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Yang S, Liu W, Shentu J, Chen X, Yang Y, Wang K, Qian J, Long L. On-Site Quantitative Visualization of Singlet Oxygen in Crops via an Organic Small Molecule-Based Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe and a Mobile Fluorescence Analysis Device. Anal Chem 2024; 96:9192-9199. [PMID: 38758357 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c01131] [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: 05/18/2024]
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Singlet oxygen (1O2) plays imperative roles in a variety of biotic or abiotic stresses in crops. The change of its concentration within a crop is closely related to the crop growth and development. Accordingly, there is an urgent need to develop an efficient analytical method for on-site quantitative detection of 1O2 in crops. Here, we judiciously constructed a novel ratiometric fluorescent probe, SX-2, for the detection of 1O2 in crops. Upon treating with 1O2, probe SX-2 displayed highly selective ratiometric fluorescence response, which is favorable for the quantitative detection of 1O2. Concurrently, the fluorescence solution color of probe SX-2 was varied, obviously from blue to yellow, indicating that the probe is beneficial for on-site detection by the naked eye. Sensing reaction mechanism studies showed that the 2,3-diphenyl imidazole group in SX-2 could function as a new selective recognition group for 1O2. Probe SX-2 was utilized for the detection of photoirradiation-induced 1O2 and endogenous 1O2 in living cells. The changes in the 1O2 level in zebrafish were also tracked by fluorescence imaging. In addition, the production of 1O2 in crop leaves under a light source of different wavelengths was studied. The results demonstrated more 1O2 were produced under a light source of 365 nm. Furthermore, to achieve on-site quantitative detection, a mobile fluorescence analysis device has been made. Probe SX-2 and mobile fluorescence analysis device were capable of on-site quantitative detecting of 1O2 in crops. The method developed herein will be convenient for the on-site quantitative measurement of 1O2 in distinct crops.
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- Sanxiu Yang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Agricultural Equipment and Technology (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Agricultural Equipment and Technology (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Agricultural Equipment and Technology (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Agricultural Equipment and Technology (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Agricultural Equipment and Technology (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Agricultural Equipment and Technology (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Agricultural Equipment and Technology (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Agricultural Equipment and Technology (Ministry of Education), Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
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Miura Y, Namioka S, Iwai A, Yoshida N, Konno H, Sohma Y, Kanai M, Makabe K. Redesign of a thioflavin-T-binding protein with a flat β-sheet to evaluate a thioflavin-T-derived photocatalyst with enhanced affinity. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 269:131992. [PMID: 38697433 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131992] [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: 02/26/2024] [Revised: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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Amyloids, proteinous aggregates with β-sheet-rich fibrils, are involved in several neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease; thus, their detection is critically important. The most common fluorescent dye for amyloid detection is thioflavin-T (ThT), which shows on/off fluorescence upon amyloid binding. We previously reported that an engineered globular protein with a flat β-sheet, peptide self-assembly mimic (PSAM), can be used as an amyloid binding model. In this study, we further explored the residue-specific properties of ThT-binding to the flat β-sheet by introducing systematic mutations. We found that site-specific mutations at the ThT-binding channel enhanced affinity. We also evaluated the binding of a ThT-based photocatalyst, which showed the photooxygenation activity on the amyloid fibril upon light radiation. Upon binding of the photocatalyst to the PSAM variant, singlet oxygen-generating activity was observed. The results of this study expand our understanding of the detailed binding mechanism of amyloid-specific molecules.
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- Yuina Miura
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jyonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jyonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Complex Systems Science, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-Ward, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jyonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wakayama Medical University, 25-1 Shichiban-cho, Wakayama 640-8156, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jyonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan.
