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Khan AEMA, Arutla V, Srivenugopal KS. Human NQO1 as a Selective Target for Anticancer Therapeutics and Tumor Imaging. Cells 2024; 13:1272. [PMID: 39120303 PMCID: PMC11311714 DOI: 10.3390/cells13151272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2024] [Revised: 07/22/2024] [Accepted: 07/25/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024] Open
Abstract
Human NAD(P)H-quinone oxidoreductase1 (HNQO1) is a two-electron reductase antioxidant enzyme whose expression is driven by the NRF2 transcription factor highly active in the prooxidant milieu found in human malignancies. The resulting abundance of NQO1 expression (up to 200-fold) in cancers and a barely detectable expression in body tissues makes it a selective marker of neoplasms. NQO1 can catalyze the repeated futile redox cycling of certain natural and synthetic quinones to their hydroxyquinones, consuming NADPH and generating rapid bursts of cytotoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) and H2O2. A greater level of this quinone bioactivation due to elevated NQO1 content has been recognized as a tumor-specific therapeutic strategy, which, however, has not been clinically exploited. We review here the natural and new quinones activated by NQO1, the catalytic inhibitors, and the ensuing cell death mechanisms. Further, the cancer-selective expression of NQO1 has opened excellent opportunities for distinguishing cancer cells/tissues from their normal counterparts. Given this diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic importance, we and others have engineered a large number of specific NQO1 turn-on small molecule probes that remain latent but release intense fluorescence groups at near-infrared and other wavelengths, following enzymatic cleavage in cancer cells and tumor masses. This sensitive visualization/quantitation and powerful imaging technology based on NQO1 expression offers promise for guided cancer surgery, and the reagents suggest a theranostic potential for NQO1-targeted chemotherapy.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 1406 Amarillo Research Bldg., Rm. 1102, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA; (A.E.M.A.K.); (V.A.)
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Zhi S, Huang M, Cheng K. Enzyme-responsive design combined with photodynamic therapy for cancer treatment. Drug Discov Today 2024; 29:103965. [PMID: 38552778 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2024.103965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Revised: 03/09/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a noninvasive cancer treatment that has garnered significant attention in recent years. However, its application is still hampered by certain limitations, such as the hydrophobicity and low targeting of photosensitizers (PSs) and the hypoxia of the tumor microenvironment. Nevertheless, the fusion of enzyme-responsive drugs with PDT offers novel solutions to overcome these challenges. Utilizing the attributes of enzyme-responsive drugs, PDT can deliver PSs to the target site and selectively release them, thereby enhancing therapeutic outcomes. In this review, we spotlight recent advances in enzyme-responsive materials for cancer treatment and primarily delineate their application in combination with PDT.
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- Siying Zhi
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening and NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Drug Metabolism, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening and NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Drug Metabolism, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening and NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Drug Metabolism, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
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Park JH, Sung Y, Jo S, Lee SH, Ryu JH, Sun IC, Ahn CH. Applications of Cu 2+-Loaded Silica Nanoparticles to Photothermal Therapy and Tumor-Specific Fluorescence Imaging. J Funct Biomater 2024; 15:81. [PMID: 38667538 PMCID: PMC11051373 DOI: 10.3390/jfb15040081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Copper-based nanomaterials have been employed as therapeutic agents for cancer therapy and diagnosis. Nevertheless, persistent challenges, such as cellular toxicity, non-uniform sizes, and low photothermal efficiency, often constrain their applications. In this study, we present Cu2+-loaded silica nanoparticles fabricated through the chelation of Cu2+ ions by silanol groups. The integration of Cu2+ ions into uniformly sized silica nanoparticles imparts a photothermal therapy effect. Additionally, the amine functionalization of the silica coating facilitates the chemical conjugation of tumor-specific fluorescence probes. These probes are strategically designed to remain in an 'off' state through the Förster resonance energy transfer mechanism until exposed to cysteine enzymes in cancer cells, inducing the recovery of their fluorescence. Consequently, our Cu2+-loaded silica nanoparticles demonstrate an efficient photothermal therapy effect and selectively enable cancer imaging.
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- Ji-Ho Park
- NanoBio Materials Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; (J.-H.P.)
- Medicinal Materials Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; (Y.S.)
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- Medicinal Materials Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; (Y.S.)
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- Biomaterials Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- NanoBio Materials Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; (J.-H.P.)
- Medicinal Materials Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; (Y.S.)
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- Medicinal Materials Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; (Y.S.)
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- Medicinal Materials Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; (Y.S.)
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- NanoBio Materials Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; (J.-H.P.)
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Srivenugopal KS, Arutla V, Punganuru SR, Khan AEMA. Application of a Specific and Sensitive NQO1 Turn-On Near-Infrared Fluorescence Probe for Live Cancer Cell and Xenografted Tumor Imaging in Nude Mice. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2755:63-74. [PMID: 38319569 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3633-6_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
Abstract
Sensitive activity stains for enzymes selectively expressed in human cancers offer valuable tools for imaging with wide applications in experimental, diagnostic, and therapeutic settings. The scant expression of the antioxidant enzyme NQO1 in normal tissues and its great abundance in malignant counterparts due to the increased redox stress and hypoxia is one such example. Previously, we described a potent nontoxic probe that remains nonfluorescent but releases an intense fluorogenic compound after intracellular cleavage by NQO1 catalysis. This infrared probe with a 644 nm emission has excellent tissue penetrating ability and low background absorption. Described here are methods (fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, and in vivo animal imaging) to rapidly image NQO1 activity in hypoxic and non-hypoxic cancer cells and tumors developed in live mouse xenograft models. The specificity of the dye for NQO1 in all three procedures was verified, and the methods should be useful for both in vitro and in vivo studies.
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- Kalkunte S Srivenugopal
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USA
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Wu M, Gong D, Zhou Y, Zha Z, Xia X. Activatable probes with potential for intraoperative tumor-specific fluorescence-imaging guided surgery. J Mater Chem B 2023; 11:9777-9797. [PMID: 37749982 DOI: 10.1039/d3tb01590d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Owing to societal development and aging population, the impact of cancer on human health and quality of life has increased. Early detection and surgical treatment are the most effective approaches for most cancer patients. As the scope of conventional tumor resection is determined by auxiliary examination and surgeon experience, there is often insufficient recognition of tiny tumors. The ability to detect such tumors can be improved by using fluorescent tumor-specific probes for surgical navigation. This review mainly describes the design principles and mechanisms of activatable probes for the fluorescence imaging of tumors. This type of probe is nonfluorescent in normal tissue but exhibits obvious fluorescence emission upon encountering tumor-specific substrates, such as enzymes or bioactive molecules, or changes in the microenvironment, such as a low pH. In some cases, a single-factor response does not guarantee the effective fluorescence labeling of tumors. Therefore, two-factor-activatable fluorescence imaging probes that react with two specific factors in tumor cells have also been developed. Compared with single biomarker testing, the simultaneous monitoring of multiple biomarkers may provide additional insight into the role of these substances in cancer development and aid in improving the accuracy of early cancer diagnosis. Research and progress in this field can provide new methods for precision medicine and targeted therapy. The development of new approaches for early diagnosis and treatment can effectively improve the prognosis of cancer patients and help enhance their quality of life.
