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Xiao F, Fang X, Li H, Xue H, Wei Z, Zhang W, Zhu Y, Lin L, Zhao Y, Wu C, Tian L. Light-Harvesting Fluorescent Spherical Nucleic Acids Self-Assembled from a DNA-Grafted Conjugated Polymer for Amplified Detection of Nucleic Acids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202115812. [PMID: 35064628 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202115812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
The ultralow concentration of nucleic acids in complex biological samples requires fluorescence probes with high specificity and sensitivity. Herein, a new kind of spherical nucleic acids (SNAs) is developed by using fluorescent π-conjugated polymers (FCPs) as a light-harvesting antenna to enhance the signal transduction of nucleic acid detection. Specifically, amphiphilic DNA-grafted FCPs are synthesized and self-assemble into FCP-SNA structures. Tuning the hydrophobicity of the graft copolymer can adjust the size and light-harvesting capability of the FCP-SNAs. We observe that more efficient signal amplification occurs in larger FCP-SNAs, as more chromophores are involved, and the energy transfer can go beyond the Förster radius. Accordingly, the optimized FCP-SNA shows an antenna effect of up to 37-fold signal amplification and the limit of detection down to 1.7 pM in microRNA detection. Consequently, the FCP-SNA is applied to amplified in situ nucleic acid detecting and imaging at the single-cell level.
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- Fan Xiao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Nangang District, Harbin, 150001, Heilongjiang, P. R. China.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and TechnologyInstitution, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
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- School of Life Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
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- School of Life Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and TechnologyInstitution, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
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Xiao F, Fang X, Li H, Xue H, Wei Z, Zhang W, Zhu Y, Lin L, Zhao Y, Wu C, Tian L. Light‐Harvesting Fluorescent Spherical Nucleic Acids Self‐Assembled from a DNA‐Grafted Conjugated Polymer for Amplified Detection of Nucleic Acids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202115812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Fan Xiao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering Harbin Institute of Technology, Nangang District Harbin 150001 Heilongjiang P. R. China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and TechnologyInstitution, Nanshan District Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
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- School of Life Science Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
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- School of Life Science Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and TechnologyInstitution, Nanshan District Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology, Nanshan District Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
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Chen H, Yu J, Zhang J, Sun K, Ding Z, Jiang Y, Hu Q, Wu C, Chiu DT. Monitoring Metabolites Using an NAD(P)H‐sensitive Polymer Dot and a Metabolite‐Specific Enzyme. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202106156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Haobin Chen
- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 510855 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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Chen H, Yu J, Zhang J, Sun K, Ding Z, Jiang Y, Hu Q, Wu C, Chiu DT. Monitoring Metabolites Using an NAD(P)H-sensitive Polymer Dot and a Metabolite-Specific Enzyme. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:19331-19336. [PMID: 34146440 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202106156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 06/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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We introduce an NAD(P)H-sensitive polymer dot (Pdot) biosensor for point-of-care monitoring of metabolites. The Pdot is combined with a metabolite-specific NAD(P)H-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of the metabolite, generating NAD(P)H. Upon UV illumination, the NAD(P)H quenches the fluorescence emission of Pdot at 627 nm via electron transfer, and also fluoresces at 458 nm, resulting in a shift from red to blue emission at higher NAD(P)H concentrations. Metabolite concentration is quantified ratiometrically-based on the ratio of blue-to-red channel emission intensities, with a digital camera-with high sensitivity and specificity. We demonstrate phenylalanine biosensing in human plasma for a phenylketonuria screening test, quantifying several other disease-related metabolites (lactate, glucose, glutamate, and β-hydroxybutyrate), and a paper-based assay with smartphore imaging for point-of-care use.
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- Haobin Chen
- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 510855, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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Ong SY, Zhang C, Dong X, Yao SQ. Recent Advances in Polymeric Nanoparticles for Enhanced Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202101964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Sing Yee Ong
- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 4 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117544 Singapore
- National University of Singapore Graduate School (Integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme, ISEP) National University of Singapore University Hall, Tan Chin Tuan Wing, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, #04-02 Singapore 119077 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 4 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117544 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 4 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117544 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 4 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117544 Singapore
- National University of Singapore Graduate School (Integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme, ISEP) National University of Singapore University Hall, Tan Chin Tuan Wing, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, #04-02 Singapore 119077 Singapore
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Jiang Y, Andronico LA, Jung SR, Chen H, Fujimoto B, Vojtech L, Chiu DT. High-Throughput Counting and Superresolution Mapping of Tetraspanins on Exosomes Using a Single-Molecule Sensitive Flow Technique and Transistor-like Semiconducting Polymer Dots. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:13470-13475. [PMID: 33797851 PMCID: PMC8215978 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202103282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A method for high-throughput counting and superresolution mapping of surface proteins on exosomes is described. The method combines a single-molecule sensitive flow technique and an adaptive superresolution imaging method. Exosomes stained with membrane dye and dye-conjugated antibodies were analyzed using a microfluidic platform at a flow rate of 100 exosome s-1 to determine size and protein copy number. Superresolution mapping was performed with exosomes labeled with novel transistor-like, semiconducting polymer dots (Pdots), which exhibit spontaneous blinking with <5 nm localization error and a broad range of optical-adjustable duty cycles. Based on the copy numbers extracted from the flow analysis, the switch-on frequency of the Pdots were finely adjusted so that structures of hundreds of exosomes were obtained within five minutes. The high throughput and high sensitivity of this method offer clear advantages for characterization of exosomes and similar biological vesicles.