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Tu L, Li C, Ding Q, Sharma A, Li M, Li J, Kim JS, Sun Y. Augmenting Cancer Therapy with a Supramolecular Immunogenic Cell Death Inducer: A Lysosome-Targeted NIR-Light-Activated Ruthenium(II) Metallacycle. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:8991-9003. [PMID: 38513217 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13224] [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: 03/23/2024]
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Though immunogenic cell death (ICD) has garnered significant attention in the realm of anticancer therapies, effectively stimulating strong immune responses with minimal side effects in deep-seated tumors remains challenging. Herein, we introduce a novel self-assembled near-infrared-light-activated ruthenium(II) metallacycle, Ru1105 (λem = 1105 nm), as a first example of a Ru(II) supramolecular ICD inducer. Ru1105 synergistically potentiates immunomodulatory responses and reduces adverse effects in deep-seated tumors through multiple regulated approaches, including NIR-light excitation, increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, selective targeting of tumor cells, precision organelle localization, and improved tumor penetration/retention capabilities. Specifically, Ru1105 demonstrates excellent depth-activated ROS production (∼1 cm), strong resistance to diffusion, and anti-ROS quenching. Moreover, Ru1105 exhibits promising results in cellular uptake and ROS generation in cancer cells and multicellular tumor spheroids. Importantly, Ru1105 induces more efficient ICD in an ultralow dose (10 μM) compared to the conventional anticancer agent, oxaliplatin (300 μM). In vivo experiments further confirm Ru1105's potency as an ICD inducer, eliciting CD8+ T cell responses and depleting Foxp3+ T cells with minimal adverse effects. Our research lays the foundation for the design of secure and exceptionally potent metal-based ICD agents in immunotherapy.
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- Le Tu
- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensor Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensor Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Amity School of Chemical Sciences, Amity University Punjab, Sector 82A, Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensor Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensor Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensor Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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Singh N, Sen Gupta R, Bose S. A comprehensive review on singlet oxygen generation in nanomaterials and conjugated polymers for photodynamic therapy in the treatment of cancer. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:3243-3268. [PMID: 38265094 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr05801h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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A key role in lessening humanity's continuous fight against cancer could be played by photodynamic therapy (PDT), a minimally invasive treatment employed in the medical care of a range of benign disorders and malignancies. Cancerous tissue can be effectively removed by using a light source-excited photosensitizer. Singlet oxygen and reactive oxygen species are produced via the photosensitizer as a result of this excitation. In the recent past, researchers have put in tremendous efforts towards developing photosensitizer molecules for photodynamic treatment (PDT) to treat cancer. Conjugated polymers, characterized by their efficient fluorescence, exceptional photostability, and strong light absorption, are currently under scrutiny for their potential applications in cancer detection and treatment through photodynamic and photothermal therapy. Researchers are exploring the versatility of these polymers, utilizing sophisticated chemical synthesis and adaptable polymer structures to create new variants with enhanced capabilities for generating singlet oxygen in photodynamic treatment (PDT). The incorporation of photosensitizers into conjugated polymer nanoparticles has proved to be beneficial, as it improves singlet oxygen formation through effective energy transfer. The evolution of nanotechnology has emerged as an alternative avenue for enhancing the performance of current photosensitizers and overcoming significant challenges in cancer PDT. Various materials, including biocompatible metals, polymers, carbon, silicon, and semiconductor-based nanomaterials, have undergone thorough investigation as potential photosensitizers for cancer PDT. This paper outlines the recent advances in singlet oxygen generation by investigators using an array of materials, including graphene quantum dots (GQDs), gold nanoparticles (Au NPs), silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs), titanium dioxide (TiO2), ytterbium (Yb) and thulium (Tm) co-doped upconversion nanoparticle cores (Yb/Tm-co-doped UCNP cores), bismuth oxychloride nanoplates and nanosheets (BiOCl nanoplates and nanosheets), and others. It also stresses the synthesis and application of systems such as amphiphilic block copolymer functionalized with folic acid (FA), polyethylene glycol (PEG), poly(β-benzyl-L-aspartate) (PBLA10) (FA-PEG-PBLA10) functionalized with folic acid, tetra(4-hydroxyphenyl)porphyrin (THPP-(PNIPAM-b-PMAGA)4), pyrazoline-fused axial silicon phthalocyanine (HY-SiPc), phthalocyanines (HY-ZnPcp, HY-ZnPcnp, and HY-SiPc), silver nanoparticles coated with polyaniline (Ag@PANI), doxorubicin (DOX) and infrared (IR)-responsive poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) (PEtOx) (DOX/PEtOx-IR NPs), particularly in NIR imaging-guided photodynamic therapy (fluorescent and photoacoustic). The study puts forward a comprehensive summary and a convincing justification for the usage of the above-mentioned materials in cancer PDT.
