tracking of individual NPs from meningeal vessels until their uptake by meningeal macrophages. Thus, single NPs can be tracked in animals in real time in vivo in different brain compartments and their dynamics visualized with subcellular resolution.
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- Igor Khalin
- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), Klinikum der Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Straße 17, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, 74, Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, 74, Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, 74, Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), Klinikum der Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Straße 17, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), Klinikum der Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Straße 17, D-81377 Munich, Germany
- Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich 81377, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, 74, Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), Klinikum der Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Straße 17, D-81377 Munich, Germany
- Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich 81377, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, 74, Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France
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Bettini S, Valli L, Giancane G. Applications of Photoinduced Phenomena in Supramolecularly Arranged Phthalocyanine Derivatives: A Perspective. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25163742. [PMID: 32824375 PMCID: PMC7463501 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25163742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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This review focuses on the description of several examples of supramolecular assemblies of phthalocyanine derivatives differently functionalized and interfaced with diverse kinds of chemical species for photo-induced phenomena applications. In fact, the role of different substituents was investigated in order to tune peculiar aggregates formation as well as, with the same aim, the possibility to interface these derivatives with other molecular species, as electron donor and acceptor, carbon allotropes, cyclodextrins, protein cages, drugs. Phthalocyanine photo-physical features are indeed really interesting and appealing but need to be preserved and optimized. Here, we highlight that the supramolecular approach is a versatile method to build up very complex and functional architectures. Further, the possibility to minimize the organization energy and to facilitate the spontaneous assembly of the molecules, in numerous examples, has been demonstrated to be more useful and performing than the covalent approach.
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- Simona Bettini
- Department of Engineering of Innovation, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy;
- National Interuniversity Consortium for Materials Science and Technology, INSTM, Via Giuseppe Giusti, 9, 50121 Florence, Italy;
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- National Interuniversity Consortium for Materials Science and Technology, INSTM, Via Giuseppe Giusti, 9, 50121 Florence, Italy;
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
- Correspondence:
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- National Interuniversity Consortium for Materials Science and Technology, INSTM, Via Giuseppe Giusti, 9, 50121 Florence, Italy;
- Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Salento, Via D. Birago, 64, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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Mahapatra M, Dutta A, Mitra M, Karmakar M, Ghosh NN, Chattopadhyay PK, Singha NR. Intrinsically Fluorescent Biocompatible Terpolymers for Detection and Removal of Bi(III) and Cell Imaging. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:6155-6166. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Manas Mahapatra
- Advanced Polymer Laboratory, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology (Post Graduate), Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700106, West Bengal, India
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- Advanced Polymer Laboratory, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology (Post Graduate), Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700106, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Leather Technology, Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology (Post Graduate), Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700106, West Bengal, India
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- Advanced Polymer Laboratory, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology (Post Graduate), Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700106, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Gour Banga, Mokdumpur 732103, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Leather Technology, Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology (Post Graduate), Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700106, West Bengal, India
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- Advanced Polymer Laboratory, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology (Post Graduate), Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700106, West Bengal, India
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Ashokkumar P, Adarsh N, Klymchenko AS. Ratiometric Nanoparticle Probe Based on FRET-Amplified Phosphorescence for Oxygen Sensing with Minimal Phototoxicity. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e2002494. [PMID: 32583632 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202002494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Luminescent oxygen probes enable direct imaging of hypoxic conditions in cells and tissues, which are associated with a variety of diseases, including cancer. Here, a nanoparticle probe that addresses key challenges in the field is developed, it: i) strongly amplifies room temperature phosphorescence of encapsulated oxygen-sensitive dyes; ii) provides ratiometric response to oxygen; and iii) solves the fundamental problem of phototoxicity of phosphorescent sensors. The nanoprobe is based on 40 nm polymeric nanoparticles, encapsulating ≈2000 blue-emitting cyanine dyes with fluorinated tetraphenylborate counterions, which are as bright as 70 quantum dots (QD525). It functions as a light-harvesting nanoantenna that undergoes efficient Förster resonance energy transfer to ≈20 phosphorescent oxygen-sensitive platinum octaethylporphyrin (PtOEP) acceptor dyes. The obtained nanoprobe emits stable blue fluorescence and oxygen-sensitive red phosphorescence, providing ratiometric response to dissolved oxygen. The light harvesting leads to ≈60-fold phosphorescence amplification and makes the single nanoprobe particle as bright as ≈1200 PtOEP dyes. This high brightness enables oxygen detection at a single-particle level and in cells at ultra-low nanoprobe concentration with no sign of phototoxicity, in contrast to PtOEP dye. The developed nanoprobe is successfully applied to the imaging of a microfluidics-generated oxygen gradient in cancer cells. It constitutes a promising tool for bioimaging of hypoxia.
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- Pichandi Ashokkumar
- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, CS, 60024, France
- Department of Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, 630003, India
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, CS, 60024, France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, CS, 60024, France
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Wu L, Zou H, Wang H, Zhang S, Liu S, Jiang Y, Chen J, Li Y, Shao M, Zhang R, Li X, Dong J, Yang L, Wang K, Zhu X, Sun X. Update on the development of molecular imaging and nanomedicine in China: Optical imaging. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 13:e1660. [PMID: 32725869 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Molecular imaging has received increased attention worldwide, including in China, because it offers noninvasive characterization of widely diverse clinically significant pathologies. To achieve these goals, nanomedicine has evolved into a broad interdisciplinary field with flexible designs to accommodate and concentrate imaging and therapeutic payloads into pathological cells through selective binding to disease specific cell membrane biomarkers. This concept of personalized medicine reflects the vision of "magic bullets" proposed by German biochemist Paul Ehrlich over 100 years ago. As happening worldwide, Chinese scientists are contributing to this tsunami of science and technologies through impactful national programs and international research collaborations. This review provides a comprehensive update of Chinese innovations to address intractable unmet medical need in China and worldwide in the optical sciences. This article is categorized under: Diagnostic Tools > in vivo Nanodiagnostics and Imaging.