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- Yifei Jiang
- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA
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Chen H, Yu J, Men X, Zhang J, Ding Z, Jiang Y, Wu C, Chiu DT. Reversible Ratiometric NADH Sensing Using Semiconducting Polymer Dots. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:12007-12012. [PMID: 33730372 PMCID: PMC8119375 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202100774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) is a key coenzyme in living cells due to its role as an electron carrier in redox reactions, and its concentration is an important indicator of cell metabolic state. Abnormal NADH levels are associated with age-related metabolic diseases and neurodegenerative disorders, creating a demand for a simple, rapid analytical method for point-of-care NADH sensing. Here we develop a series of NADH-sensitive semiconducting polymer dots (Pdots) as nanoprobes for NADH measurement, and test their performance in vitro and in vivo. NADH sensing is based on electron transfer from semiconducting polymer chains in the Pdot to NADH upon UV excitation, quenching Pdot fluorescence emission. In polyfluorene-based Pdots, this mechanism resulted in an on-off NADH sensor; in DPA-CNPPV Pdots, UV excitation resulted in NADH-sensitive emission at two wavelengths, enabling ratiometric detection. Ratiometric NADH detection using DPA-CNPPV Pdots exhibits high sensitivity (3.1 μM limit of detection), excellent selectivity versus other analytes, reversibility, and a fast response (less than 5 s). We demonstrate applications of the ratiometric NADH-sensing Pdots including smartphone-based NADH imaging for point-of-care use.
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- Haobin Chen
- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 510855, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 510855, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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Jiang Y, Andronico LA, Jung S, Chen H, Fujimoto B, Vojtech L, Chiu DT. High‐Throughput Counting and Superresolution Mapping of Tetraspanins on Exosomes Using a Single‐Molecule Sensitive Flow Technique and Transistor‐like Semiconducting Polymer Dots. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202103282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Yifei Jiang
- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle Washington 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle Washington 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle Washington 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle Washington 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle Washington 98195 USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Washington Seattle Washington 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle Washington 98195 USA
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Chen H, Yu J, Men X, Zhang J, Ding Z, Jiang Y, Wu C, Chiu DT. Reversible Ratiometric NADH Sensing Using Semiconducting Polymer Dots. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202100774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Haobin Chen
- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 510855 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 510855 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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Ong SY, Zhang C, Dong X, Yao SQ. Recent Advances in Polymeric Nanoparticles for Enhanced Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:17797-17809. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202101964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Sing Yee Ong
- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 4 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117544 Singapore
- National University of Singapore Graduate School (Integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme, ISEP) National University of Singapore University Hall, Tan Chin Tuan Wing, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, #04-02 Singapore 119077 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 4 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117544 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 4 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117544 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 4 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117544 Singapore
- National University of Singapore Graduate School (Integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme, ISEP) National University of Singapore University Hall, Tan Chin Tuan Wing, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, #04-02 Singapore 119077 Singapore
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Liu MH, Zhang Z, Yang YC, Chan YH. Polymethine-Based Semiconducting Polymer Dots with Narrow-Band Emission and Absorption/Emission Maxima at NIR-II for Bioimaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:983-989. [PMID: 32990356 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Deep-penetration fluorescence imaging in the second near-infrared (NIR-II) window heralds a new era of clinical surgery, in which high-resolution vascular/lymphatic anatomy and detailed cancerous tissues can be visualized in real time. Described here is a series of polymethine-based semiconducting polymers with intrinsic emission maxima in the NIR-IIa (1300-1400 nm) window and absorption maxima ranging from 1082 to 1290 nm. These polymers were prepared as semiconducting polymer dots (Pdots) in aqueous solutions with fluorescence quantum yields of 0.05-0.18 %, and they demonstrate promising applications in noninvasive through-skull brain imaging in live mice with remarkable spatial resolution as well as signal-to-background contrast. This study offers a platform for future design of NIR-IIa or even NIR-IIb emitting Pdots.