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- Neetika Singh
- Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka - 560012, India.
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka - 560012, India.
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka - 560012, India.
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Sobhanan J, Ono K, Okamoto T, Sawada M, Weiss PS, Biju V. Photosensitizer-singlet oxygen sensor conjugated silica nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy and bioimaging. Chem Sci 2024; 15:2007-2018. [PMID: 38332815 PMCID: PMC10848760 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03877g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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Intracellular singlet oxygen (1O2) generation and detection help optimize the outcome of photodynamic therapy (PDT). Theranostics programmed for on-demand phototriggered 1O2 release and bioimaging have great potential to transform PDT. We demonstrate an ultrasensitive fluorescence turn-on sensor-sensitizer-RGD peptide-silica nanoarchitecture and its 1O2 generation-releasing-storing-sensing properties at the single-particle level or in living cells. The sensor and sensitizer in the nanoarchitecture are an aminomethyl anthracene (AMA)-coumarin dyad and a porphyrin or CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs), respectively. The AMA in the dyad quantitatively quenches the fluorescence of coumarin by intramolecular electron transfer, the porphyrin or QD moiety generates 1O2, and the RGD peptide facilitates intracellular delivery. The small size, below 200 nm, as verified by scanning electron microscopy and differential light scattering measurements, of the architecture within the 1O2 diffusion length enables fast and efficient intracellular fluorescence switching by the tandem ultraviolet (UV)-visible or visible-near-infrared (NIR) photo-triggering. While the red emission and 1O2 generation by the porphyrin are continually turned on, the blue emission of coumarin is uncaged into 230-fold intensity enhancement by on-demand photo-triggering. The 1O2 production and release by the nanoarchitecture enable spectro-temporally controlled cell imaging and apoptotic cell death; the latter is verified from cytotoxic data under dark and phototriggering conditions. Furthermore, the bioimaging potential of the TCPP-based nanoarchitecture is examined in vivo in B6 mice.
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- Jeladhara Sobhanan
- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University Sapporo Hokkaido 060-0810 Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University Houston Texas 77005 USA
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- Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University Nagoya 464-8601 Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University Sapporo Hokkaido 060-0810 Japan
- Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University Sapporo Hokkaido 001-0020 Japan
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- Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University Nagoya 464-8601 Japan
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- California NanoSystems Institute and the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bioengineering, and Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Los Angeles CA 90095-1487 USA
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University Sapporo Hokkaido 060-0810 Japan
- Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University Sapporo Hokkaido 001-0020 Japan
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Zhang Y, Lu Y, Li Y, Xu Y, Song W. Poly(Glutamic Acid)-Engineered Nanoplatforms for Enhanced Cancer Phototherapy. Curr Drug Deliv 2024; 21:326-338. [PMID: 36650626 DOI: 10.2174/1567201820666230116164511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Phototherapies, including photothermal therapy and photodynamic therapy, have gained booming development over the past several decades for their attractive non-invasiveness nature, negligible adverse effects, minimal systemic toxicity, and high spatial selectivity. Phototherapy usually requires three components: light irradiation, photosensitizers, and molecular oxygen. Photosensitizers can convert light energy into heat or reactive oxygen species, which can be used in the tumor-killing process. The direct application of photosensitizers in tumor therapy is restricted by their poor water solubility, fast clearance, severe toxicity, and low cellular uptake. The encapsulation of photosensitizers into nanostructures is an attractive strategy to overcome these critical limitations. Poly(glutamic acid) (PGA) is a kind of poly(amino acid)s containing the repeating units of glutamic acid. PGA has superiority for cancer treatment because of its good biocompatibility, low immunogenicity, and modulated pH responsiveness. The hydrophilicity nature of PGA allows the physical entrapment of photosensitizers and anticancer drugs via the construction of amphiphilic polymers. Moreover, the pendent carboxyl groups of PGA enable chemical conjugation with therapeutic agents. In this mini-review, we highlight the stateof- the-art design and fabrication of PGA-based nanoplatforms for phototherapy. We also discuss the potential challenges and future perspectives of phototherapy, and clinical translation of PGA-based nanomedicines.