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- Lina Wu
- NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Molecular Probe and Targeted Theranostics, Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRC), Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.,TOF-PET/CT/MR Center, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Molecular Probe and Targeted Theranostics, Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRC), Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.,TOF-PET/CT/MR Center, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Molecular Probe and Targeted Theranostics, Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRC), Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.,TOF-PET/CT/MR Center, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Molecular Probe and Targeted Theranostics, Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRC), Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.,TOF-PET/CT/MR Center, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Molecular Probe and Targeted Theranostics, Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRC), Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.,TOF-PET/CT/MR Center, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Molecular Probe and Targeted Theranostics, Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRC), Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.,TOF-PET/CT/MR Center, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Molecular Probe and Targeted Theranostics, Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRC), Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.,TOF-PET/CT/MR Center, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Molecular Probe and Targeted Theranostics, Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRC), Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.,TOF-PET/CT/MR Center, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Molecular Probe and Targeted Theranostics, Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRC), Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.,TOF-PET/CT/MR Center, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Molecular Probe and Targeted Theranostics, Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRC), Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.,TOF-PET/CT/MR Center, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Molecular Probe and Targeted Theranostics, Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRC), Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.,TOF-PET/CT/MR Center, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Molecular Probe and Targeted Theranostics, Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRC), Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.,TOF-PET/CT/MR Center, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Molecular Probe and Targeted Theranostics, Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRC), Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.,TOF-PET/CT/MR Center, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Molecular Probe and Targeted Theranostics, Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRC), Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.,TOF-PET/CT/MR Center, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Qi J, Duan X, Cai Y, Jia S, Chen C, Zhao Z, Li Y, Peng HQ, Kwok RTK, Lam JWY, Ding D, Tang BZ. Simultaneously boosting the conjugation, brightness and solubility of organic fluorophores by using AIEgens. Chem Sci 2020; 11:8438-8447. [PMID: 34123103 PMCID: PMC8163428 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc03423a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Organic near-infrared (NIR) emitters hold great promise for biomedical applications. Yet, most organic NIR fluorophores face the limitations of short emission wavelengths, low brightness, unsatisfactory processability, and the aggregation-caused quenching effect. Therefore, development of effective molecular design strategies to improve these important properties at the same time is a highly pursued topic, but very challenging. Herein, aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) are employed as substituents to simultaneously extend the conjugation length, boost the fluorescence quantum yield, and increase the solubility of organic NIR fluorophores, being favourable for biological applications. A series of donor-acceptor type compounds with different substituent groups (i.e., hydrogen, phenyl, and tetraphenylethene (TPE)) are synthesized and investigated. Compared to the other two analogs, MTPE-TP3 with TPE substituents exhibits the reddest fluorescence, highest brightness, and best solubility. Both the conjugated structure and twisted conformation of TPE groups endow the resulting compounds with improved fluorescence properties and processability for biomedical applications. The in vitro and in vivo applications reveal that the NIR nanoparticles function as a potent probe for tumour imaging. This study would provide new insights into the development of efficient building blocks for improving the performance of organic NIR emitters.
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- Ji Qi
- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Centre for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong China
- HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute No. 9 Yuexing First RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan Shenzhen 518057 China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong China
- HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute No. 9 Yuexing First RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan Shenzhen 518057 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong China
- HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute No. 9 Yuexing First RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan Shenzhen 518057 China
- NSFC Centre for Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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Xu Y, Li C, Xu R, Zhang N, Wang Z, Jing X, Yang Z, Dang D, Zhang P, Meng L. Tuning molecular aggregation to achieve highly bright AIE dots for NIR-II fluorescence imaging and NIR-I photoacoustic imaging. Chem Sci 2020; 11:8157-8166. [PMID: 34123087 PMCID: PMC8163436 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc03160g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Currently, bright aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) with high photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQYs) in the NIR-II region are still limited, and thus an efficient strategy to enhance NIR-II fluorescence performance through tuning molecular aggregation is proposed here. The synthesized donor-acceptor tailored AIEgen (DTPA-TBZ) not only exhibits an excellent absorptivity in the NIR-I region, but also good fluorescence signals in the NIR-II region with an emission extending to 1200 nm. Benefiting from such improved intramolecular restriction and aggregation, a significant absolute PLQY value of 8.98% was obtained in solid DTPA-TBZ. Encouragingly, the resulting AIE dots also exhibit a high relative PLQY of up to 11.1% with IR 26 as the reference (PLQY = 0.5%). Finally, the AIE dots were applied in high performance NIR-II fluorescence imaging and NIR-I photoacoustic (PA) imaging: visualization of abdominal vessels, hind limb vasculature, and cerebral vessels with high signal to background ratios was performed via NIR-II imaging; Moreover, PA imaging has also been performed to clearly observe tumors in vivo. These results demonstrate that by finely tuning molecular aggregation in DTPA-TBZ, a good NIR-I absorptivity and a highly emissive fluorescence in the NIR-II region can be achieved simultaneously, finally resulting in a promising dual-modal imaging platform for real-world applications to achieve precise cancer diagnostics.
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- Yanzi Xu
- School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry, Xi'an Jiao Tong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Bioactive Materials Engineering Lab for Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry, Xi'an Jiao Tong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry, Xi'an Jiao Tong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry, Xi'an Jiao Tong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry, Xi'an Jiao Tong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry, Xi'an Jiao Tong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry, Xi'an Jiao Tong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Bioactive Materials Engineering Lab for Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Non-equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry, Xi'an Jiao Tong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
- Instrumental Analysis Center, Xi'an Jiao Tong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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Xie C, Zhou W, Zeng Z, Fan Q, Pu K. Grafted semiconducting polymer amphiphiles for multimodal optical imaging and combination phototherapy. Chem Sci 2020; 11:10553-10570. [PMID: 34094312 PMCID: PMC8162460 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc01721c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Semiconducting polymer nanoparticles (SPNs) have gained growing attention in biomedical applications. However, the preparation of SPNs is usually limited to nanoprecipitation in the presence of amphiphilic copolymers, which encounters the issue of dissociation. As an alternative to SPNs, grafted semiconducting polymer amphiphiles (SPAs) composed of a semiconducting polymer (SP) backbone and hydrophilic side chains show increased physiological stability and improved optical properties. This review summarizes recent advances in SPAs for cancer imaging and combination phototherapy. The applications of SPAs in optical imaging including fluorescence, photoacoustic, multimodal and activatable imaging are first described, followed by the discussion of applications in imaging-guided phototherapy and combination therapy, light-triggered drug delivery and gene regulation. At last, the conclusion and future prospects in this field are discussed.