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- Ming-Ho Liu
- Department of Applied Chemistry/Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30050, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry/Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30050, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry/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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Liu M, Zhang Z, Yang Y, Chan Y. Polymethine‐Based Semiconducting Polymer Dots with Narrow‐Band Emission and Absorption/Emission Maxima at NIR‐II for Bioimaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202011914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Ming‐Ho Liu
- Department of Applied Chemistry/Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science National Chiao Tung University Hsinchu 30050 Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry/Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science National Chiao Tung University Hsinchu 30050 Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry/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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Liu X, Zhang K, Gao J, Chen Y, Tung C, Wu L. Monochromophore‐Based Phosphorescence and Fluorescence from Pure Organic Assemblies for Ratiometric Hypoxia Detection. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:23456-23460. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202007039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Xiao‐Qin Liu
- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- Department of Chemistry North University of China Taiyuan 030051 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 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Department of Chemistry North University of China Taiyuan 030051 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 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 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 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 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 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Liu X, Zhang K, Gao J, Chen Y, Tung C, Wu L. Monochromophore‐Based Phosphorescence and Fluorescence from Pure Organic Assemblies for Ratiometric Hypoxia Detection. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202007039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Xiao‐Qin Liu
- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- Department of Chemistry North University of China Taiyuan 030051 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 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Department of Chemistry North University of China Taiyuan 030051 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 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 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 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 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 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Liu Y, Liu J, Chen D, Wang X, Zhang Z, Yang Y, Jiang L, Qi W, Ye Z, He S, Liu Q, Xi L, Zou Y, Wu C. Fluorination Enhances NIR‐II Fluorescence of Polymer Dots for Quantitative Brain Tumor Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202007886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Ye Liu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Molecular Imaging Research Center Central South University Changsha 410083 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Molecular Imaging Research Center Central South University Changsha 410083 China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Molecular Imaging Research Center Central South University Changsha 410083 China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Molecular Imaging Research Center Central South University Changsha 410083 China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Molecular Imaging Research Center Central South University Changsha 410083 China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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Liu Y, Liu J, Chen D, Wang X, Zhang Z, Yang Y, Jiang L, Qi W, Ye Z, He S, Liu Q, Xi L, Zou Y, Wu C. Fluorination Enhances NIR-II Fluorescence of Polymer Dots for Quantitative Brain Tumor Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:21049-21057. [PMID: 32767727 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202007886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Here, we describe a fluorination strategy for semiconducting polymers for the development of highly bright second near-infrared region (NIR-II) probes. Tetrafluorination yielded a fluorescence QY of 3.2 % for the polymer dots (Pdots), over a 3-fold enhancement compared to non-fluorinated counterparts. The fluorescence enhancement was attributable to a nanoscale fluorous effect in the Pdots that maintained the molecular planarity and minimized the structure distortion between the excited state and ground state, thus reducing the nonradiative relaxations. By performing through-skull and through-scalp imaging of the brain vasculature of live mice, we quantitatively analyzed the vascular morphology of transgenic brain tumors in terms of the vessel lengths, vessel branches, and vessel symmetry, which showed statistically significant differences from the wild type animals. The bright NIR-II Pdots obtained through fluorination chemistry provide insightful information for precise diagnosis of the malignancy of the brain tumor.
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- Ye Liu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Molecular Imaging Research Center, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Molecular Imaging Research Center, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Molecular Imaging Research Center, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Molecular Imaging Research Center, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Molecular Imaging Research Center, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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Jiang Y, Hu Q, Chen H, Zhang J, Chiu DT, McNeill J. Dual‐Mode Superresolution Imaging Using Charge Transfer Dynamics in Semiconducting Polymer Dots. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202006348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yifei Jiang
- Department of Chemistry Clemson University Clemson SC 29634 USA
- Department of Chemistry University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Clemson University Clemson SC 29634 USA
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Jiang Y, Hu Q, Chen H, Zhang J, Chiu DT, McNeill J. Dual-Mode Superresolution Imaging Using Charge Transfer Dynamics in Semiconducting Polymer Dots. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:16173-16180. [PMID: 32521111 PMCID: PMC7811208 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In a conjugated polymer-based single-particle heterojunction, stochastic fluctuations of the photogenerated hole population lead to spontaneous fluorescence switching. We found that 405 nm irradiation can induce charge recombination and activate the single-particle emission. Based on these phenomena, we developed a novel class of semiconducting polymer dots that can operate in two superresolution imaging modes. The spontaneous switching mode offers efficient imaging of large areas, with <10 nm localization precision, while the photoactivation/deactivation mode offers slower imaging, with further improved localization precision (ca. 1 nm), showing advantages in resolving small structures that require high spatial resolution. Superresolution imaging of microtubules and clathrin-coated pits was demonstrated, under both modes. The excellent localization precision and versatile imaging options provided by these nanoparticles offer clear advantages for imaging of various biological systems.
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- Yifei Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
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Zhang Z, Fang X, Liu Z, Liu H, Chen D, He S, Zheng J, Yang B, Qin W, Zhang X, Wu C. Semiconducting Polymer Dots with Dual‐Enhanced NIR‐IIa Fluorescence for Through‐Skull Mouse‐Brain Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201914397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Zhe Zhang
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated OptoelectronicsCollege of Electronic Science and EngineeringJilin University, Changchun Jilin 130012 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated OptoelectronicsCollege of Electronic Science and EngineeringJilin University, Changchun Jilin 130012 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated OptoelectronicsCollege of Electronic Science and EngineeringJilin University, Changchun Jilin 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated OptoelectronicsCollege of Electronic Science and EngineeringJilin University, Changchun Jilin 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated OptoelectronicsCollege of Electronic Science and EngineeringJilin University, Changchun Jilin 130012 China
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- Cancer Centre and Centre of Reproduction, Development and Aging, Faculty of Health ScienceUniversity of Macau Taipa Macau SAR 999078 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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Zhang Z, Fang X, Liu Z, Liu H, Chen D, He S, Zheng J, Yang B, Qin W, Zhang X, Wu C. Semiconducting Polymer Dots with Dual‐Enhanced NIR‐IIa Fluorescence for Through‐Skull Mouse‐Brain Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:3691-3698. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201914397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Zhe Zhang
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated OptoelectronicsCollege of Electronic Science and EngineeringJilin University, Changchun Jilin 130012 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated OptoelectronicsCollege of Electronic Science and EngineeringJilin University, Changchun Jilin 130012 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated OptoelectronicsCollege of Electronic Science and EngineeringJilin University, Changchun Jilin 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated OptoelectronicsCollege of Electronic Science and EngineeringJilin University, Changchun Jilin 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated OptoelectronicsCollege of Electronic Science and EngineeringJilin University, Changchun Jilin 130012 China
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- Cancer Centre and Centre of Reproduction, Development and Aging, Faculty of Health ScienceUniversity of Macau Taipa Macau SAR 999078 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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Wang G, Zhou L, Zhang P, Zhao E, Zhou L, Chen D, Sun J, Gu X, Yang W, Tang BZ. Fluorescence Self-Reporting Precipitation Polymerization Based on Aggregation-Induced Emission for Constructing Optical Nanoagents. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:10122-10128. [PMID: 31828915 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201913847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 12/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Precipitation polymerization is becoming increasingly popular in energy, environment and biomedicine. However, its proficient utilization highly relies on the mechanistic understanding of polymerization process. Now, a fluorescence self-reporting method based on aggregation-induced emission (AIE) is used to shed light on the mechanism of precipitation polymerization. The nucleation and growth processes during the copolymerization of a vinyl-modified AIEgen, styrene, and maleic anhydride can be sensitively monitored in real time. The phase-separation and dynamic hardening processes can be clearly discerned by tracking fluorescence changes. Moreover, polymeric fluorescent particles (PFPs) with uniform and tunable sizes can be obtained in a self-stabilized manner. These PFPs exhibit biolabeling and photosensitizing abilities and are used as superior optical nanoagents for photo-controllable immunotherapy, indicative of their great potential in biomedical applications.