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- Yu Zhang
- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai-201318, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai-201318, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai-200093, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai-201318, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai-200093, P. R. China
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Hananya N, Green O, Gutiérrez-Fernández I, Shabat D, Arellano JB. Singlet Oxygen Detection by Chemiluminescence Probes in Living Cells. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2798:27-43. [PMID: 38587734 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3826-2_3] [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: 04/09/2024]
Abstract
Singlet oxygen is a reactive oxygen species that causes oxidative damage to plant cells, but intriguingly it can also act as a signalling molecule to reprogram gene expression required to induce plant physiological/cellular responses. Singlet oxygen photosensitization in plants mainly occurs in chloroplasts after the molecular collision of ground-state molecular oxygen with triplet-excited-state chlorophyll. Singlet oxygen direct detection through phosphorescence emission in chloroplasts is a herculean task due to its extremely low luminescence quantum yield. Because of this, indirect alternative methods have been developed for its detection in biological systems, for example, by measuring the changes in the EPR signal or fluorescence intensity of singlet oxygen reaction-based probes. The singlet oxygen chemiluminescence (SOCL) is a chemiluminescence probe with high sensitivity and selectivity towards singlet oxygen and promising use to detect it in living cells without the inconvenience of low stability of the EPR signal of spin probes in the presence of redox compounds, spurious light scattering coming from the light source required for the excitation of fluorescence probes or the light emission of endogenous fluorescent molecules like chlorophyll in chloroplasts. The protocol presented in this chapter describes the first steps to characterizing singlet oxygen production within the biological system under study; this is accomplished through monitoring molecular oxygen consumption by SOCL using a Clark-type oxygen electrode and measuring the chemiluminescence generated by SOCL 1,2-dioxetane using a spectrofluorometer. For singlet oxygen detection within living cells, a version of SOCL with increased membrane permeability (SOCL-CPP) is described.
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- Nir Hananya
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa, Israel
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa, Israel
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- Departamento de Estrés Abiótico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- School of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Departamento de Estrés Abiótico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain.
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Bai X, Lin Y, Gong L, Duan J, Sun X, Wang C, Liu Z, Jiang J, Zhou X, Zhou M, Zhang Z, Liu Z, Jing P, Zhong Z. Nanoparticles that target the mitochondria of tumor cells to restore oxygen supply for photodynamic therapy: Design and preclinical validation against breast cancer. J Control Release 2023; 362:356-370. [PMID: 37541592 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2023.07.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy, in which photosensitizers locally generate cytotoxic reactive oxygen species, can treat tumor tissue with minimal effects on surrounding normal tissue, but it can be ineffective because of the anoxic tumor microenvironment. Here we developed a strategy to inactivate the mitochondria of tumor cells in order to ensure adequate local oxygen concentrations for photodynamic therapy. We conjugated the photosensitizer 5-aminolevulinic acid to the lipophilic cation triphenylphosphine, which targets mitochondria. Then we packaged the conjugate into nanoparticles that were based on biocompatible bovine serum albumin and coated with folic acid in order to target the abundant folate receptors on the tumor surface. In studies in cell culture and BALB/c mice bearing MCF-7 xenografts, we found that the nanoparticles helped solubilize the cation-photosensitizer conjugate, prolong its circulation, and enhance its photodynamic antitumor effects. We confirmed the ability of the nanoparticles to target tumor cells and their mitochondria using confocal laser microscopy and in vivo assays of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and tissue distribution. Our results not only identify a novel nanoparticle system for treating cancer, but they demonstrate the feasibility of enhancing photodynamic therapy by reducing oxygen consumption within tumors.
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- Xiaosheng Bai
- Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China; Department of Pharmacy, Longquanyi District of Chengdu Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China
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- Central Nervous System Drug Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China
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- Department of General Surgery (Thyroid Surgery), The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Vascular Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China
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- West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China; Central Nervous System Drug Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China; Key Laboratory of Luzhou City for Aging Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China.