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- Chen Xie
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637457
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications Nanjing 210023 China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637457
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Li W, Wang L, Yin S, Lai H, Yuan L, Zhang X. Engineering a highly selective probe for ratiometric imaging of H 2S n and revealing its signaling pathway in fatty liver disease. Chem Sci 2020; 11:7991-7999. [PMID: 34094167 PMCID: PMC8163144 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc03336g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Hydrogen polysulfides (H2S n , n > 1) have continuously been proved to act as important signal mediators in many physiological processes. However, the physiological role of H2S n and their signaling pathways in complex diseases, such as the most common liver disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), have not been elucidated due to lack of suitable tools for selective detection of intracellular H2S n . Herein, we adopted a general and practical strategy including recognition site screening, construction of a ratiometric probe and self-assembly of nanoparticles, to significantly improve the probes' selectivity, photostability and biocompatibility. The ratiometric probe PPG-Np-RhPhCO selectively responds to H2S n , avoiding interaction with biothiol and persulfide. Moreover, this probe was applied to image H2S n in NAFLD for the first time and reveal the H2S n generation pathways in the cell model of drug-treated NAFLD. The pathway of H2S n revealed by PPG-Np-RhPhCO provides significant insights into the roles of H2S n in NAFLD and future drug development.
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- Wei Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research Jahnstrasse 29 Heidelberg 69120 Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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Fu S, Cai Z, Liu L, Yang L, Jin R, Lu Z, Ai H. Controlled aggregation of amphiphilic aggregation‐induced emission polycation and superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles as fluorescence/magnetic resonance imaging probes. J Appl Polym Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/app.48760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Shengxiang Fu
- National Engineering Research Center for BiomaterialsSichuan University Chengdu China
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- National Engineering Research Center for BiomaterialsSichuan University Chengdu China
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- National Engineering Research Center for BiomaterialsSichuan University Chengdu China
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- National Engineering Research Center for BiomaterialsSichuan University Chengdu China
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- National Engineering Research Center for BiomaterialsSichuan University Chengdu China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology (Ministry of Education), College of ChemistrySichuan University Chengdu China
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- National Engineering Research Center for BiomaterialsSichuan University Chengdu China
- Department of Radiology, West China HospitalSichuan University Chengdu China
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Dragonfly-shaped near-infrared AIEgen with optimal fluorescence brightness for precise image-guided cancer surgery. Biomaterials 2020; 248:120036. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Sun XW, Wang ZH, Li YJ, Yang HL, Gong GF, Zhang YM, Yao H, Wei TB, Lin Q. Transparency and AIE tunable supramolecular polymer hydrogel acts as TEA-HCl vapor controlled smart optical material. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:5734-5739. [PMID: 32525181 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm00522c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Stimuli-responsive optical materials attract lots of attention due to their broad applications. Herein, a novel smart stimuli-responsive supramolecular polymer was successfully constructed using a simple tripodal quaternary ammonium-based gelator (TH). The TH self-assembles into a supramolecular polymer hydrogel (TH-G) and shows aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties. Interestingly, the transparency and fluorescence of the TH-G xerogel film (TH-GF) could be reversibly regulated by use of triethylamine (TEA) and hydrochloric acid (HCl) vapor. When alternately fumed with TEA and HCl vapor, the optical transmittance of the TH-GF was changed from 8.9% to 92.7%. Meanwhile, the fluorescence of the TH-G shows an "ON/OFF" switch. The reversible switching of the transparency and the fluorescence of the TH-GF is attributed to the assembly and disassembly of the supramolecular polymer TH-G. Based on these stimuli-response properties, the TH-GF could act as an optical material and shows potential applications as smart windows or fluorescent display material controlled by TEA and HCl vapor.
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- Xiao-Wen Sun
- Key Laboratory of Eco-Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
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Yang Y, Fryer C, Sharkey J, Thomas A, Wais U, Jackson AW, Wilm B, Murray P, Zhang H. Perylene Diimide Nanoprobes for In Vivo Tracking of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Using Photoacoustic Imaging. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:27930-27939. [PMID: 32463217 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c03857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Noninvasive bioimaging techniques are critical for assessing the biodistribution of cellular therapies longitudinally. Among them, photoacoustic imaging (PAI) can generate high-resolution images with a tissue penetration depth of ∼4 cm. However, it is essential and still highly challenging to develop stable and efficient near-infrared (NIR) probes with low toxicity for PAI. We report here the preparation and use of perylene diimide derivative (PDI) with NIR absorbance (around 700 nm) as nanoprobes for tracking mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) in mice. Employing an in-house synthesized star hyperbranched polymer as a stabilizer is the key to the formation of stable PDI nanoparticles with low toxicity and high uptake by the MSCs. The PDI nanoparticles remain within the MSCs as demonstrated by in vitro and in vivo assessments. The PDI-labeled MSCs injected subcutaneously on the flanks of the mice are clearly visualized with PAI up to 11 days postadministration. Furthermore, bioluminescence imaging of PDI-labeled luciferase-expressing MSCs confirms that the administered cells remain viable for the duration of the experiment. These PDI nanoprobes thus have good potential for tracking administered cells in vivo using PAI.
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- Yonghong Yang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Oxford Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, U.K
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 3BX, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Oxford Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, U.K
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 3BX, U.K
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 3BX, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Oxford Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Oxford Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, U.K
- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Science, 1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island 627833, Singapore
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Science, 1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island 627833, Singapore
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 3BX, U.K
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 3BX, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Oxford Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, U.K
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Biesen L, Nirmalananthan‐Budau N, Hoffmann K, Resch‐Genger U, Müller TJJ. Solid-State Emissive Aroyl-S,N-Ketene Acetals with Tunable Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:10037-10041. [PMID: 31990116 PMCID: PMC7317214 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201916396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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N-Benzyl aroyl-S,N-ketene acetals can be readily synthesized by condensation of aroyl chlorides and N-benzyl 2-methyl benzothiazolium salts in good to excellent yields, yielding a library of 35 chromophores with bright solid-state emission and aggregation-induced emission characteristics. Varying the substituent from electron-donating to electron-withdrawing enables the tuning of the solid-state emission color from deep blue to red.