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- Guan Wang
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Shenzhen, Engineering Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Nanoformulations, CAS Key Lab for Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1068 Xueyuan Avenue, Shenzhen University Town, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Energy Technology, Dongguan University of Technology, 1st University Road, Songshan Lake District, Dongguan, 523808, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Shenzhen, Engineering Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Nanoformulations, CAS Key Lab for Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1068 Xueyuan Avenue, Shenzhen University Town, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Wang G, Zhou L, Zhang P, Zhao E, Zhou L, Chen D, Sun J, Gu X, Yang W, Tang BZ. Fluorescence Self‐Reporting Precipitation Polymerization Based on Aggregation‐Induced Emission for Constructing Optical Nanoagents. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201913847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Guan Wang
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical Technology North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District Beijing 100029 China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical Technology North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District Beijing 100029 China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, ShenzhenEngineering Laboratory of Nanomedicine and NanoformulationsCAS Key Lab for Health InformaticsShenzhen Institutes of Advanced TechnologyChinese Academy of Sciences 1068 Xueyuan Avenue Shenzhen University Town Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Energy TechnologyDongguan University of Technology 1st University Road, Songshan Lake District Dongguan 523808 China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, ShenzhenEngineering Laboratory of Nanomedicine and NanoformulationsCAS Key Lab for Health InformaticsShenzhen Institutes of Advanced TechnologyChinese Academy of Sciences 1068 Xueyuan Avenue Shenzhen University Town Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical Technology North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District Beijing 100029 China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical Technology North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District Beijing 100029 China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical Technology North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District Beijing 100029 China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical Technology North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District Beijing 100029 China
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- Department of ChemistryHong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and ReconstructionInstitute for Advanced StudyThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon, Hong Kong China
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Jayakumar J, Chou H. Recent Advances in Visible‐Light‐Driven Hydrogen Evolution from Water using Polymer Photocatalysts. ChemCatChem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201901725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Jayachandran Jayakumar
- Department of Chemical EngineeringNational Tsing Hua University No. 101, Sec. 2, Kuang-Fu Road Hsinchu 30013 Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringNational Tsing Hua University No. 101, Sec. 2, Kuang-Fu Road Hsinchu 30013 Taiwan
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Li J, Cui D, Huang J, He S, Yang Z, Zhang Y, Luo Y, Pu K. Organic Semiconducting Pro-nanostimulants for Near-Infrared Photoactivatable Cancer Immunotherapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:12680-12687. [PMID: 31278823 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201906288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In this study, an organic semiconducting pro-nanostimulant (OSPS) with a near-infrared (NIR) photoactivatable immunotherapeutic action for synergetic cancer therapy is presented. OSPS comprises a semiconducting polymer nanoparticle (SPN) core and an immunostimulant conjugated through a singlet oxygen (1 O2 ) cleavable linkers. Upon NIR laser irradiation, OSPS generates both heat and 1 O2 to exert combinational phototherapy not only to ablate tumors but also to produce tumor-associated antigens. More importantly, NIR irradiation triggers the cleavage of 1 O2 -cleavable linkers, triggering the remote release of the immunostimulants from OSPS to modulate the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Thus, the released tumor-associated antigens in conjunction with activated immunostimulants induce a synergistic antitumor immune response after OSPS-mediated phototherapy, resulting in the inhibited growth of both primary/distant tumors and lung metastasis in a mouse xenograft model, which is not observed for sole phototherapy.