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- Mingzhu Wu
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anhui Provincial Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital of Fudan University Anhui Hospital, Children's Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230051, P. R. China.
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230009, P. R. China.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anhui Provincial Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital of Fudan University Anhui Hospital, Children's Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230051, P. R. China.
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230009, P. R. China.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anhui Provincial Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital of Fudan University Anhui Hospital, Children's Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230051, P. R. China.
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Zhang X, Yu F, Wang Z, Jiang T, Song X, Yu F. Fluorescence probes for lung carcinoma diagnosis and clinical application. SENSORS & DIAGNOSTICS 2023; 2:1077-1096. [DOI: 10.1039/d3sd00029j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/08/2024]
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This review provides an overview of the most recent developments in fluorescence probe technology for the accurate detection and clinical therapy of lung carcinoma.
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- Xiaoyu Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Hainan Trauma and Disaster Rescue, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 571199, China
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Yantai Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Yantai 264100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hainan Trauma and Disaster Rescue, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 571199, China
- Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma, Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center for Hainan Bio-Smart Materials and Bio-Medical Devices, Key Laboratory of Hainan Functional Materials and Molecular Imaging, College of Emergency and Trauma, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 571199, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hainan Trauma and Disaster Rescue, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 571199, China
- Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma, Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center for Hainan Bio-Smart Materials and Bio-Medical Devices, Key Laboratory of Hainan Functional Materials and Molecular Imaging, College of Emergency and Trauma, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 571199, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hainan Trauma and Disaster Rescue, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 571199, China
- Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma, Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center for Hainan Bio-Smart Materials and Bio-Medical Devices, Key Laboratory of Hainan Functional Materials and Molecular Imaging, College of Emergency and Trauma, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 571199, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medicine University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hainan Trauma and Disaster Rescue, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 571199, China
- Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma, Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center for Hainan Bio-Smart Materials and Bio-Medical Devices, Key Laboratory of Hainan Functional Materials and Molecular Imaging, College of Emergency and Trauma, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 571199, China
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Kim H, Yang M, Kwon N, Cho M, Han J, Wang R, Qi S, Li H, Nguyen V, Li X, Cheng H, Yoon J. Recent progress on photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.12655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Heejeong Kim
- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- School of Bioengineering Dalian University of Technology Dalian China
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis for Energy and the Environment, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Cancer Metastasis Chemoprevention and Chemotherapy Fuzhou University Fuzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea
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Lu S, Wei L, He W, Bi Z, Qian Y, Wang J, Lei H, Li K. Recent Advances in the Enzyme-Activatable Organic Fluorescent Probes for Tumor Imaging and Therapy. Chemistry 2022; 11:e202200137. [PMID: 36200519 PMCID: PMC9535506 DOI: 10.1002/open.202200137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The exploration of advanced probes for cancer diagnosis and treatment is of high importance in fundamental research and clinical practice. In comparison with the traditional "always-on" probes, the emerging activatable probes enjoy advantages in promoted accuracy for tumor theranostics by specifically releasing or activating fluorophores at the targeting sites. The main designing principle for these probes is to incorporate responsive groups that can specifically react with the biomarkers (e. g., enzymes) involved in tumorigenesis and progression, realizing the controlled activation in tumors. In this review, we summarize the latest advances in the molecular design and biomedical application of enzyme-responsive organic fluorescent probes. Particularly, the fluorophores can be endowed with ability of generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) to afford the photosensitizers, highlighting the potential of these probes in simultaneous tumor imaging and therapy with rational design. We hope that this review could inspire more research interests in the development of tumor-targeting theranostic probes for advanced biological studies.
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- Song‐Bo Lu
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)Shenzhen518055P. R. China
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Chen Y, Zhang X, Lu X, Wu H, Zhang D, Zhu B, Huang S. Ultra-sensitive responsive near-infrared fluorescent nitroreductase probe with strong specificity for imaging tumor and detecting the invasiveness of tumor cells. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 268:120634. [PMID: 34836811 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.120634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Hypoxia plays an important role in cancer progression, which is a characteristic feature of the tumor micro-environment and reflects the invasiveness of tumor cells. Nitroreductase (NTR) is overexpressed in hypoxic tumors, which making it an efficient target for detecting the hypoxic state in tumor. In this work, a new type of nitro-based fluorescent probe, named HNT-NTR, has been proposed, HNT-NTR could detect specifically and rapidly the NTR degree, which reflects the level of hypoxia in bidimensional (2D) tumor cells, three-dimensional (3D) tumor spheres and even the real tumors in vivo without biological toxicity. Most importantly, according to the research, HNT-NTR even could distinguish tumor cells from other normal cells in vivo and reflect the invasiveness of tumor cells by the near-infrared fluorescence intensity, which provides a new way of clinical pathologic diagnosis. All in all, HNT-NTR not only is proven to be an ideal probe for detecting solid tumors in vivo, but also has great potential to distinguish if cells are benign or malignant and even guide therapeutic applications in the clinic.
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- Yi Chen
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, China
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Yang Y, Zhang Y, Wang R, Rong X, Liu T, Xia X, Fan J, Sun W, Peng X. A glutathione activatable pro-drug-photosensitizer for combined chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.03.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Wang C, Du W, Wu C, Dan S, Sun M, Zhang T, Wang B, Yuan Y, Liang G. Cathespin B-Initiated Cypate Nanoparticle Formation for Tumor Photoacoustic Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202114766. [PMID: 34878207 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Cathepsin B (CTSB) is a lysosomal protease that is overexpressed in the early stage of many cancer types. Precise evaluation of CTSB expression in vivo may provide a promising method for the early diagnosis of cancers. By virtue of the high-resolution PA imaging modality, a "smart" photoacoustic (PA) probe Cypate-CBT, which can self-assemble to cypate-containing nanoparticles in response to abundant GSH and CTSB inside tumor cells, was developed for the sensitive and specific detection of CTSB activity. Compared with unmodified Cypate, our probe Cypate-CBT exhibited a 4.9-fold or 4.7-fold PA signal enhancement in CTSB-overexpressing MDA-MB-231 cancer cells or tumors, respectively, revealing intracellular accumulation of the probe after CTSB-initiated self-assembly. We expect Cypate-CBT to be employed as an effective PA imaging agent for clinical diagnosis of cancer at early stages.