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- Lukas Biesen
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare ChemieHeinrich-Heine-Universität DüsseldorfUniversitätsstrasse 140225DüsseldorfGermany
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- Division BiophotonicsBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)Department 1Richard-Willstätter-Strasse 1112489BerlinGermany
- Institut für Chemie und BiochemieFreie Universität BerlinTakustrasse 314195BerlinGermany
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- Division BiophotonicsBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)Department 1Richard-Willstätter-Strasse 1112489BerlinGermany
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- Division BiophotonicsBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)Department 1Richard-Willstätter-Strasse 1112489BerlinGermany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare ChemieHeinrich-Heine-Universität DüsseldorfUniversitätsstrasse 140225DüsseldorfGermany
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Jin G, Li W, Song F, Zhao J, Wang M, Liu Q, Li A, Huang G, Xu F. Fluorescent conjugated polymer nanovector for in vivo tracking and regulating the fate of stem cells for restoring infarcted myocardium. Acta Biomater 2020; 109:195-207. [PMID: 32294553 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Stem cell therapy holds great promise for cardiac regeneration. However, the lack of ability to control stem cell fate after in vivo transplantation greatly restricts its therapeutic outcomes. MicroRNA delivery has emerged as a powerful tool to control stem cell fate for enhanced cardiac regeneration. However, the clinical translation of therapy based on gene-transfected stem cells remains challenging, due to the unknown in vivo behaviors of stem cells. Here, we developed a nano-platform (i.e., PFBT@miR-1-Tat NPs) that can achieve triggered release of microRNA-1 to promote cardiac differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), and long-term tracking of transplanted MSCs through bright and ultra-stable fluorescence of conjugated polymer poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-alt-benzothiadiazole) (PFBT). We found that PFBT@miR-1-Tat NP-treated MSCs significantly restored the infarcted myocardium by promoting stem cell cardiac differentiation and integration with the in situ cardiac tissues. Meanwhile, MSCs without gene delivery improved the infarcted heart functions mainly through a paracrine effect and blood vessel formation. The developed conjugated polymer nanovector should be a powerful tool for manipulating as well as revealing the fate of therapeutic cells in vivo, which is critical for optimizing the therapeutic route of gene and cell combined therapy and therefore for accelerating clinical translation. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: The lack of controllability in stem cell fate and the unclear in vivo cellular behaviors restrict the therapeutic outcomes of stem cell therapy. Herein, we engineered fluorescent conjugated polymer nanoparticles as gene delivery nanovectors with controlled release and high intracellular delivery capability to harness the fate of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in vivo, meanwhile to reveal the cellular mechanism of gene-treated stem cell therapy. As compared with only MSC treatment that improves infarcted myocardium functions through paracrine effect, treatment with conjugated polymer nanovector-treated MSCs significantly restored infarcted myocardium through enhancing MSC cardiac differentiation and integration with the in-situ cardiac tissues. These findings demonstrate that the conjugated polymer nanovector would be a powerful tool in optimizing gene and cell combined therapy.
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- Guorui Jin
- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China; Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center (BEBC), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China; Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center (BEBC), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China
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- Department of Chinese Materia Medica and Natural Medicines, School of Pharmacy, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, PR China
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- Shaanxi Key Lab Degradable Biomedical Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, 229 North Taibai North Road, Xi'an 710069, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China; Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center (BEBC), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China; Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center (BEBC), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China; Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center (BEBC), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China.
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Liu MH, Chen TC, Vicente JR, Yao CN, Yang YC, Chen CP, Lin PW, Ho YC, Chen J, Lin SY, Chan YH. Cyanine-Based Polymer Dots with Long-Wavelength Excitation and Near-Infrared Fluorescence beyond 900 nm for In Vivo Biological Imaging. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:3846-3858. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Ming-Ho Liu
- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, United States
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County 35053, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, United States
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County 35053, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
- Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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Miao X, Tao H, Hu W, Pan Y, Fan Q, Huang W. Elucidating the excited-state dynamics behavior in near-infrared Bodipy dye and aggregates toward biophotonics. Sci China Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-020-9731-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Cai X, Liu B. Aggregation‐Induced Emission: Recent Advances in Materials and Biomedical Applications. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:9868-9886. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202000845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Xiaolei Cai
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringNational University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585 Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringNational University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585 Singapore
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Cai X, Liu B. Aggregation‐Induced Emission: Recent Advances in Materials and Biomedical Applications. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202000845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Xiaolei Cai
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringNational University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585 Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringNational University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585 Singapore
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Kaya E, Kurtay G, Korkmaz A. Combined DFT-experimental investigation and preparation of two new Thiadiazole-based Bithiophene or Fluorene containing polymers via Suzuki-Miyaura reactions. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-020-02086-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Chen M, Zhang X, Liu J, Liu F, Zhang R, Wei P, Feng H, Tu M, Qin A, Lam JWY, Ding D, Tang BZ. Evoking Photothermy by Capturing Intramolecular Bond Stretching Vibration-Induced Dark-State Energy. ACS NANO 2020; 14:4265-4275. [PMID: 32160460 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b09625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Development of highly effective approaches to desirable photothermal conversion agents is particularly valuable. Herein, we report a concept, namely, bond stretching vibration-induced photothermy, that serves as a mechanism to construct advanced photothermal conversion agents. As a proof-of-concept, two compounds (DCP-TPA and DCP-PTPA) with donor-acceptor (D-A) structures were synthesized. The bond stretching vibration of the pyrazine-containing unit in these molecules is vigorous and insensitive to the external environmental restraint, which efficiently transforms the absorbed photons to dark-state heat energy. The nanoparticles (NPs) of DCP-TPA and DCP-PTPA show rather high photothermal conversion efficiency (52% and 59%) and stronger photoacoustic (PA) signal than commercial methylene blue and reported high-performance semiconducting polymer nanoparticles. The DCP-PTPA NPs perform better than DCP-TPA NPs in terms of photothermal conversion, PA signal production, and in vivo PA tumor imaging because of the increased bond stretching vibration in the former molecule.
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- Ming Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Division of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, and College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Division of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Division of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Division of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Division of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Institute, 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 Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Division of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, and College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
- Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Institute, 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 Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Division of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Xu D, Li L, Chu C, Zhang X, Liu G. Advances and perspectives in near-infrared fluorescent organic probes for surgical oncology. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 12:e1635. [PMID: 32297455 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2020] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Surgical resection of solid tumors is currently the most efficient and preferred therapeutic strategy for treating cancer. Despite significant medical, technical, and scientific advances, the complete treatment of this lethal disease is still a challenging task. New imaging techniques and contrast agents are urgently needed to improve cytoreductive surgery and patient outcomes. Tumor-targeted probes are valuable for guiding a surgical resection of tumor from subjective judgments to visual inspection. Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent imaging is a promising technology in preclinical and clinical tumor diagnosis and therapy. The rapid development in NIR fluorophores with improved optical properties, targeting strategies, and imaging devices has brought about prospective study of novel NIR nanomaterials for intraoperative tumor detection. In this review, we summarize the recent development in NIR-emitting organic fluorophores and cancer-targeting strategies that specifically target and accumulate in tumors for the molecular imaging of cancerous cells. We believe this technique utilizing new fluorescent probes with an intraoperative optical imaging capacity could provide a more sensitive and accurate method for cancer resection guidance, thereby resulting in better surgical outcomes. This article is categorized under: Diagnostic Tools > in vivo Nanodiagnostics and Imaging Nanotechnology Approaches to Biology > Nanoscale Systems in Biology.