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- Jingchao Li
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Centre for Nanomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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Li J, Cui D, Huang J, He S, Yang Z, Zhang Y, Luo Y, Pu K. Organic Semiconducting Pro‐nanostimulants for Near‐Infrared Photoactivatable Cancer Immunotherapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201906288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Jingchao Li
- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical Science and EngineeringTongji University 1239 Siping Road Shanghai 200092 P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Centre for NanomedicineCollege of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Science and EngineeringTongji University 1239 Siping Road Shanghai 200092 P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 Singapore
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Jiang L, Bai H, Liu L, Lv F, Ren X, Wang S. Luminescent, Oxygen‐Supplying, Hemoglobin‐Linked Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201905884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Linye Jiang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesKey Laboratory of Organic SolidsInstitute of ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- Department of Environmental Science and EngineeringCollege of Resources and Environmental SciencesChina Agricultural University Beijing 100193 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 Soil Pollution Prevention and RemediationChina Agricultural University Beijing 100193 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
- College of ChemistryUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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Jiang L, Bai H, Liu L, Lv F, Ren X, Wang S. Luminescent, Oxygen-Supplying, Hemoglobin-Linked Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:10660-10665. [PMID: 31173456 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201905884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising method for cancer treatment. Two parameters that influence the efficacy of PDT are the light source and oxygen supply. Herein, we prepared a system for PDT using hemoglobin (Hb)-linked conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs), which can luminesce and supply oxygen. Hb catalyzes the activation of luminol, the conjugated polymer poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) nanoparticles can absorb the chemiluminescence of luminol through chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer (CRET) and then sensitize the oxygen supplied by Hb to produce reactive oxygen species that kill cancer cells. This system could be used for the controlled release of an anticancer prodrug. The system does not need an external light source and circumvents the insufficient level molecular oxygen under hypoxia. This work provides a proof-of-concept to explore smart and multifunctional nanoplatforms for phototherapy.
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- Linye Jiang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, P. R. China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,College of Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Chen L, Chen D, Jiang Y, Zhang J, Yu J, DuFort CC, Hingorani SR, Zhang X, Wu C, Chiu DT. A BODIPY-Based Donor/Donor-Acceptor System: Towards Highly Efficient Long-Wavelength-Excitable Near-IR Polymer Dots with Narrow and Strong Absorption Features. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:7008-7012. [PMID: 30912228 PMCID: PMC6513679 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201902077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Bright long-wavelength-excitable semiconducting polymer dots (LWE-Pdots) are highly desirable for in vivo imaging and multiplexed in vitro bioassays. LWE-Pdots have been obtained by incorporating a near-infrared (NIR) emitter into the backbone of a polymer host to develop a binary donor-acceptor (D-A) system. However, they usually suffer from severe concentration quenching and a trade-off between fluorescence quantum yield (Φf ) and absorption cross-section (σ). Herein, we describe a ternary component (D1 /D2 -A) strategy to achieve ultrabright, green laser-excitable Pdots with narrow-band NIR emission by introducing a BODIPY-based assistant polymer donor as D1 . The D1 /D2 -A Pdots possess improved Φf and σ compared to corresponding binary D2 -A Pdots. Their Φf is as high as 40.2 %, one of the most efficient NIR Pdots reported. The D1 /D2 -A Pdots show ultrahigh single-particle brightness, 83-fold brighter than Qdot 705 when excited by a 532 nm laser. When injected into mice, higher contrast in vivo tumor imaging was achieved using the ternary Pdots versus the binary D-A Pdots.
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- Lei Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United Statet.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 510855, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United Statet.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United Statet.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United Statet.
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, United States
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, 999078, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 510855, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United Statet.
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Jiang Y, Li J, Zeng Z, Xie C, Lyu Y, Pu K. Organic Photodynamic Nanoinhibitor for Synergistic Cancer Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201903968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Yuyan Jiang
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Nanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Nanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Nanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Nanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Nanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Nanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 Singapore
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Jiang Y, Li J, Zeng Z, Xie C, Lyu Y, Pu K. Organic Photodynamic Nanoinhibitor for Synergistic Cancer Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:8161-8165. [PMID: 30993791 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201903968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Despite its great potential in cancer treatment, photodynamic therapy (PDT) often exacerbates hypoxia and subsequently compromises its therapeutic efficacy. To overcome this issue, an organic photodynamic nanoinhibitor (OPNi) has been synthesized that has the additional ability to counteract carbonic anhydrase IX (CA-IX), a molecular target in the hypoxia-mediated signalling cascade. OPNi is composed of a metabolizable semiconducting polymer as the photosensitizer and a CA-IX antagonist conjugated amphiphilic polymer as the matrix. This molecular structure allows OPNi not only to selectively bind CA-IX positive cancer cells to facilitate its tumor accumulation but also to regulate the CA-IX-related pathway. The integration of CA-IX inhibition into the targeted PDT process eventually has a synergistic effect, leading to superior antitumor efficacy over that of PDT alone, as well as the reduced probability of hypoxia-induced cancer metastasis. This study thus proposes a molecular strategy to devise simple yet amplified photosensitizers to conquer the pitfalls of traditional PDT.