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- Chenchen Wang
- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Institute of Food Safety and Environment Monitoring, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210096, China
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Wang C, Du W, Wu C, Dan S, Sun M, Zhang T, Wang B, Yuan Y, Liang G. Cathespin B‐Initiated Cypate Nanoparticle Formation for Tumor Photoacoustic Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Chenchen Wang
- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at Microscale Department of Chemistry University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Institute of Food Safety and Environment Monitoring College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou Fujian 350108 China
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- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at Microscale Department of Chemistry University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials Ministry of Education Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology Anhui University Hefei Anhui 230601 China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials Ministry of Education Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology Anhui University Hefei Anhui 230601 China
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- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at Microscale Department of Chemistry University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Department of Anesthesiology The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei Anhui 230601 China
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- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at Microscale Department of Chemistry University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at Microscale Department of Chemistry University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 China
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering Southeast University Nanjing Jiangsu 210096 China
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Li H, Kim Y, Jung H, Hyun JY, Shin I. Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence-emitting small organic molecules for cancer imaging and therapy. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:8957-9008. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00722c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We discuss recent advances made in the development of NIR fluorescence-emitting small organic molecules for tumor imaging and therapy.
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- Hui Li
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, 03722 Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, 03722 Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, 03722 Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Drug Discovery, Data Convergence Drug Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Daejeon 34114, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, 03722 Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Tam LKB, Yu L, Wong RCH, Fong WP, Ng DKP, Lo PC. Dual Cathepsin B and Glutathione-Activated Dimeric and Trimeric Phthalocyanine-Based Photodynamic Molecular Beacons for Targeted Photodynamic Therapy. J Med Chem 2021; 64:17455-17467. [PMID: 34846143 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Two dual stimuli-activated photosensitizers were developed, in which two or three glutathione (GSH)-responsive 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonate (DNBS)-substituted zinc(II) phthalocyanine units were connected via one or two cathepsin B-cleavable Gly-Phe-Leu-Gly peptide linker(s). These dimeric and trimeric phthalocyanines were fully quenched in the native form due to the photoinduced electron transfer to the DNBS substituents and the self-quenching of the phthalocyanine units. In the presence of GSH and cathepsin B, or upon internalization into A549 and HepG2 cancer cells, these probes were activated through the release of free phthalocyanine units. The intracellular fluorescence intensity was increased upon post-incubation with GSH ester or reduced upon pre-treatment with a cathepsin B inhibitor. Upon light irradiation, these photosensitizers became highly cytotoxic with IC50 values of 0.21-0.39 μM. The photocytotoxicity was also dependent on the intracellular GSH and cathepsin B levels. The results showed that these conjugates could serve as smart photosensitizers for targeted photodynamic therapy.
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- Leo K B Tam
- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China
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- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Fei G, Ma S, Wang C, Chen T, Li Y, Liu Y, Tang B, James TD, Chen G. Imaging strategies using cyanine probes and materials for biomedical visualization of live animals. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Wang L, Zhang D, Li J, Li F, Wei R, Jiang G, Xu H, Wang X, Zhou Y, Xi L. A novel ICG-labeled cyclic TMTP1 peptide dimer for sensitive tumor imaging and enhanced photothermal therapy in vivo. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 227:113935. [PMID: 34731764 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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TMTP1 is a polypeptide independently screened in our laboratory, which can target tumors in situ and metastases. In previous work, we have successfully developed a near-infrared (NIR) probe TMTP1-PEG4-ICG for tumor imaging. However, the limited ability to target tumor micrometastases hinders its further clinical application. Multimerization of peptides has been extensively demonstrated as an effective strategy to increase receptor binding affinity due to "multivalent effect" or "apparent cooperative affinity". In this study, a novel TMTP1 homodimer-directed NIR probe (TMTP1-PEG4)2-ICG was successfully constructed and synthesized. The cyclic TMTP1 peptides were bridged by two PEG4 linkers and then labeled with ICG-NHS for tumor imaging and photothermal therapy. In vivo biodistribution were assessed in normal BALB/c mice, and tumor targeting abilities of (TMTP1-PEG4)2-ICG and its monomer were evaluated and compared in 4T1-bearing subcutaneous tumor and lymph node metastasis model mice. Biodistribution analysis in vivo revealed that (TMTP1-PEG4)2-ICG was cleared mainly in both liver and kidney dependent way. Comparing with free ICG dye or TMTP1-PEG4-ICG probe, this improved (TMTP1-PEG4)2-ICG dimer showed more sensitive tumor imaging and could clearly identify tumors at a minimum volume of 10 mm3. Additionally, when compared to its monomer, lymph node (LN) metastases could also be apparently visualized and easily distinguished from normal LN by the novel dimer at 24 h post-injection. The blocking study revealed that the tumor accumulation of this probe was specifically medicated by receptor-ligand interaction. Furthermore, with the increase in stability and tumor targeting ability of ICG in vivo, the probe could also be an attractive photothermal agent to significantly inhibit tumor growth under 808 nm NIR laser irradiation. In conclusion, our work revealed that the novel (TMTP1-PEG4)2-ICG dimer could be a promising theranostic agent for sensitive tumor imaging and imaging-guided photothermal therapy, indicating its broad prospects for further clinical transformation.
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- Ling Wang
- Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China; Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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- Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China; Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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- Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China; Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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- Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China; Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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- Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China; Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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- Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China; Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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- Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China; Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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- Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China; Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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- Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China; Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China.
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- Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China; Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China.
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Wang H, Wang X, Li P, Dong M, Yao SQ, Tang B. Fluorescent probes for visualizing ROS-associated proteins in disease. Chem Sci 2021; 12:11620-11646. [PMID: 34659698 PMCID: PMC8442704 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc02165f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abnormal expression of proteins, including catalytic and expression dysfunction, is directly related to the development of various diseases in living organisms. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) could regulate protein expression by redox modification or cellular signal pathway and thus influence the development of disease. Determining the expression level and activity of these ROS-associated proteins is of considerable importance in early-stage disease diagnosis and the identification of new drug targets. Fluorescence imaging technology has emerged as a powerful tool for specific in situ imaging of target proteins by virtue of its non-invasiveness, high sensitivity and good spatiotemporal resolution. In this review, we summarize advances made in the past decade for the design of fluorescent probes that have contributed to tracking ROS-associated proteins in disease. We envision that this review will attract significant attention from a wide range of researchers in their utilization of fluorescent probes for in situ investigation of pathological processes synergistically regulated by both ROS and proteins.