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- Dazhuang Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.,Department of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Liao C, Huang H, Liang C, Wang X. Multifunctional Janus Particles Composed of Azo Polymer and Pyrene-Containing Polymer. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:3159-3173. [PMID: 32134667 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This study investigated Janus particles (JPs) composed of an azo polymer and a pyrene-containing polymer, focusing on preparation, formation mechanism, photoinduced deformation behavior, and fluorescent properties as well as tunable colors of the dispersions. A methacrylate-based copolymer containing pyrenyl groups (P(MMA-co-PyMA)) and two azo polymers, i.e., a methacrylate-based polymer (PCNAZO) and an epoxy-based polymer (CH-TZ-NT) both bearing push-pull-type azo chromophores, were synthesized for this purpose. Two types of Janus particles, P(MMA-co-PyMA)/PCNAZO JPs and P(MMA-co-PyMA)/CH-TZ-NT JPs, were fabricated through microphase separation of the components in the droplets dispersed in aqueous media, induced by the evaporation of the organic solvent. The process of JP formation was thoroughly investigated by exploiting the function of pyrene moieties as a molecular probe through measuring the fluorescence emission spectra at different times during the structure evolution. The photoluminescent (PL) intensity, excimer emission, and vibrational fine structure of the fluorescence spectra were observed to give information about phase separation and solidification occurred in the dispersed droplets. The observations were rationalized by analysis with ternary phase diagrams calculated on the basis of the Flory-Huggins theory. Upon irradiation with a linearly polarized laser beam at 488 nm, the azo polymer parts in the P(MMA-co-PyMA)/PCNAZO JPs were observed to be elongated along the electric vibration direction of the polarized light and transformed into particles with unique morphologies. The dispersions of JPs with different compositions of the two types of the polymers showed highly tunable color changes originating from both fluorescence of the pyrenyl fluorophores and light absorption of the azo chromophores.
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- Chuyi Liao
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory of Advanced Materials (MOE), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory of Advanced Materials (MOE), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory of Advanced Materials (MOE), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory of Advanced Materials (MOE), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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Jiang Z, Liu H, He H, Ribbe AE, Thayumanavan S. Blended Assemblies of Amphiphilic Random and Block Copolymers for Tunable Encapsulation and Release of Hydrophobic Guest Molecules. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Ziwen Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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Sun A, Guo H, Gan Q, Yang L, Liu Q, Xi L. Evaluation of visible NIR-I and NIR-II light penetration for photoacoustic imaging in rat organs. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:9002-9013. [PMID: 32225514 DOI: 10.1364/oe.389714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In this study, we evaluate the penetration capability of light in visible, near-infrared-I (NIR-I) and near-infrared-II (NIR-II) optical windows for photoacoustic macroscale imaging inside 9 biological tissues with three typical penetration depths. An acoustic resolution photoacoustic microscopy is designed to guarantee the consistent experiment conditions except excitation wavelength. Experimental results show that short NIR-II (1000-1150 nm) shows the best performance inside kidney, spleen and liver tissues at all depths, while NIR-I (700-1000 nm) works better for muscle, stomach, heart and brain tissues, especially in deep imaging. This study proposes the optimal selection of illumination wavelengths for photoacoustic macroscale imaging in rat organs, which enables the best signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the observed target.
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Li Y, Cai Z, Liu S, Zhang H, Wong STH, Lam JWY, Kwok RTK, Qian J, Tang BZ. Design of AIEgens for near-infrared IIb imaging through structural modulation at molecular and morphological levels. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1255. [PMID: 32152288 PMCID: PMC7062876 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15095-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Fluorescence imaging in near-infrared IIb (NIR-IIb, 1500-1700 nm) spectrum holds a great promise for tissue imaging. While few inorganic NIR-IIb fluorescent probes have been reported, their organic counterparts are still rarely developed, possibly due to the shortage of efficient materials with long emission wavelength. Herein, we propose a molecular design philosophy to explore pure organic NIR-IIb fluorophores by manipulation of the effects of twisted intramolecular charge transfer and aggregation-induced emission at the molecular and morphological levels. An organic fluorescent dye emitting up to 1600 nm with a quantum yield of 11.5% in the NIR-II region is developed. NIR-IIb fluorescence imaging of blood vessels and deeply-located intestinal tract of live mice based on organic dyes is achieved with high clarity and enhanced signal-to-background ratio. We hope this study will inspire further development on the evolution of pure organic NIR-IIb dyes for bio-imaging.
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- Yuanyuan Li
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute, No. 9 Yuexing 1st RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentations, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute, No. 9 Yuexing 1st RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute, No. 9 Yuexing 1st RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute, No. 9 Yuexing 1st RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentations, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. .,HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute, No. 9 Yuexing 1st RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen, 518057, China. .,Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China. .,Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Hong Kong, China.
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Jing J, Xue YR, Liu YX, Xu B, Li HW, Liu L, Wu Y, Tian W. Co-assembly of HPV capsid proteins and aggregation-induced emission fluorogens for improved cell imaging. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:5501-5506. [PMID: 32091054 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr09084c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In order to improve the cell-imaging ability, and particularly, to extend the bio-application of AIEgen, human papillomavirus (HPV) capsid protein L1 was assembled with the complex of DNA and aggregation-induced emission fluorogen 9,10-distyrylhydrazine (DSAI), where the virus-like particles (VLPs) of HPV encapsulate the complex via electrostatic interaction. The co-assembled nanoparticles, DSAI-DNA@VLPs, showed homogeneous size (∼53 nm), enhanced fluorescence (8 × 2.5-fold), considerable stability (anti-DNase digestion), improved biocompatibility and commendable protection for the DSAI-DNA complex, ensuring virtual brighter imaging in live cells, both for HeLa and normal 293T cell lines.
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- Jiangbo Jing
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Jilin University, No. 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, China.
