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Zhu Y, Zhu M, Zhou Q, Shu Q, Tan K. The novel up/down-conversion dual-emission carbon dots for dual-channel ratiometric fluorescence detection of pH and Cu 2. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 320:124648. [PMID: 38885570 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2024.124648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
Abstract
Up/down-conversion dual-emission carbon dots (U/D-CDs) are rare and have potential in analytical sensing. Herein, a kind of novel U/D-CDs was prepared successfully by a one-step solvothermal method. The prepared U/D-CDs exhibited similar dual-emission behaviors at excitation wavelengths of 300 nm and 680 nm, respectively. In addition, U/D-CDs displayed good photostability and salt-resistance. Due to the protonation-deprotonation, U/D-CDs showed strong pH dependence in the pH range of 2.0-8.0, which developed an up/down-conversion dual-channel ratiometric fluorescence (FL) probe of pH. The FL intensity of U/D-CDs can be effectively quenched by Cu2+ through the static quenching effect. Meanwhile, an obvious color change from yellow-green to blue can be observed under ultraviolet light with the increase of Cu2+ concentration. The up/down-conversion dual-channel ratiometric fluorescence sensor can be used for the visual sensing of pH and Cu2+, which also eliminates background signals and improves its accuracy and selectivity in complex samples.
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- Yulin Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang 550003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China.
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Sawminathan S, Munusamy S, Manickam S, KulathuIyer S. A simple quinazolinone-isophorone based colorimetric chemosensor for the reversible detection of copper (II) and its application in real samples. J Mol Struct 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.132633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Havrdová M, Urbančič I, Tománková KB, Malina L, Poláková K, Štrancar J, Bourlinos AB. Intracellular Trafficking of Cationic Carbon Dots in Cancer Cell Lines MCF-7 and HeLa—Time Lapse Microscopy, Concentration-Dependent Uptake, Viability, DNA Damage, and Cell Cycle Profile. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23031077. [PMID: 35162996 PMCID: PMC8835431 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23031077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) are potential tools for the labeling of cells with many advantages such as photostability, multicolor emission, small size, rapid uptake, biocompatibility, and easy preparation. Affinity towards organelles can be influenced by the surface properties of CDs which affect the interaction with the cell and cytoplasmic distribution. Organelle targeting by carbon dots is promising for anticancer treatment; thus, intracellular trafficking and cytotoxicity of cationic CDs was investigated. Based on our previous study, we used quaternized carbon dots (QCDs) for treatment and monitoring the behavior of two human cancer cell MCF-7 and HeLa lines. We found similarities between human cancer cells and mouse fibroblasts in the case of QCDs uptake. Time lapse microscopy of QCDs-labeled MCF-7 cells showed that cells are dying during the first two hours, faster at lower doses than at higher ones. QCDs at a concentration of 100 µg/mL entered into the nucleus before cellular death; however, at a dose of 200 µg/mL, blebbing of the cellular membrane occurred, with a subsequent penetration of QCDs into the nuclear area. In the case of HeLa cells, the dose-depended effect did not happen; however, the labeled cells were also dying in mitosis and genotoxicity occurred nearly at all doses. Moreover, contrasted intracellular compartments, probably mitochondria, were obvious after 24 h incubation with 100 µg/mL of QCDs. The levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) slightly increased after 24 h, depending on the concentration, thus the genotoxicity was likely evoked by the nanomaterial. A decrease in viability did not reach IC 50 as the DNA damage was probably partly repaired in the prolonged G0/G1 phase of the cell cycle. Thus, the defects in the G2/M phase may have allowed a damaged cell to enter mitosis and undergo apoptosis. The anticancer effect in both cell lines was manifested mainly through genotoxicity.
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- Markéta Havrdová
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc, Křížkovského 511/8, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +420-585634384
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Condensed Matter Physics Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (I.U.); (J.Š.)
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Translational Medicine, Palacký University in Olomouc, Hněvotínská 3, 775 15 Olomouc, Czech Republic; (K.B.T.); (L.M.)
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Translational Medicine, Palacký University in Olomouc, Hněvotínská 3, 775 15 Olomouc, Czech Republic; (K.B.T.); (L.M.)
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc, Křížkovského 511/8, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic;
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Condensed Matter Physics Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (I.U.); (J.Š.)
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Xu W, Hao X, Li T, Dai S, Fang Z. Dual-Mode Fluorescence and Visual Fluorescent Test Paper Detection of Copper Ions and EDTA. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:29157-29165. [PMID: 34746604 PMCID: PMC8567358 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c04406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this study, blue-emission carbon dots were prepared from the legumes of the vegetable Pisum sativum Linn. by one-step carbonization. The fluorescence of a carbon dot (CDs) solution can be quenched by copper ions and recovered by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). In addition, two kinds of visual fluorescent filter papers were prepared. Finally, a dual-mode fluorescence and visual fluorescent test paper was employed for the detection of copper ions and EDTA. The simple synthesis method and the high safety enable this material to have more application possibilities.
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- Wanqing Xu
- School
of Chemical Engineering, University of Science
and Technology Liaoning, Anshan 114051, PR China
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- School
of Chemical Engineering, University of Science
and Technology Liaoning, Anshan 114051, PR China
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- School
of Chemical Engineering, University of Science
and Technology Liaoning, Anshan 114051, PR China
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- School
of Mining Engineering, University of Science
and Technology Liaoning, Anshan 114051, PR China
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- School
of Chemical Engineering, University of Science
and Technology Liaoning, Anshan 114051, PR China
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Han W, Miao C, Zhang X, Lin Y, Hao X, Huang Z, Weng S, Lin X, Guo X, Huang J. A signal-off fluorescent strategy for deferasirox effective detection using carbon dots as probe and Cu 2+ as medium. Anal Chim Acta 2021; 1179:338853. [PMID: 34535261 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.338853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 07/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The content of deferasirox (DEF) in plasma is significant in β-thalassemia patient that needs long-term transfusion therapy, while the effective and simple strategy for DEF monitoring is still limited. The carbon dots (CDs) prepared from citric acid monohydrate and glutathione exhibit weakly modulated fluorescence intensity to several common metal ions containing Cu2+. Interestingly, the process of interaction of Cu2+ and DEF forms the chelation of Cu2+ and DEF (Cu-DEF) with the absorbance wavelength of DEF at 320 nm shifting to 332 nm for Cu-DEF. And the obtained Cu-DEF will effectively quench CDs through inner filter effect (IFE). Accordingly, a facile signal-off fluorescent method based on CDs as probe is developed for DEF detection using Cu2+ as medium. And the proposed method exhibits linear range of 0.5-20 μg/mL with the detection limit of 0.33 μg/mL for DEF under the optimized conditions. Moreover, the developed assay is further expanded to test the content of DEF in dispersible tablet and plasma with accuracy and reproducibility. Such cost-effective and sensitive fluorescent assay just through simple mixing operation present a valuable strategy for drug monitoring.
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- Wendi Han
- Department of Pharmacy, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350005, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, The Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350122, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, The Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350122, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, The Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350122, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, The Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350122, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, The Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350122, China; Nano Medical Technology Research Institute, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350122, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, The Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350122, China.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, The Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350122, China; Nano Medical Technology Research Institute, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350122, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350005, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, 350001, China.
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