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- Hui Wang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University Jinan 250014 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University Jinan 250014 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University Jinan 250014 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University Jinan 250014 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore Singapore 117543 Singapore
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University Jinan 250014 P. R. China
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Scott J, Deng Q, Vendrell M. Near-Infrared Fluorescent Probes for the Detection of Cancer-Associated Proteases. ACS Chem Biol 2021; 16:1304-1317. [PMID: 34315210 PMCID: PMC8383269 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.1c00223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Proteases are enzymes capable of catalyzing protein breakdown, which is critical across many biological processes. There are several families of proteases, each of which perform key functions through the degradation of specific proteins. As our understanding of cancer improves, it has been demonstrated that several proteases can be overactivated during the progression of cancer and contribute to malignancy. Optical imaging systems that employ near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probes to detect protease activity offer clinical promise, both for early detection of cancer as well as for the assessment of personalized therapy. In this Review, we review the design of NIR probes and their successful application for the detection of different cancer-associated proteases.
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I. Scott
- Centre
for Inflammation Research, The University
of Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre
for Inflammation Research, The University
of Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre
for Inflammation Research, The University
of Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Li H, Kim D, Yao Q, Ge H, Chung J, Fan J, Wang J, Peng X, Yoon J. Activity‐Based NIR Enzyme Fluorescent Probes for the Diagnosis of Tumors and Image‐Guided Surgery. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202009796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Haidong Li
- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul 03760 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul 03760 Korea
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone Dalian 116024 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul 03760 Korea
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone Dalian 116024 China
- Ningbo Institute of Dalian University of Technology 26 Yucai Road, Jiangbei District Ningbo 315016 China
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- School of Bioengineering Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone Dalian 116024 China
- Ningbo Institute of Dalian University of Technology 26 Yucai Road, Jiangbei District Ningbo 315016 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Ewha Womans University Seoul 03760 Korea
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Cysteine cathepsins are proteases critical in physiopathological processes and show potential as targets or biomarkers for diseases and medical conditions. The 11 members of the cathepsin family are redundant in some cases but remarkably independent of others, demanding the development of both pan-cathepsin targeting tools as well as probes that are selective for specific cathepsins with little off-target activity. This review addresses the diverse design strategies that have been employed to accomplish this tailored selectivity among cysteine cathepsin targets and the imaging modalities incorporated. The power of these diverse tools is contextualized by briefly highlighting the nature of a few prominent cysteine cathepsins, their involvement in select diseases, and the application of cathepsin imaging probes in research spanning basic biochemical studies to clinical applications.
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- Kelton A Schleyer
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, 1345 Center Dr, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, 1345 Center Dr, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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Shen Y, Wu T, Wang Y, Zhang SL, Zhao X, Chen HY, Xu JJ. Nucleolin-Targeted Ratiometric Fluorescent Carbon Dots with a Remarkably Large Emission Wavelength Shift for Precise Imaging of Cathepsin B in Living Cancer Cells. Anal Chem 2021; 93:4042-4050. [PMID: 33586959 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c05046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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As one of the most promising biomarkers for numerous malignant tumors, accurate and reliable reporting of Cathepsin B (CTSB) activity is of great significance to achieve efficient diagnosis of cancers at an early stage and predicting metastasis. Here, we report a vigorous ratiometric fluorescent method integrating a cancer-targeting recognition moiety with a remarkably large emission wavelength shift into a single matrix to report CTSB activity sensitively and specifically. As a proof of concept, we synthesized amine-rich carbon quantum dots (CQDs) with a blue fluorescence, which offered an efficient scaffolding to covalently assemble the nucleolin-targeting recognition nucleic acid aptamer AS1411 and a CTSB-cleavable peptide substrate Gly-Arg-Arg-Gly-Lys-Gly-Gly-Cys-COOH that tethered with a near-infrared (NIR) fluorophore chlorin e6 (Ce6-GRRGKGGC, Ce6-Pep), enabling a cancer-targeting and CTSB stimulus-responsive ratiometric nanoprobe AS1411-Ce6-CQDs. Owing to the efficient fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) process from the CQDs to Ce6 inside the assembly of nanoprobe, the blue fluorescence of CQDs at ∼450 nm was remarkably quenched, along with an obvious NIR fluorescence enhancement of Ce6 at ∼650 nm. After selective entry into cancer cells via nucleolin-mediated endocytosis, the overexpressed CTSB in lysosome could cleave Ce6-Pep and trigger the Ce6 moiety dissociation from AS1411-Ce6-CQDs, thus leading to the termination of FRET process, achieving the efficient ratiometric fluorescence response toward endogenous CTSB with a remarkably large emission wavelength shift of ∼200 nm from NIR to blue emission region. Notably, the nanoprobe AS1411-Ce6-CQDs exhibited an excellent specificity for ratiometric fluorescent sensing of CTSB activity with an ultralow detection limit of 0.096 ng/mL, demonstrating its promising use for early precise cancer diagnosis in the near future.
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- Yizhong Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
- School of Food & Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- School of Food & Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Activity‐Based NIR Enzyme Fluorescent Probes for the Diagnosis of Tumors and Image‐Guided Surgery. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:17268-17289. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202009796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Burster T, Gärtner F, Knippschild U, Zhanapiya A. Activity-Based Probes to Utilize the Proteolytic Activity of Cathepsin G in Biological Samples. Front Chem 2021; 9:628295. [PMID: 33732686 PMCID: PMC7959752 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.628295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Neutrophils, migrating to the site of infection, are able to release serine proteases after being activated. These serine proteases comprise cathepsin G (CatG), neutrophil elastase protease 3 (PR3), and neutrophil serine protease 4 (NSP4). A disadvantage of the uncontrolled proteolytic activity of proteases is the outcome of various human diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, thrombosis, and autoimmune diseases. Activity-based probes (ABPs) are used to determine the proteolytic activity of proteases, containing a set of three essential elements: Warhead, recognition sequence, and the reporter tag for detection of the covalent enzyme activity–based probe complex. Here, we summarize the latest findings of ABP-mediated detection of proteases in both locations intracellularly and on the cell surface of cells, thereby focusing on CatG. Particularly, application of ABPs in regular flow cytometry, imaging flow cytometry, and mass cytometry by time-of-flight (CyTOF) approaches is advantageous when distinguishing between immune cell subsets. ABPs can be included in a vast panel of markers to detect proteolytic activity and determine whether proteases are properly regulated during medication. The use of ABPs as a detection tool opens the possibility to interfere with uncontrolled proteolytic activity of proteases by employing protease inhibitors.