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Biesen L, Nirmalananthan‐Budau N, Hoffmann K, Resch‐Genger U, Müller TJJ. Festkörperemittierende Aroyl‐
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- Lukas Biesen
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare ChemieHeinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Universitätsstraße 1 40225 Düsseldorf Deutschland
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- Fachbereich BiophotonikBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)Department 1 Richard-Willstätter-Straße 11 12489 Berlin Deutschland
- Institut für Chemie und BiochemieFreie Universität Berlin Takustraße 3 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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- Fachbereich BiophotonikBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)Department 1 Richard-Willstätter-Straße 11 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Fachbereich BiophotonikBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)Department 1 Richard-Willstätter-Straße 11 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare ChemieHeinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Universitätsstraße 1 40225 Düsseldorf Deutschland
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Jiang L, Liu L, Lv F, Wang S, Ren X. Integration of Self‐Luminescence and Oxygen Self‐Supply: A Potential Photodynamic Therapy Strategy for Deep Tumor Treatment. Chempluschem 2020; 85:510-518. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2020] [Revised: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Linye Jiang
- Department of Environmental Science and EngineeringCollege of Resources and Environmental SciencesChina Agricultural University Beijing 100193 P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesKey Laboratory of Organic SolidsInstitute of ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesKey Laboratory of Organic SolidsInstitute of ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesKey Laboratory of Organic SolidsInstitute of ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesKey Laboratory of Organic SolidsInstitute of ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- Department of Environmental Science and EngineeringCollege of Resources and Environmental SciencesChina Agricultural University Beijing 100193 P. R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland SoilPollution Prevention and RemediationChina Agricultural University Beijing 100193 P. R. China
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Wang H, Wei J, Zhang C, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Li L, Yu C, Zhang P, Chen J. Red carbon dots as label-free two-photon fluorescent nanoprobes for imaging of formaldehyde in living cells and zebrafishes. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2019.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Xia B, Yan X, Fang WW, Chen S, Jiang Z, Wang J, Sun TC, Li Q, Li Z, Lu Y, He T, Cao B, Yang CT. Activatable Cell-Penetrating Peptide Conjugated Polymeric Nanoparticles with Gd-Chelation and Aggregation-Induced Emission for Bimodal MR and Fluorescence Imaging of Tumors. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:1394-1405. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b01049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Bin Xia
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230009, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230009, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230009, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230009, People’s Republic of China
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- Centre for Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Soochow University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou 215123, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230009, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230009, People’s Republic of China
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- The Central Laboratory of Medical Research Centre, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230009, People’s Republic of China
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- Centre for Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Soochow University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou 215123, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation for Major Diseases of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230009, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation for Major Diseases of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230009, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of General Surgery, Anhui No. 2 Provincial People’s Hospital, Hefei, Anhui 230041, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Radiological Sciences Division, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608
- Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857
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Kalin AJ, Che S, Wang C, Mu AU, Duka EM, Fang L. Solution-Processable Porous Nanoparticles of a Conjugated Ladder Polymer Network. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Alexander J. Kalin
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3003 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-3003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 3255 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3003 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-3003, United States
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Yokel RA. Nanoparticle brain delivery: a guide to verification methods. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2020; 15:409-432. [DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2019-0169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Many reports conclude nanoparticle (NP) brain entry based on bulk brain analysis. Bulk brain includes blood, cerebrospinal fluid and blood vessels within the brain contributing to the blood–brain and blood–cerebrospinal fluid barriers. Considering the brain as neurons, glia and their extracellular space (brain parenchyma), most studies did not show brain parenchymal NP entry. Blood–brain and blood–cerebrospinal fluid barriers anatomy and function are reviewed. Methods demonstrating brain parenchymal NP entry are presented. Results demonstrating bulk brain versus brain parenchymal entry are classified. Studies are reviewed, critiqued and classified to illustrate results demonstrating bulk brain versus parenchymal entry. Brain, blood and peripheral organ NP timecourses are compared and related to brain parenchymal entry evidence suggesting brain NP timecourse informs about brain parenchymal entry.
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- Robert A Yokel
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0596, USA
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Wang J, Cheng Y, Peng R, Cui Q, Luo Y, Li L. Co-precipitation method to prepare molecularly imprinted fluorescent polymer nanoparticles for paracetamol sensing. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.124342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Asgher M, Qamar SA, Sadaf M, Iqbal HMN. Multifunctional materials conjugated with near-infrared fluorescent organic molecules and their targeted cancer bioimaging potentialities. Biomed Phys Eng Express 2020; 6:012003. [PMID: 33438589 DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/ab6e1d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Near-infrared fluorescent dyes based on small organic molecules are believed to have a great influence on cancer diagnosis at large and targeted cancer cell bioimaging, in particular. NIR dyes-based organic molecules have notable characteristics features, such as high tissue penetration and low tissue autofluorescence in the NIR spectral region. Cancer targeted bioimaging relies significantly on the synthesis of highly specific molecular probes with excellent stability. Recently, NIR dyes have emerged as unique fluorescent probes for cancer bioimaging. These current advancements have overcome many limitations of conventional NIR probes e.g., poor photostability and hydrophilicity, insufficient stability and low quantum yield. The further potential lies in NIR dyes or NIR dyes-coated nanocarriers conjugated with cancer-specific ligand (e.g., peptides, antibodies, proteins or other small molecules). Multifunctional NIR dyes have synthesized, which efficiently accumulate in cancer cells without requiring chemical conjugation and also these dyes have presented novel photophysical and pharmaceutical properties for in vivo imaging. This review highlights the recently developed NIR dyes with novel applications in cancer bioimaging. We believe that these novel fluorophores will enhance our understanding of cancer imaging and pave a new road in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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- Muhammad Asgher
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Tu TT, Lei YM, Chai YQ, Zhuo Y, Yuan R. Organic Dots Embedded in Mesostructured Silica Xerogel as High-Performance ECL Emitters: Preparation and Application for MicroRNA-126 Detection. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:3945-3952. [PMID: 31877251 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b17751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Unlike the organic micro/nanocrystals prepared using an emerging reprecipitation method, a novel method of embedding 1-pyrenecarboxaldehyde dots (PycDs) into a mesostructured silica xerogel (PycDs@MSX) for use as electrochemiluminescence (ECL) emitters was first proposed to achieve an extremely strong ECL response, with peroxydisulfate (S2O82-) used as a coreactant. In this method, (i) PycDs@MSX could ensure the reversal of the PycDs environment from hydrophobic to hydrophilic and (ii) PycDs@MSX could provide massive porous channels, allowing for access of hydrophilic reactive intermediates (i.e., sulfate anion radicals, SO4•-), which could accelerate the rate of mass transfer and electron transfer between S2O82- and PycDs. Using Ag nanoparticles as a coreaction accelerator and a 3D DNA nanomachine as a signal amplification strategy, the proposed ECL biosensing platform was constructed and achieved ultrasensitive detection of microRNA-126 with an excellent linear range (from 100 aM to 100 pM) and a low detection limit (13.0 aM). More importantly, this work not only developed an innovative avenue to improve the ECL efficiency of organic emitters in aqueous phases but also provided a powerful strategy for biochemical analysis and disease diagnosis applications.