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Wang S, Liao Y, Wu Z, Peng Y, Liu Y, Chen Y, Shao L, Zeng Z, Liu Y. A lysosomes and mitochondria dual-targeting AIE-active NIR photosensitizer: Constructing amphiphilic structure for enhanced antitumor activity and two-photon imaging. Mater Today Bio 2023; 21:100721. [PMID: 37502829 PMCID: PMC10368935 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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Development of lysosomes and mitochondria dual-targeting photosensitizer with the virtues of near-infrared (NIR) emission, highly efficient reactive oxygen generation, good phototoxicity and biocompatibility is highly desirable in the field of imaging-guided photodynamic therapy (PDT) for cancer. Herein, a new positively charged amphiphilic organic compound (2-(2-(5-(7-(4-(diphenylamino)phenyl)benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazol-4-yl)thiophen-2-yl)vinyl)-3-methylbenzo[d]thiazol-3-ium iodide) (ADB) based on a D-A-π-A structure is designed and comprehensively investigated. ADB demonstrates special lysosomes and mitochondria dual-organelles targeting, bright NIR aggregation-induced emission (AIE) at 736 nm, high singlet oxygen (1O2) quantum yield (0.442), as well as good biocompatibility and photostability. In addition, ADB can act as a two-photon imaging agent for the elaborate observation of living cells and blood vessel networks of tissues. Upon light irradiation, obvious decrease of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), abnormal mitochondria morphology, as well as phagocytotic vesicles and lysosomal disruption in cells are observed, which further induce cell apoptosis and resulting in enhanced antitumor activity for cancer treatment. In vivo experiments reveal that ADB can inhibit tumor growth efficiently upon light exposure. These findings demonstrate that this dual-organelles targeted ADB has great potential for clinical imaging-guided photodynamic therapy, and this work provides a new avenue for the development of multi-organelles targeted photosensitizers for highly efficient cancer treatment.
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- Shaozhen Wang
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Drug Metabolism & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Drug Metabolism & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Drug Metabolism & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Drug Metabolism & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Drug Metabolism & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Stomatological Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Drug Metabolism & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Drug Metabolism & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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Hwang E, Yun M, Jung HS. Mitochondria-targeted organic sonodynamic therapy agents: concept, benefits, and future directions. Front Chem 2023; 11:1212193. [PMID: 37361020 PMCID: PMC10286864 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1212193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) is an emerging and potentially less invasive therapeutic approach for cancer that employs ultrasound (US)-sensitive agents combined with US irradiation to generate cytotoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) in deep tumor regions. Among various cellular organelles, the mitochondria are particularly susceptible to ROS, making them an attractive target for SDT. Organic-based SDT agents with mitochondria-targeting affinity have gained considerable interest as potential alternatives to conventional SDT agents, offering significant advantages in the field of SDT. However, to date, a comprehensive review focusing on mitochondria-targeted SDT agents has not yet been published. In this review, we provide an overview of the general concept, importance, benefits, and limitations of mitochondria-targeted organic SDT agents in comparison to conventional SDT methods. Finally, we discuss the current challenges and future directions for the design and development of efficient SDT agents. By addressing these issues, we aim to stimulate further research and advancements in the field of mitochondria-targeted SDT, ultimately facilitating the translation of these agents into clinical applications.
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- Eunbin Hwang
- Department of Gerontology (AgeTech-Service Convergence Major), Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical & Chemical Sciences, Hyupsung University, Hwasung, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical & Chemical Sciences, Hyupsung University, Hwasung, Republic of Korea
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Romo-Islas G, Ward JS, Rissanen K, Rodríguez L. Heterometallic Au(I)-Cu(I) Clusters: Luminescence Studies and 1O 2 Production. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:8101-8111. [PMID: 37191273 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Two different organometallic gold(I) compounds containing naphthalene and phenanthrene as fluorophores and 2-pyridyldiphenylphosphane as the ancillary ligand were synthesized (compounds 1 with naphthalene and 2 with phenanthrene). They were reacted with three different copper(I) salts with different counterions (PF6-, OTf-, and BF4-; OTf = triflate) to obtain six Au(I)/Cu(I) heterometallic clusters (compounds 1a-c for naphthalene derivatives and 2a-c for phenanthrene derivatives). The heterometallic compounds present red pure room-temperature phosphorescence in both solution, the solid state, and air-equilibrated samples, as a difference with the dual emission recorded for the gold(I) precursors 1 and 2. The presence of Au(I)-Cu(I) metallophilic contacts has been identified using single-crystal X-ray diffraction structure resolution of two of the compounds, which play a direct role in the resulting red-shifted emission with respect to the gold(I) homometallic precursors. Polystyrene (PS) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) polymeric matrices were doped with our luminescent compounds, and the resulting changes in their emissive properties were analyzed and compared with those previously recorded in the solution and the solid state. All complexes were tested to analyze their ability to produce 1O2 and present very good values of ΦΔ up to 50%.