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- Timo Burster
- Department of Biology, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Surgery Center, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Surgery Center, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Biology, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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Xu Y, Li H, Fan L, Chen Y, Li L, Zhou X, Li R, Cheng Y, Chen H, Yuan Z. Development of photosensitizer-loaded lipid droplets for photothermal therapy based on thiophene analogs. J Adv Res 2021; 28:165-174. [PMID: 33364053 PMCID: PMC7753963 DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2020.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 08/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Photothermal therapy (PTT) was considered as one of the most promising cancer therapies to overcome the severe side effects caused by chemotherapy. Hence, four thiophene analogs were developed to construct novel organic photothermal agents (PTAs) for many biomedical applications in cancer biosensing and photothermal therapies. The efficacy of four compounds was demonstrated by studies of photothermal properties as well as photothermal therapeutic effects. Besides, tumor ablation experiments indicated that HTN2 can effectively suppress tumors in vivo and in vitro as a novel PTA. Hence, PTAs that we designed and synthesized with their advantage of good biocompatibility and facile structural design could be candidates for PTT.
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- Yue Xu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Georgetown University, 3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 818 Xingwan Road, Wanli District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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Li Y, Mei T, Han S, Han T, Sun Y, Zhang H, An F. Cathepsin B-responsive nanodrug delivery systems for precise diagnosis and targeted therapy of malignant tumors. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Xu Y, Zhang Y, Li J, An J, Li C, Bai S, Sharma A, Deng G, Kim JS, Sun Y. NIR-II emissive multifunctional AIEgen with single laser-activated synergistic photodynamic/photothermal therapy of cancers and pathogens. Biomaterials 2020; 259:120315. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 08/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Reja SI, Minoshima M, Hori Y, Kikuchi K. Near-infrared fluorescent probes: a next-generation tool for protein-labeling applications. Chem Sci 2020; 12:3437-3447. [PMID: 34163617 PMCID: PMC8179524 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc04792a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The development of near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probes over the past few decades has changed the way that biomolecules are imaged, and thus represents one of the most rapidly progressing areas of research. Presently, NIR fluorescent probes are routinely used to visualize and understand intracellular activities. The ability to penetrate tissues deeply, reduced photodamage to living organisms, and a high signal-to-noise ratio characterize NIR fluorescent probes as efficient next-generation tools for elucidating various biological events. The coupling of self-labeling protein tags with synthetic fluorescent probes is one of the most promising research areas in chemical biology. Indeed, at present, protein-labeling techniques are not only used to monitor the dynamics and localization of proteins but also play a more diverse role in imaging applications. For instance, one of the dominant technologies employed in the visualization of protein activity and regulation is based on protein tags and their associated NIR fluorescent probes. In this mini-review, we will discuss the development of several NIR fluorescent probes used for various protein-tag systems.
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- Shahi Imam Reja
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
- Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
- Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University Osaka 565-0871 Japan
- Quantum Information and Quantum Biology Division, Osaka University Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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MEN Y, ZHOU X, YAN Z, NIU L, LUO Y, WANG J, WANG J. A Water-soluble Near-infrared Fluorescent Probe for Cysteine/Homocysteine and Its Application in Live Cells and Mice. ANAL SCI 2020; 36:1053-1057. [DOI: 10.2116/analsci.20p016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Yuhui MEN
- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Immuno-Engineering of Henan Province, Henan University
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Immuno-Engineering of Henan Province, Henan University
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Immuno-Engineering of Henan Province, Henan University
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Immuno-Engineering of Henan Province, Henan University
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Immuno-Engineering of Henan Province, Henan University
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Immuno-Engineering of Henan Province, Henan University
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Immuno-Engineering of Henan Province, Henan University
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Wang Y, Jiang L, Zhang Y, Lu Y, Li J, Wang H, Yao D, Wang D. Fibronectin-Targeting and Cathepsin B-Activatable Theranostic Nanoprobe for MR/Fluorescence Imaging and Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy for Triple Negative Breast Cancer. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:33564-33574. [PMID: 32633941 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c10397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Because of the lack of specific targets, the highly aggressive triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is unable to benefit from endocrine therapy or conventional targeting therapy. Even worse, current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches have limited value for TNBC. Therefore, developing TNBC-specific theranostic probes for accurate diagnosis and further selective therapy will build a powerful toolbox for TNBC management. In this contribution, we developed a sequential strategy to enhance the specificity of TNBC theranostics. In this theranostic system, a versatile nanoprobe (Pep-SQ@USPIO) was integrated legitimately for the fibronectin-targeting MR imaging and CTSB-activatable fluorescence imaging, followed with enhanced photodynamic therapy (PDT) of TNBC. First, the fibronectin overexpressed in the extracellular matrix (ECM) of TNBC was used as a biomarker for targeting theranostics using the Cys-Arg-Glu-Lys-Ala (CREKA) peptide. For another, the fluorescence and PDT capacity of self-developed squaraine photosensitizer (SQ) were prequenched by ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO), an MR imaging contrast agent. Once the linker, Gly-Phe-Leu-Gly (GFLG) peptide, was selectively cleaved by TNBC-derived CTSB, the liberated SQ photosensitizer allowed light-up fluorescence imaging and enhanced PDT of TNBC. Remarkably, this research demonstrates that tumor-ECM-targeting and endogenous enzyme-activated nanoprobes open a new avenue for TNBC theranostics.