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- Yuyan Jiang
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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Cui D, Huang J, Zhen X, Li J, Jiang Y, Pu K. A Semiconducting Polymer Nano‐prodrug for Hypoxia‐Activated Photodynamic Cancer Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201814730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Dong Cui
- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University 70 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637457 USA
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Wang X, Geng Z, Cong H, Shen Y, Yu B. Organic Semiconductors for Photothermal Therapy and Photoacoustic Imaging. Chembiochem 2019; 20:1628-1636. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Xuemei Wang
- Institute of Biomedical Materials and EngineeringCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-TextilesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringQingdao University Qingdao 266071 China
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- Institute of Biomedical Materials and EngineeringCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-TextilesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringQingdao University Qingdao 266071 China
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- Institute of Biomedical Materials and EngineeringCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-TextilesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringQingdao University Qingdao 266071 China
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- Institute of Biomedical Materials and EngineeringCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-TextilesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringQingdao University Qingdao 266071 China
- Center for Bionanoengineering and Key Laboratoryof Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of EducationCollege of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Institute of Biomedical Materials and EngineeringCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringState Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-TextilesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringQingdao University Qingdao 266071 China
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Chen L, Chen D, Jiang Y, Zhang J, Yu J, DuFort CC, Hingorani SR, Zhang X, Wu C, Chiu DT. A BODIPY‐Based Donor/Donor–Acceptor System: Towards Highly Efficient Long‐Wavelength‐Excitable Near‐IR Polymer Dots with Narrow and Strong Absorption Features. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201902077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Lei Chen
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 510855 China
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Clinical Research DivisionFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle WA 98109 USA
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- Clinical Research DivisionFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle WA 98109 USA
- Public Health Sciences DivisionFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle WA 98109 USA
- Department of MedicineUniversity of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Faculty of Health SciencesUniversity of Macau Macau SAR 999078 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 510855 China
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA
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Cui D, Huang J, Zhen X, Li J, Jiang Y, Pu K. A Semiconducting Polymer Nano-prodrug for Hypoxia-Activated Photodynamic Cancer Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:5920-5924. [PMID: 30793456 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201814730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2018] [Revised: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) holds great promise for cancer therapy; however, its efficacy is often compromised by tumor hypoxia. Herein, we report the synthesis of a semiconducting polymer nanoprodrug (SPNpd) that not only efficiently generates singlet oxygen (1 O2 ) under NIR photoirradiation but also specifically activates its chemotherapeutic action in hypoxic tumor microenvironment. SPNpd is self-assembled from a amphiphilic polymer brush, which comprises a light-responsive photodynamic backbone grafted with poly(ethylene glycol) and conjugated with a chemodrug through hypoxia-cleavable linkers. The well-defined and compact nanostructure of SPNpd (30 nm) enables accumulation in the tumor of living mice. Owing to these features, SPNpd exerts synergistic photodynamic and chemo-therapy, and effectively inhibits tumor growth in a xenograft tumor mouse model. This study represents the first hypoxia-activatable phototherapeutic polymeric prodrug system with a high potential for cancer therapy.
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- Dong Cui
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457, USA
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Lyu Y, Cui D, Huang J, Fan W, Miao Y, Pu K. Near‐Infrared Afterglow Semiconducting Nano‐Polycomplexes for the Multiplex Differentiation of Cancer Exosomes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201900092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Yan Lyu
- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University Singapore 637457 Singapore
- School of Biological ScienceNanyang Technological University Singapore 637551 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University Singapore 637457 Singapore
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Lyu Y, Cui D, Huang J, Fan W, Miao Y, Pu K. Near-Infrared Afterglow Semiconducting Nano-Polycomplexes for the Multiplex Differentiation of Cancer Exosomes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:4983-4987. [PMID: 30702188 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201900092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The detection of exosomes is promising for the early diagnosis of cancer. However, the development of suitable optical sensors remains challenging. We have developed the first luminescent nanosensor for the multiplex differentiation of cancer exosomes that bypasses real-time light excitation. The sensor is composed of a near-infrared semiconducting polyelectrolyte (ASPN) that forms a complex with a quencher-tagged aptamer. The afterglow signal of the nanocomplex (ASPNC), being initially quenched, is turned on in the presence of aptamer-targeted exosomes. Because detection of the afterglow takes place after the excitation, background signals are minimized, leading to an improved limit of detection that is nearly two orders of magnitude lower than that of fluorescence detection in cell culture media. Also, ASPNC can be easily tailored to detect different exosomal proteins by changing the aptamer sequence. This enables an orthogonal analysis of multiple exosome samples, potentially permitting an accurate identification of the cellular origin of exosomes for cancer diagnosis.
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- Yan Lyu
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore.,School of Biological Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637551, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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Andreiuk B, Reisch A, Bernhardt E, Klymchenko AS. Fighting Aggregation‐Caused Quenching and Leakage of Dyes in Fluorescent Polymer Nanoparticles: Universal Role of Counterion. Chem Asian J 2019; 14:836-846. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201801592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 12/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Bohdan Andreiuk
- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR CNRS 7021University of Strasbourg 74 route du Rhin 67401 Illkirch Cedex France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR CNRS 7021University of Strasbourg 74 route du Rhin 67401 Illkirch Cedex France
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- Inorganic Chemistry Department of the University of Wuppertal Gaussstr. 20 42119 Wuppertal Germany
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR CNRS 7021University of Strasbourg 74 route du Rhin 67401 Illkirch Cedex France
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Fang X, Ju B, Liu Z, Wang F, Xi G, Sun Z, Chen H, Sui C, Wang M, Wu C. Compact Conjugated Polymer Dots with Covalently Incorporated Metalloporphyrins for Hypoxia Bioimaging. Chembiochem 2018; 20:521-525. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Revised: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Xiaofeng Fang
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
- College of Life SciencesNankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- College of ChemistryJilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- College of ChemistryJilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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Liu R, Yang Y, Cui Q, Xu W, Peng R, Li L. A Diarylethene-Based Photoswitch and its Photomodulation of the Fluorescence of Conjugated Polymers. Chemistry 2018; 24:17756-17766. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201803473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2018] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Ronghua Liu
- State Key Lab for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering; University of Science and Technology Beijing; Beijing 100083 P.R. China
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- State Key Lab for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering; University of Science and Technology Beijing; Beijing 100083 P.R. China
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- State Key Lab for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering; University of Science and Technology Beijing; Beijing 100083 P.R. China
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- State Key Lab for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering; University of Science and Technology Beijing; Beijing 100083 P.R. China
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- State Key Lab for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering; University of Science and Technology Beijing; Beijing 100083 P.R. China
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- State Key Lab for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering; University of Science and Technology Beijing; Beijing 100083 P.R. China
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Lyu Y, Tian J, Li J, Chen P, Pu K. Semiconducting Polymer Nanobiocatalysts for Photoactivation of Intracellular Redox Reactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:13484-13488. [PMID: 30109772 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201806973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2018] [Revised: 08/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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An organic semiconducting polymer nanobiocatalyst (SPNB) composed of a semiconducting polymer core conjugated with microsomal cytochrome P450 (CYP) has been developed for photoactivation of intracellular redox. The core serves as the light-harvesting unit to initiate photoinduced electron transfer (PET) and facilitate the regeneration of dihydronicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), while CYP is the catalytic center for intracellular redox. Under light irradiation, the semiconducting core can efficiently catalyze the generation of NADPH with a turnover frequency (TOF) 75 times higher than the reported nanosystems, ensuring the supply of the cofactor for intracellular redox. SPNB-mediated intracellular redox thus can be efficiently activated by light in living cells to convert the model substrate and also to trigger the bioactivation of anticancer drugs. This study provides an organic nanobiocatalytic system that allows light to remotely control intracellular redox in living systems.