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- Ting-Ting Tu
- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Southwest University , Chongqing 400715 , PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Southwest University , Chongqing 400715 , PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Southwest University , Chongqing 400715 , PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Southwest University , Chongqing 400715 , PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Southwest University , Chongqing 400715 , PR China
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Chen Y, Sun X, Pan W, Yu G, Wang J. Fe 3+-Sensitive Carbon Dots for Detection of Fe 3+ in Aqueous Solution and Intracellular Imaging of Fe 3+ Inside Fungal Cells. Front Chem 2020; 7:911. [PMID: 32010664 PMCID: PMC6974440 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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In this article, the Fe3+-sensitive carbon dots were obtained by means of a microwave-assisted method using glutamic acid and ethylenediamine as reactants. The carbon dots exhibited selective response to Fe3+ ions in aqueous solution with a turn-off mode, and a good linear relationship was found between (F0-F)/F0 and the concentration of Fe3+ in the range of 8-80 μM. As a result, the as-synthesized carbon dots can be developed as a fluorescent chemosensor for Fe3+ in aqueous solution. Moreover, the carbon dots can be applied as a fluorescent agent for fungal bioimaging since the fungal cells stained by the carbon dots were brightly illuminated on a confocal microscopy excited at 405 nm. Furthermore, an increase in the concentration of intracellular Fe3+ could result in fluorescence quenching of the carbon dots in the fungal cells when incubated in the Tris-HCl buffer solution containing Fe3+. However, due to EDTA might hinder Fe(III) to enter the fungal cells, incubation in Fe(III)-EDTA complex solution exerted negligible effect on the fluorescence of fungal cells labeled by the carbon dots. Therefore, the carbon dots can serve as a potential probe for intracellular imaging of Fe3+ inside fungal cells.
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- College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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Tian J, Zhou H, Jiang R, Chen J, Mao L, Liu M, Deng F, Liu L, Zhang X, Wei Y. Preparation and biological imaging of fluorescent hydroxyapatite nanoparticles with poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) through surface-initiated cationic ring-opening polymerization. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2020; 108:110424. [PMID: 31923979 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.110424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Revised: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fluorescent hydroxyapatite (HAp) nanoparticles have received significant attention in biomedical fields due to their outstanding advantages, such as low immunogenicity, excellent biocompatibility and biodegradability. However, fluorescent HAp nanoparticles with well controlled size and morphology are coated with hydrophobic molecules and their biomedical applications are largely restricted by their poor dispersibility in physiological solutions. Therefore, surface modification of these hydrophobic fluorescent HAp nanoparticles to render them water dispersibility is of utmost importance for biomedical applications. In this work, we reported for the first time for preparation of water-dispersible hydrophilic fluorescent Eu3+-doped HAp nanoparticles (named as HAp-PEOTx) through the cationic ring-opening polymerization using hydrophilic and biocompatible 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline (EOTx) as the monomer. The characterization techniques, such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) have been used to characterize these samples. Results confirmed that we could successfully obtain the hydrophilic fluorescent HAp-PEOTx composites through the strategy described above. These fluorescent HAp-PEOTx composites display great water dispersibility, unique fluorescent properties and excellent biocompatibility, making them promising for in vitro bioimaging applications.
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- Jianwen Tian
- Department of Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang 330031, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang 330031, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang 330031, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang 330031, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang 330031, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang 330031, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang 330031, China
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- Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 56 Yangming Road, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang 330031, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua Center for Frontier Polymer Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanotechnology, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan.
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Ni JS, Li Y, Yue W, Liu B, Li K. Nanoparticle-based Cell Trackers for Biomedical Applications. Theranostics 2020; 10:1923-1947. [PMID: 32042345 PMCID: PMC6993224 DOI: 10.7150/thno.39915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The continuous or real-time tracking of biological processes using biocompatible contrast agents over a certain period of time is vital for precise diagnosis and treatment, such as monitoring tissue regeneration after stem cell transplantation, understanding the genesis, development, invasion and metastasis of cancer and so on. The rationally designed nanoparticles, including aggregation-induced emission (AIE) dots, inorganic quantum dots (QDs), nanodiamonds, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs), and semiconducting polymer nanoparticles (SPNs), have been explored to meet this urgent need. In this review, the development and application of these nanoparticle-based cell trackers for a variety of imaging technologies, including fluorescence imaging, photoacoustic imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic particle imaging, positron emission tomography and single photon emission computing tomography are discussed in detail. Moreover, the further therapeutic treatments using multi-functional trackers endowed with photodynamic and photothermal modalities are also introduced to provide a comprehensive perspective in this promising research field.
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- Jen-Shyang Ni
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
- HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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Runser A, Dujardin D, Ernst P, Klymchenko AS, Reisch A. Zwitterionic Stealth Dye-Loaded Polymer Nanoparticles for Intracellular Imaging. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:117-125. [PMID: 31872751 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b15396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Intracellular applications of fluorescent nanoparticles (NPs) as probes and labels are currently limited by significant molecular crowding and the high level of complexity encountered inside living cells. The solution is to develop very small, bright, and noninteracting (stealth) NPs. Combining these properties requires implementing the stealth behavior through the thinnest possible hydrophilic shell. Here, we propose a one-step process for preparing ultrasmall and bright stealth NPs based on a zwitterionic (ZI) methacrylate-based copolymer. Dye-loaded polymer NPs are assembled through nanoprecipitation of the copolymer together with the salt of a rhodamine B derivative and a bulky hydrophobic counterion to achieve high particle brightness. We found that 10 mol % ZI groups in the polymer yield NPs of less than 15 nm that are stable in physiological salt conditions and practically resistant to protein adsorption, as suggested by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. The combination of the very small size with the nonfouling nature of these particles enables spreading of ZI polymer NPs in the whole cytosol after their microinjection into living cells. In addition, single-particle tracking showed up to four times faster diffusion of ZI NPs in the cytosol compared to PEGylated NPs. The obtained dye-loaded ZI polymer NPs open the route to intracellular single-particle tracking and biosensing applications.
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- Anne Runser
- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, Faculté de Pharmacie , CNRS UMR 7021, Université de Strasbourg , 67401 Illkirch Cedex , France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, Faculté de Pharmacie , CNRS UMR 7021, Université de Strasbourg , 67401 Illkirch Cedex , France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, Faculté de Pharmacie , CNRS UMR 7021, Université de Strasbourg , 67401 Illkirch Cedex , France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, Faculté de Pharmacie , CNRS UMR 7021, Université de Strasbourg , 67401 Illkirch Cedex , France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, Faculté de Pharmacie , CNRS UMR 7021, Université de Strasbourg , 67401 Illkirch Cedex , France
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Mo D, Lin L, Chao P, Lai H, Zhang Q, Tian L, He F. Chlorination vs. fluorination: a study of halogenated benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole-based organic semiconducting dots for near-infrared cellular imaging. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj00700e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The chlorinated dots based on chlorinated benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole unit possess higher fluorescence quantum yields, larger Stokes shifts, and better photostability than the fluorinated dots.