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- Guillermo Romo-Islas
- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica, Secció de Química Inorgànica, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, 40014 Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, 40014 Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica, Secció de Química Inorgànica, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Fujii J, Soma Y, Matsuda Y. Biological Action of Singlet Molecular Oxygen from the Standpoint of Cell Signaling, Injury and Death. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28104085. [PMID: 37241826 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28104085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Energy transfer to ground state triplet molecular oxygen results in the generation of singlet molecular oxygen (1O2), which has potent oxidizing ability. Irradiation of light, notably ultraviolet A, to a photosensitizing molecule results in the generation of 1O2, which is thought to play a role in causing skin damage and aging. It should also be noted that 1O2 is a dominant tumoricidal component that is generated during the photodynamic therapy (PDT). While type II photodynamic action generates not only 1O2 but also other reactive species, endoperoxides release pure 1O2 upon mild exposure to heat and, hence, are considered to be beneficial compounds for research purposes. Concerning target molecules, 1O2 preferentially reacts with unsaturated fatty acids to produce lipid peroxidation. Enzymes that contain a reactive cysteine group at the catalytic center are vulnerable to 1O2 exposure. Guanine base in nucleic acids is also susceptible to oxidative modification, and cells carrying DNA with oxidized guanine units may experience mutations. Since 1O2 is produced in various physiological reactions in addition to photodynamic reactions, overcoming technical challenges related to its detection and methods used for its generation would allow its potential functions in biological systems to be better understood.
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- Junichi Fujii
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nursing, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nursing, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
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Zanocco RP, Bresolí-Obach R, Nájera F, Pérez-Inestrosa E, Zanocco AL, Lemp E, Nonell S. NanoFN10: A High-Contrast Turn-On Fluorescence Nanoprobe for Multiphoton Singlet Oxygen Imaging. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:4603. [PMID: 37430516 DOI: 10.3390/s23104603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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An "off-on" fluorescent nanoprobe for near-infrared multiphoton imaging of singlet oxygen has been developed. The nanoprobe comprises a naphthoxazole fluorescent unit and a singlet-oxygen-sensitive furan derivative attached to the surface of mesoporous silica nanoparticles. In solution, the fluorescence of the nanoprobe increases upon reaction with singlet oxygen both under one- and multiphoton excitation, with fluorescence enhancements up to 180-fold. The nanoprobe can be readily internalized by macrophage cells and is capable of imaging intracellular singlet oxygen under multiphoton excitation.
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- Renzo P Zanocco
- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8330015, Chile
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- Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramon Llull, Via Augusta 390, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina-IBIMA, Plataforma Bionand, Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía, 29590 Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina-IBIMA, Plataforma Bionand, Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía, 29590 Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8330015, Chile
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8330015, Chile
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- Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramon Llull, Via Augusta 390, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
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Ding C, Ren T. Near infrared fluorescent probes for detecting and imaging active small molecules. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Kitao M, Yamaguchi A, Tomioka T, Kai K, Kamei Y, Sugimoto K, Akagawa M. Astaxanthin protects human ARPE-19 retinal pigment epithelium cells from blue light-induced phototoxicity by scavenging singlet oxygen. Free Radic Res 2023; 57:430-443. [PMID: 37897411 DOI: 10.1080/10715762.2023.2277144] [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: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023]
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of an increasing number of diseases that causes irreversible impairment and loss of vision in the elderly. AMD occurs by oxidative stress-mediated apoptosis of retinal pigment epithelium cells. The onset of AMD may be positively correlated with the exposure to blue light. We screened food-derived carotenoids for cytoprotective action against blue light irradiation using human ARPE-19 retinal pigment epithelium cells. This study revealed that blue light irradiation triggered apoptosis and oxidative stress in all-trans-retinal (atRAL)-exposed ARPE-19 cells by generating singlet oxygen (1O2), leading to significant cell death. We found that astaxanthin, a potent anti-oxidative xanthophyll abundant in several marine organisms including microalgae, salmon, and shrimp, significantly suppresses blue light-induced apoptotic cell death of atRAL-exposed ARPE-19 cells by scavenging 1O2. Mechanistic studies using the blue-light irradiated cells also demonstrated that the cytoprotective effects of astaxanthin can be attributed to scavenging of 1O2 directly. Our results suggest the potential value of astaxanthin as a dietary strategy to prevent blue light-induced retinal degeneration including AMD.