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- Yan Lyu
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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Lyu Y, Tian J, Li J, Chen P, Pu K. Semiconducting Polymer Nanobiocatalysts for Photoactivation of Intracellular Redox Reactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201806973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Yan Lyu
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
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Ban Q, Hou Y, Sun W, Chen J, Zhang X, Wu S, Kong J. An Unconventional Polymerization Route to Hydrophilic Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles for Multicolor Cellular Bioimaging. Chem Asian J 2018; 13:1625-1631. [PMID: 29668126 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201800432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Revised: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We demonstrated an unconventional polymerization route to synthesize hydrophilic fluorescent organic nanoparticles (FONs) for multicolor cellular bioimaging in this contribution. The route benefits from our unexpected discovery of a rapid polymerization reaction between 1,6-hexanediol dipropiolate and 2,4,6-triazide-1,3,5-triazine under the catalysis of N,N,N',N'',N''-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (PMDETA). Interestingly, the 2,4,6-triazide-1,3,5-triazine and PMDETA system can also induce rapid free radical polymerization at room temperature. The as-prepared FONs exhibited promising water solubility and stability with an average diameter of 20 nm. The excitation wavelength-dependent fluorescent properties endow the FONs with blue, yellow, and red fluorescent emission under UV, blue, and green excitation, respectively. The cytotoxicity of FONs was investigated by using a Cell Counting Kit (CCK-8) assay, which indicated good biocompatiblity. More importantly, the cell uptake experiment verified the FONs were excellent fluorescent nanoprobes for multicolor cellular bioimaging. Therefore, this unconventional route provides a novel fabrication strategy of highly hydrophilic FONs for biomedical applications.
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- Qingfu Ban
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, 116024, Dalian, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany.,CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology, Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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Li J, Xie C, Huang J, Jiang Y, Miao Q, Pu K. Semiconducting Polymer Nanoenzymes with Photothermic Activity for Enhanced Cancer Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201800511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jingchao Li
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
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Li J, Xie C, Huang J, Jiang Y, Miao Q, Pu K. Semiconducting Polymer Nanoenzymes with Photothermic Activity for Enhanced Cancer Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:3995-3998. [PMID: 29417709 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201800511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Regulation of enzyme activity is fundamentally challenging but practically meaningful for biology and medicine. However, noninvasive remote control of enzyme activity in living systems has been rarely demonstrated and exploited for therapy. Herein, we synthesize a semiconducting polymer nanoenzyme with photothermic activity for enhanced cancer therapy. Upon near-infrared (NIR) light irradiation, the activity of the nanoenzyme can be enhanced by 3.5-fold to efficiently digest collagen in the tumor extracellular matrix (ECM), leading to enhanced nanoparticle accumulation in tumors and consequently improved photothermal therapy (PTT). This study thus provides a promising strategy to remotely regulate enzyme activity for cancer therapy.
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- Jingchao Li
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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Wu X, DeGottardi Q, Wu IC, Yu J, Wu L, Ye F, Kuo CT, Kwok WW, Chiu DT. Lanthanide-Coordinated Semiconducting Polymer Dots Used for Flow Cytometry and Mass Cytometry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201708463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Xu Wu
- Department of Chemistry; University of Washington; Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason; Seattle WA 98101 USA
- Department of Medicine; University of Washington; Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Washington; Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Washington; Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Washington; Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Washington; Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason; Seattle WA 98101 USA
- Department of Medicine; University of Washington; Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Washington; Seattle WA 98195 USA
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Wu X, DeGottardi Q, Wu IC, Yu J, Wu L, Ye F, Kuo CT, Kwok WW, Chiu DT. Lanthanide-Coordinated Semiconducting Polymer Dots Used for Flow Cytometry and Mass Cytometry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:14908-14912. [PMID: 28941061 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201708463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Revised: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Simultaneous monitoring of biomarkers as well as single-cell analyses based on flow cytometry and mass cytometry are important for investigations of disease mechanisms, drug discovery, and signaling-network studies. Flow cytometry and mass cytometry are complementary to each other; however, probes that can satisfy all the requirements for these two advanced technologies are limited. In this study, we report a probe of lanthanide-coordinated semiconducting polymer dots (Pdots), which possess fluorescence and mass signals. We demonstrated the usage of this dual-functionality probe for both flow cytometry and mass cytometry in a mimetic cell mixture and human peripheral blood mononuclear cells as model systems. The probes not only offer high fluorescence signal for use in flow cytometry, but also show better performance in mass cytometry than the commercially available counterparts.