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- Daize Mo
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences
- University of Macau
- Macao
- China
- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- South University of Science and Technology
- Shenzhen
- China
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- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis
- Southern University of Science and Technology
- Shenzhen
- China
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- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis
- Southern University of Science and Technology
- Shenzhen
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences
- University of Macau
- Macao
- China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- South University of Science and Technology
- Shenzhen
- China
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- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis
- Southern University of Science and Technology
- Shenzhen
- China
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Abelha TF, Dreiss CA, Green MA, Dailey LA. Conjugated polymers as nanoparticle probes for fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:592-606. [DOI: 10.1039/c9tb02582k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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In this review, the role of conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs) in emerging bioimaging techniques is described.
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- Thais Fedatto Abelha
- King's College London
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science
- London
- UK
- School of Pharmacy
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- King's College London
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science
- London
- UK
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Rahman MZ, Kibria MG, Mullins CB. Metal-free photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:1887-1931. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cs00313d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 57.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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This article provides a comprehensive review of the latest progress, challenges and recommended future research related to metal-free photocatalysts for hydrogen productionviawater-splitting.
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- Mohammad Ziaur Rahman
- John J. Mcketta Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Austin
- USA
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
- University of Calgary
- 2500 University Drive
- NW Calgary
- Canada
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- John J. Mcketta Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Austin
- USA
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Xu S, Duan Y, Liu B. Precise Molecular Design for High-Performance Luminogens with Aggregation-Induced Emission. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e1903530. [PMID: 31583787 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201903530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Precise design of fluorescent molecules with desired properties has enabled the rapid development of many research fields. Among the different types of optically active materials, luminogens with aggregation-induced emission (AIEgens) have attracted significant interest over the past two decades. The negligible luminescence of AIEgens as a molecular species and high brightness in aggregate states distinguish them from conventional fluorescent dyes, which has galvanized efforts to bring AIEgens to a wide array of multidisciplinary applications. Herein, the useful principles and emerging structure-property relationships for precise molecular design toward AIEgens with desirable properties using concrete examples are revealed. The cutting-edge applications of AIEgens and their excellent performance in enabling new research directions in biomedical theranostics, optoelectronic devices, stimuli-responsive smart materials, and visualization of physical processes are also highlighted.
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- Shidang Xu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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Joothamongkon J, Asawapirom U, Thiramanas R, Jangpatarapongsa K, Polpanich D. Near-infrared polyfluorene encapsulated in poly(ε-caprolactone) nanoparticles with remarkable large Stokes shift. RSC Adv 2020; 10:33279-33287. [PMID: 35515050 PMCID: PMC9056670 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra05809b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent dyes have attracted increasing attention as fluorescent probes in biomedical applications due to their low biological autofluorescence as well as high tissue penetration depth. However, their being hydrophobic in nature limits their clinical use as they are prone to aggregate in the physiological environment. Herein, we have designed and synthesized a novel polymeric NIR fluorescent dye and then encapsulated it into a poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) matrix by way of an emulsion–diffusion technique. The effect of the structure of the surfactant on the nanoparticle properties is investigated. Results show that polymeric surfactant, Kolliphor® P188, allows the formation of a high fluorescence intensity of the nanoparticles with the highest level homogeneity and stability. The synthesized nanoparticles show significant advantages in terms of a remarkable large stokes shift (276 nm) in the aqueous solution and excellent biocompatibility. The fabrication process is not limited to encapsulation of polymeric fluorescent dye. The synthesized NIR polymeric nanoparticles would be potentially applicable for biomedical applications. A near-infrared dye encapsulated in poly(ε-caprolactone) nanoparticles have been synthesized. Using Kolliphor® P188 as a surfactant, the stable nanoparticles exhibit strong fluorescence intensity and remarkable large Stokes shift.![]()
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- Jaruwan Joothamongkon
- National Nanotechnology Center
- National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)
- Thailand
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- National Nanotechnology Center
- National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)
- Thailand
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- National Nanotechnology Center
- National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)
- Thailand
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- Center for Innovation Development and Technology Transfer
- Faculty of Medical Technology
- Mahidol University
- Bangkok 10700
- Thailand
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- National Nanotechnology Center
- National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)
- Thailand
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Scott PJ, Kasprzak CR, Feller KD, Meenakshisundaram V, Williams CB, Long TE. Light and latex: advances in the photochemistry of polymer colloids. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py00349b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Unparalleled temporal and spatial control of colloidal chemical processes introduces immense potential for the manufacturing, modification, and manipulation of latex particles.
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- Philip J. Scott
- Department of Chemistry
- Macromolecules Innovation Institute
- Virginia Tech
- Blacksburg
- USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Macromolecules Innovation Institute
- Virginia Tech
- Blacksburg
- USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Macromolecules Innovation Institute
- Virginia Tech
- Blacksburg
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Macromolecules Innovation Institute
- Virginia Tech
- Blacksburg
- USA
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Li G, Hu W, Zhao M, Zhao W, Li F, Liu S, Huang W, Zhao Q. Rational design of near-infrared platinum(ii)-acetylide conjugated polymers for photoacoustic imaging-guided synergistic phototherapy under 808 nm irradiation. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:7356-7364. [DOI: 10.1039/d0tb01107j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We have developed a novel near-infrared Pt-acetylide conjugated polymer CP3 with highly efficient photoconversion behaviors for synergistic cancer phototherapy.
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- Guo Li
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors
- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT)
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors
- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT)
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors
- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT)
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors
- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT)
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors
- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT)
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors
- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT)
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors
- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT)
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors
- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT)
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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Shi Z, Han X, Hu W, Bai H, Peng B, Ji L, Fan Q, Li L, Huang W. Bioapplications of small molecule Aza-BODIPY: from rational structural design to in vivo investigations. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:7533-7567. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00234h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This review highlights the empirical design guidelines and photophysical property manipulation of Aza-BODIPY dyes and the latest advances in their bioapplications.
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- Zhenxiong Shi
- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Xi’an 710072
- P. R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Xi’an 710072
- P. R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Xi’an 710072
- P. R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Xi’an 710072
- P. R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Xi’an 710072
- P. R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Xi’an 710072
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- P. R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Xi’an 710072
- P. R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics
- Xi’an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi’an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Xi’an 710072
- P. R. China
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