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- Yanshu Wang
- Department of Radiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence and Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence and Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Lei Rong
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences China Pharmaceutical University Nanjing P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education & Department of Chemistry Wuhan University Wuhan P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education & Department of Chemistry Wuhan University Wuhan P. R. China
- School of Biology and Biological Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education & Department of Chemistry Wuhan University Wuhan P. R. China
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Yang ZS, Yao Y, Sedgwick AC, Li C, Xia Y, Wang Y, Kang L, Su H, Wang BW, Gao S, Sessler JL, Zhang JL. Rational design of an "all-in-one" phototheranostic. Chem Sci 2020; 11:8204-8213. [PMID: 34123091 PMCID: PMC8163340 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc03368e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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We report here porphodilactol derivatives and their corresponding metal complexes. These systems show promise as "all-in-one" phototheranostics and are predicated on a design strategy that involves controlling the relationship between intersystem crossing (ISC) and photothermal conversion efficiency following photoexcitation. The requisite balance was achieved by tuning the aromaticity of these porphyrinoid derivatives and forming complexes with one of two lanthanide cations, namely Gd3+ and Lu3+. The net result led to a metalloporphodilactol system, Gd-trans-2, with seemingly optimal ISC efficiency, photothermal conversion efficiency and fluorescence properties, as well as good chemical stability. Encapsulation of Gd-trans-2 within mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) allowed its evaluation for tumour diagnosis and therapy. It was found to be effective as an "all-in-one" phototheranostic that allowed for NIR fluorescence/photoacoustic dual-modal imaging while providing an excellent combined PTT/PDT therapeutic efficacy in vitro and in vivo in 4T1-tumour-bearing mice.
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- Zi-Shu Yang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University Beijing 100871 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University Beijing 100871 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin 105 East 24th Street-A5300 Austin TX 78712-1224 USA
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University First Hospital Beijing 100034 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University Beijing 100871 P. R. China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University First Hospital Beijing 100034 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University Beijing 100871 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University Beijing 100871 P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin 105 East 24th Street-A5300 Austin TX 78712-1224 USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University Beijing 100871 P. R. China
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Lu S, Lei X, Ren H, Zheng S, Qiang J, Zhang Z, Chen Y, Wei T, Wang F, Chen X. PEGylated Dimeric BODIPY Photosensitizers as Nanocarriers for Combined Chemotherapy and Cathepsin B-Activated Photodynamic Therapy in 3D Tumor Spheroids. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:3835-3845. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Sheng Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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Xing P, Niu Y, Mu R, Wang Z, Xie D, Li H, Dong L, Wang C. A pocket-escaping design to prevent the common interference with near-infrared fluorescent probes in vivo. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1573. [PMID: 32218438 PMCID: PMC7099068 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15323-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probes are among the most attractive chemical tools for biomedical imaging. However, their in vivo applications are hindered by albumin binding, generating unspecific fluorescence that masks the specific signal from the analyte. Here, combining experimental and docking methods, we elucidate that the reason for this problem is an acceptor (A) group-mediated capture of the dyes into hydrophobic pockets of albumin. This pocket-capturing phenomenon commonly applies to dyes designed under the twisted intramolecular charge-transfer (TICT) principle and, therefore, represents a generic but previously unidentified backdoor problem. Accordingly, we create a new A group that avoids being trapped into the albumin pockets (pocket-escaping) and thereby construct a NIR probe, BNLBN, which effectively prevents this backdoor problem with increased imaging accuracy for liver fibrosis in vivo. Overall, our study explains and overcomes a fundamental problem for the in vivo application of a broad class of bioimaging tools.
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- Panfei Xing
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China.
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Mun SG, Choi HW, Lee JM, Lim JH, Ha JH, Kang MJ, Kim EJ, Kang L, Chung BG. rGO nanomaterial-mediated cancer targeting and photothermal therapy in a microfluidic co-culture platform. NANO CONVERGENCE 2020; 7:10. [PMID: 32180051 PMCID: PMC7076105 DOI: 10.1186/s40580-020-0220-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We developed the microfluidic co-culture platform to study photothermal therapy applications. We conjugated folic acid (FA) to target breast cancer cells using reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-based functional nanomaterials. To characterize the structure of rGO-based nanomaterials, we analyzed the molecular spectrum using UV-visible and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). We demonstrated the effect of rGO-FA-based nanomaterials on photothermal therapy of breast cancer cells in the microfluidic co-culture platform. From the microfluidic co-culture platform with breast cancer cells and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), we observed that the viability of breast cancer cells treated with rGO-FA-based functional nanomaterials was significantly decreased after near-infrared (NIR) laser irradiation. Therefore, this microfluidic co-culture platform could be a potentially powerful tool for studying cancer cell targeting and photothermal therapy.
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- Seok Gyu Mun
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea.
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In situ localization of alkaline phosphatase activity in tumor cells by an aggregation-induced emission fluorophore-based probes. Bioorg Med Chem 2020; 28:115284. [PMID: 31959388 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2019.115284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In situ detection of certain specific enzyme activities in cells is deeply attached to tumor diagnosis. Conventional enzyme-responsive fluorescent probes have difficulty detecting targeted enzymes in situ in cells due to the low detection accuracy caused by the spread of fluorescence probes. In order to solve this problem, we have designed and synthesized an enzyme-responsive, water-soluble fluorescent probe with AIE characteristics, which could aggregate and precipitate to produce in situ fluorescence when reacting with the targeted enzyme in cells. The AIE fluorophore (TPEQH) was utilized to design the enzyme-responsive, fluorescent probe (TPEQHA) by introducing a phosphate group on to it, which could be specifically decomposed by the targeted enzyme, namely alkaline phosphatase (ALP). In tumor cells, TPEQH was highly produced due to the interaction of phosphate on the TPEQHA and the overexpressed ALP. Water-insoluble TPEQH then precipitated and release fluorescence in situ, thereby successfully detecting the ALP. Furthermore, the expression level of ALP could be determined by the fluorescence intensity of TPEQH with higher accuracy due to the inhibition of TPEQH leak, which demonstrated a potential application of in suit ALP detection in both clinical diagnosis and scientific research of tumor.
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Li S, Liu J, Sun M, Wang J, Wang C, Sun Y. Cell Membrane-Camouflaged Nanocarriers for Cancer Diagnostic and Therapeutic. Front Pharmacol 2020; 11:24. [PMID: 32116701 PMCID: PMC7010599 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Cell membrane (CM)-camouflaged nanocarriers (CMNPs) are the tools of a biomimetic strategy that has attracted significant attention. With a wide range of nanoparticle cores and CMs available, various creative CMNP designs have been studied for cancer diagnosis and therapy. The various functional CM molecules available allow CMNPs to demonstrate excellent properties such as prolonged circulation time, immune escape ability, reduced systemic toxicity, and homologous targeting ability when camouflaged with CMs derived from various types of natural cells including red and white blood cells, platelets, stem cells, and cancer cells. In this review, we summarize various CMNPs employed for cancer chemotherapy, immunotherapy, phototherapy, and in vivo imaging. We also predict future challenges and opportunities for fundamental and clinical studies.