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- Xu Wu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.,Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.,Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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Lyu Y, Cui D, Sun H, Miao Y, Duan H, Pu K. Dendronized Semiconducting Polymer as Photothermal Nanocarrier for Remote Activation of Gene Expression. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201705543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Yan Lyu
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Biological Science; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637551 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
- School of Biological Science; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637551 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637457 Singapore
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Lyu Y, Cui D, Sun H, Miao Y, Duan H, Pu K. Dendronized Semiconducting Polymer as Photothermal Nanocarrier for Remote Activation of Gene Expression. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [PMID: 28628725 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201705543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Regulation of transgene systems is needed to develop innovative medicines. However, noninvasive remote control of gene expression has been rarely developed and remains challenging. We herein synthesize a near-infrared (NIR) absorbing dendronized semiconducting polymer (DSP) and utilize it as a photothermal nanocarrier not only to efficiently deliver genes but also to spatiotemporally control gene expression in conjunction with heat-inducible promoter. DSP has a high photothermal conversion efficiency (44.2 %) at 808 nm, permitting fast transduction of NIR light into thermal signals for intracellular activation of transcription. Such a DSP-mediated remote activation can rapidly and safely result in 25- and 4.5-fold increases in the expression levels of proteins in living cells and mice, respectively. This study thus provides a promising approach to optically regulate transgene systems for on-demand therapeutic transgene dosing.
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- Yan Lyu
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Biological Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637551, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore.,School of Biological Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637551, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637457, Singapore
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Guo L, Ge J, Liu Q, Jia Q, Zhang H, Liu W, Niu G, Liu S, Gong J, Hackbarth S, Wang P. Versatile Polymer Nanoparticles as Two-Photon-Triggered Photosensitizers for Simultaneous Cellular, Deep-Tissue Imaging, and Photodynamic Therapy. Adv Healthc Mater 2017; 6. [PMID: 28338291 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201601431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Clinical applications of current photodynamic therapy (PDT) photosensitizers (PSs) are often limited by their absorption in the UV-vis range that possesses limited tissue penetration ability, leading to ineffective therapeutic response for deep-seated tumors. Alternatively, two-photon excited PS (TPE-PS) using NIR light triggered is one the most promising candidates for PDT improvement. Herein, multimodal polymer nanoparticles (PNPs) from polythiophene derivative as two-photon fluorescence imaging as well as two-photon-excited PDT agent are developed. The prepared PNPs exhibit excellent water dispersibility, high photostability and pH stability, strong fluorescence brightness, and low dark toxicity. More importantly, the PNPs also possess other outstanding features including: (1) the high 1 O2 quantum yield; (2) the strong two-photon-induced fluorescence and efficient 1 O2 generation; (3) the specific accumulation in lysosomes of HeLa cells; and (4) the imaging detection depth up to 2100 µm in the mock tissue under two-photon. The multifunctional PNPs are promising candidates as TPE-PDT agent for simultaneous cellular, deep-tissue imaging, and highly efficient in vivo PDT of cancer.
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- Liang Guo
- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic MaterialsTechnical Institute of Physics and ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic MaterialsTechnical Institute of Physics and ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- School of Future TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Beijing 100190 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic MaterialsTechnical Institute of Physics and ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic MaterialsTechnical Institute of Physics and ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic MaterialsTechnical Institute of Physics and ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic MaterialsTechnical Institute of Physics and ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic MaterialsTechnical Institute of Physics and ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Beijing 100190 China
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- Photobiophysik – Singlet Oxygen LabHumboldt‐Universität zu Berlin Berlin 12489 Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic MaterialsTechnical Institute of Physics and ChemistryChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Meng Z, Guo L, Li Q. Peptide-Coated Semiconductor Polymer Dots for Stem Cells Labeling and Tracking. Chemistry 2017; 23:6836-6844. [PMID: 28370830 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201700002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2017] [Revised: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Stem cell therapy is rapidly moving toward translation to clinical application. To elucidate the therapeutic effect, a robust method that allows tracking of the stem cells over an extended period of time is required. Herein, semiconducting polymer dots (Pdots) are demonstrated for their use in bright labeling and tracking of human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in vitro and in vivo. The Pdots coated with a cell-penetrating peptide (R8) showed remarkable endocytic uptake efficiency that was 15 times higher than that of carboxyl Pdots and more than 200 times than that of bare Pdots. The Pdot-labeled MSCs can be traced for 15 generations in vitro and tracked over 2 weeks in vivo after subcutaneous transplantation. The labeled MSCs administered through the tail vein were preferentially accumulated in the lung; this was distinctive from the distribution of free Pdots, which were primarily distributed in the liver. Based on the properties of bright labeling, excellent tracking capability, and great biocompatibility, the Pdots will be valuable in the applications of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine.
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- Zihui Meng
- Department of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130033, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130033, P.R. China
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- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for, Tumor Markers, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi, Shandong, 276000, P.R. China
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