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- Shengxian Li
- Department of Urology, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Urology, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Urology, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Urology, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Urology, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Urology, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.,Department of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Wang Y, Yu F, Luo X, Li M, Zhao L, Yu F. Visualization of carboxylesterase 2 with a near-infrared two-photon fluorescent probe and potential evaluation of its anticancer drug effects in an orthotopic colon carcinoma mice model. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:4412-4415. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc00297f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We have established a near-infrared two-photon fluorescent probe for the detection of CE2 with high selectivity and sensitivity.
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- Yan Wang
- The Key Laboratory of Life-Organic Analysis
- Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Intermediates and Analysis of Natural Medicine
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Qufu Normal University
- Qufu 273165
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- Institute of Functional Materials and Molecular Imaging, Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma
- Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy
- Key Laboratory of Hainan Trauma and Disaster Rescue
- College of Clinical Medicine, College of Emergency and Trauma
- Hainan Medical University
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- The Key Laboratory of Life-Organic Analysis
- Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Intermediates and Analysis of Natural Medicine
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Qufu Normal University
- Qufu 273165
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- The Key Laboratory of Life-Organic Analysis
- Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Intermediates and Analysis of Natural Medicine
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Qufu Normal University
- Qufu 273165
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- Institute of Functional Materials and Molecular Imaging, Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma
- Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy
- Key Laboratory of Hainan Trauma and Disaster Rescue
- College of Clinical Medicine, College of Emergency and Trauma
- Hainan Medical University
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- The Key Laboratory of Life-Organic Analysis
- Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Intermediates and Analysis of Natural Medicine
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Qufu Normal University
- Qufu 273165
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Petushkova AI, Savvateeva LV, Korolev DO, Zamyatnin AA. Cysteine Cathepsins: Potential Applications in Diagnostics and Therapy of Malignant Tumors. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2019; 84:746-761. [PMID: 31509726 DOI: 10.1134/s000629791907006x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cysteine cathepsins are proteolytic enzymes involved in protein degradation in lysosomes and endosomes. Cysteine cathepsins have been also found in the tumor microenvironment during carcinogenesis, where they are implicated in proliferation, invasion and metastasis of tumor cells through the degradation of extracellular matrix, suppression of cell-cell interactions, and promotion of angiogenesis. In this regard, cathepsins can have a diagnostic value and represent promising targets for antitumor drugs aimed at inhibition of these proteases. Moreover, cysteine cathepsins can be used as activators of novel targeted therapeutic agents. This review summarizes recent discovered roles of cysteine cathepsins in carcinogenesis and discusses new trends in cancer therapy and diagnostics using cysteine cathepsins as markers, targets, or activators.
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- A I Petushkova
- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Institute of Uronephrology and Human Reproductive Health, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Moscow, 119991, Russia. .,Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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Kong F, Li Y, Yang C, Li X, Wu J, Liu X, Gao X, Xu K, Tang B. A fluorescent probe for simultaneously sensing NTR and hNQO1 and distinguishing cancer cells. J Mater Chem B 2019; 7:6822-6827. [PMID: 31608921 DOI: 10.1039/c9tb01581g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Identifying cancer at the cellular level during an early stage offers the hope of greatly improved outcomes for cancer patients. As potential cancer biomarkers, nitroreductase (NTR) and human quinine oxidoreductase 1 (hNQO1) are overexpressed in many type of cancer cells. Simultaneous detection of these two biomarkers would benefit diagnostic precision in related cancers without yielding false positive results. Herein, based on a dye generated in situ strategy, a dual-enzyme-responsive probe, CNN, was rationally designed and synthesized by installing p-nitrobenzene and trimethyl-locked quinone propionic acid groups, which are specific for NTR and hNQO1, respectively, into a single fluorophore. This probe is only activated in the presence of both NTR and hNQO1 and produces a large fluorescence response, enabling the detection of both endogenous NTR and hNQO1 activity in living cells. The imaging results indicate that the CNN probe differentiates cancer cells (HeLa, MDA-MB-231 and HepG2 cells) from normal liver HL-7702 cells owing to the existence of relatively high endogenous levels of both biomarkers in these cancer cells.
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- Fanpeng Kong
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. China.
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Wang Q, Yu L, Wong RC, Lo PC. Construction of cathepsin B-responsive fluorescent probe and photosensitizer using a ferrocenyl boron dipyrromethene dark quencher. Eur J Med Chem 2019; 179:828-836. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.06.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Liu L, You Y, Zhou K, Guo B, Cao Z, Zhao Y, Wu H. A Dual‐Response DNA Probe for Simultaneously Monitoring Enzymatic Activity and Environmental pH Using a Nanopore. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:14929-14934. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201907816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Lei Liu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials &, Nanosafety Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Micro/nano Bio-sensing, and Food Safety Inspection Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering Changsha University of Science and Technology Changsha 410114 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Micro/nano Bio-sensing, and Food Safety Inspection Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering Changsha University of Science and Technology Changsha 410114 China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials &, Nanosafety Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Liu L, You Y, Zhou K, Guo B, Cao Z, Zhao Y, Wu H. A Dual‐Response DNA Probe for Simultaneously Monitoring Enzymatic Activity and Environmental pH Using a Nanopore. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201907816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Lei Liu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials &, Nanosafety Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Micro/nano Bio-sensing, and Food Safety Inspection Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering Changsha University of Science and Technology Changsha 410114 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Micro/nano Bio-sensing, and Food Safety Inspection Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering Changsha University of Science and Technology Changsha 410114 China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials &, Nanosafety Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Yang G, Tian J, Chen C, Jiang D, Xue Y, Wang C, Gao Y, Zhang W. An oxygen self-sufficient NIR-responsive nanosystem for enhanced PDT and chemotherapy against hypoxic tumors. Chem Sci 2019; 10:5766-5772. [PMID: 31293763 PMCID: PMC6568044 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc00985j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The efficacy of photodynamic therapy and chemotherapy is largely limited by oxygen deficiency in the hypoxic tumor microenvironment. To solve these problems, we fabricated a novel NIR-responsive nanosystem which could co-deliver oxygen and anticancer drug DOX. An oxygen self-sufficient amphiphile (F-IR780-PEG) was first synthesized and subsequently utilized to load anticancer drug DOX to form nanoparticles (F/DOX nanoparticles). Due to the high oxygen capacity of such nanoparticles, the hypoxic tumor microenvironment was greatly modulated after these nanoparticles reached the tumor region, and the results revealed that hypoxia-inducible factor α (HIF-1α) was down-regulated and the expression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) was then reduced, which were in favor of chemotherapy. Under light irradiation at 808 nm, IR780 could efficiently produce singlet oxygen to damage cancer cells by photodynamic therapy (PDT). Simultaneously, the IR780 linkage could be cleaved by singlet oxygen generated by itself and resulted in DOX release, which further caused cell damage by chemotherapy. With the combination of PDT and chemotherapy, F/DOX nanoparticles showed remarkable therapeutic efficacy under in vitro and in vivo conditions. Furthermore, the F/DOX nanoparticles are favorable for imaging-guided tumor therapy due to the inherent fluorescence properties of IR780. We thus believe that the synergistic treatment described here leads to an ideal therapeutic approach to hypoxic tumors.
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- Guoliang Yang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry , Key Laboratory for Specially Functional Polymeric Materials and Related Technology of the Ministry of Education , East China University of Science and Technology , 130 Meilong Road , Shanghai 200237 , China .
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry , Key Laboratory for Specially Functional Polymeric Materials and Related Technology of the Ministry of Education , East China University of Science and Technology , 130 Meilong Road , Shanghai 200237 , China .
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering Center , East China University of Science and Technology , China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry , Key Laboratory for Specially Functional Polymeric Materials and Related Technology of the Ministry of Education , East China University of Science and Technology , 130 Meilong Road , Shanghai 200237 , China .
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry , Key Laboratory for Specially Functional Polymeric Materials and Related Technology of the Ministry of Education , East China University of Science and Technology , 130 Meilong Road , Shanghai 200237 , China .
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry , Key Laboratory for Specially Functional Polymeric Materials and Related Technology of the Ministry of Education , East China University of Science and Technology , 130 Meilong Road , Shanghai 200237 , China .
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry , Key Laboratory for Specially Functional Polymeric Materials and Related Technology of the Ministry of Education , East China University of Science and Technology , 130 Meilong Road , Shanghai 200237 , China .
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry , Key Laboratory for Specially Functional Polymeric Materials and Related Technology of the Ministry of Education , East China University of Science and Technology , 130 Meilong Road , Shanghai 200237 , China .
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Xue Y, Tian J, Liu Z, Chen J, Wu M, Shen Y, Zhang W. A Redox Stimulation-Activated Amphiphile for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy. Biomacromolecules 2019; 20:2796-2808. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Yudong Xue
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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Li H, Lee CH, Shin I. Preparation of a Multiple-Targeting NIR-Based Fluorogenic Probe and Its Application for Selective Cancer Cell Imaging. Org Lett 2019; 21:4628-4631. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Hui Li
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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The effect of Longan Arillus extract on enhancing oral absorption of bioactive peptides derived from defatted walnut meal hydrolysates. J Funct Foods 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2019.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Li X, Liu Q, Ye S, Wang S, Li K, Lv G, Peng Y, Qiu L, Lin J. A protease-responsive fluorescent probe for sensitive imaging of legumain activity in living tumor cells. Chem Biol Drug Des 2019; 94:1494-1503. [PMID: 31002467 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.13530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 04/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Legumain, a lysosomal cysteine protease, is critical for pathological progression and has been found to play an important role in the occurrence and development of several cancers. However, its biological functions remain few recognized. To further understand the role of legumain activity in tumor progression, a legumain protease-responsive fluorescent probe was developed in the present study. The probe 1 was synthesized by conjugating an aminoluciferin fluorophore with an alanine-alanine-asparagine (AAN) peptide sequence. The successful synthesis of probe 1 was validated by NMR and MS spectra as well as HPLC analysis. The probe 1 was non-toxic and exhibited great stability in the physiological solutions. More importantly, compared with the aminoluciferin fluorophore, the peptide conjugation may dramatically increase the targeting specificity. Probe 1 was able to effectively detect the legumain activity in living HCT116 cells through fluorescence imaging. All these results implied that probe 1 could act as a promising fluorescent probe specialized for the monitoring of legumain activity in living cells.
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- Xi Li
- School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, China.,School of Pharmaceutical Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, China
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- School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, China
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Fu W, Yan C, Zhang Y, Ma Y, Guo Z, Zhu WH. Near-Infrared Aggregation-Induced Emission-Active Probe Enables in situ and Long-Term Tracking of Endogenous β-Galactosidase Activity. Front Chem 2019; 7:291. [PMID: 31139612 PMCID: PMC6527754 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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High-fidelity tracking of specific enzyme activities is critical for the early diagnosis of diseases such as cancers. However, most of the available fluorescent probes are difficult to obtain in situ information because of tending to facile diffusion or inevitably suffering from aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) effect. In this work, we developed an elaborated near-infrared (NIR) aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active fluorescent probe, which is composed of a hydrophobic 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl) benzothiazole (HBT) moiety for extending into the NIR wavelength, and a hydrophilic β-galactosidase (β-gal) triggered unit for improving miscibility and guaranteeing its non-emission in aqueous media. This probe is virtually activated by β-gal, and then specific enzymatic turnover would liberate hydrophobic AIE luminogen (AIEgen) QM-HBT-OH. Simultaneously, brightness NIR fluorescent nanoaggregates are in situ generated as a result of the AIE-active process, making on-site the detection of endogenous β-gal activity in living cells. By virtue of the NIR AIE-active performance of enzyme-catalyzed nanoaggregates, QM-HBT-βgal is capable of affording a localizable fluorescence signal and long-term tracking of endogenous β-gal activity. All results demonstrate that the probe QM-HBT-βgal has potential to be a powerful molecular tool to evaluate the biological activity of β-gal, attaining high-fidelity information in preclinical applications.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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Zhang J, Chai X, He XP, Kim HJ, Yoon J, Tian H. Fluorogenic probes for disease-relevant enzymes. Chem Soc Rev 2019; 48:683-722. [PMID: 30520895 DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00907k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 357] [Impact Index Per Article: 71.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Traditional biochemical methods for enzyme detection are mainly based on antibody-based immunoassays, which lack the ability to monitor the spatiotemporal distribution and, in particular, the in situ activity of enzymes in live cells and in vivo. In this review, we comprehensively summarize recent progress that has been made in the development of small-molecule as well as material-based fluorogenic probes for sensitive detection of the activities of enzymes that are related to a number of human diseases. The principles utilized to design these probes as well as their applications are reviewed. Specific attention is given to fluorogenic probes that have been developed for analysis of the activities of enzymes including oxidases and reductases, those that act on biomacromolecules including DNAs, proteins/peptides/amino acids, carbohydrates and lipids, and those that are responsible for translational modifications. We envision that this review will serve as an ideal reference for practitioners as well as beginners in relevant research fields.
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- Junji Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd., Shanghai 200237, P. R. China.
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