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- Mana Kitao
- Faculty of Biomolecular Chemistry, Division of Applied Life Science, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan
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- Faculty of Integrated Bioscience, Division of Applied Life Science, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan
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- Faculty of Biomolecular Chemistry, Division of Applied Life Science, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan
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- Faculty of Biomolecular Chemistry, Division of Applied Life Science, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Institute of Biomedical sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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- Faculty of Integrated Bioscience, Division of Applied Life Science, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Institute of Biomedical sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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Jurak I, Cokarić Brdovčak M, Djaković L, Bertović I, Knežević K, Lončarić M, Jurak Begonja A, Malatesti N. Photodynamic Inhibition of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Infection by Tricationic Amphiphilic Porphyrin with a Long Alkyl Chain. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:pharmaceutics15030956. [PMID: 36986817 PMCID: PMC10058617 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15030956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is broadly used to treat different tumors, and it is a rapidly developing approach to inactivating or inhibiting the replication of fungi, bacteria, and viruses. Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) is an important human pathogen and a frequently used model to study the effects of PDT on enveloped viruses. Although many photosensitizers (PSs) have been tested for their antiviral properties, analyses are usually limited to assessing the reduction in viral yield, and thus the molecular mechanisms of photodynamic inactivation (PDI) remain poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the antiviral properties of TMPyP3-C17H35, a tricationic amphiphilic porphyrin-based PS with a long alkyl chain. We show that light-activated TMPyP3-C17H35 can efficiently block virus replication at certain nM concentrations without exerting obvious cytotoxicity. Moreover, we show that the levels of viral proteins (immediate-early, early, and late genes) were greatly reduced in cells treated with subtoxic concentrations of TMPyP3-C17H35, resulting in markedly decreased viral replication. Interestingly, we observed a strong inhibitory effect of TMPyP3-C17H35 on the virus yield only when cells were treated before or shortly after infection. In addition to the antiviral activity of the internalized compound, we show that the compound dramatically reduces the infectivity of free virus in the supernatant. Overall, our results demonstrate that activated TMPyP3-C17H35 effectively inhibits HSV-1 replication and that it can be further developed as a potential novel treatment and used as a model to study photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy.
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- Igor Jurak
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejčić 2, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejčić 2, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejčić 2, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejčić 2, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejčić 2, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia
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- Photonics and Quantum Optics Unit, Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials and Sensing Devices, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejčić 2, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejčić 2, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia
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Yang CR, Lin YS, Wu RS, Lin CJ, Chu HW, Huang CC, Anand A, Unnikrishnan B, Chang HT. Dual-emissive carbonized polymer dots for the ratiometric fluorescence imaging of singlet oxygen in living cells. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 634:575-585. [PMID: 36549206 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.12.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Singlet oxygen (1O2) is a type of reactive oxygen species (ROS), playing a vital role in the physiological and pathophysiological processes. Specific probes for monitoring intracellular 1O2 still remain challenging. In this study, we develop a ratiometric fluorescent probe for the real-time intracellular detection of 1O2 using o-phenylenediamine-derived carbonized polymer dots (o-PD CPDs). The o-PD CPDs possessing dual-excitation-emission properties (blue and yellow fluorescence) were successfully synthesized in a two-phase system (water/acetonitrile) using an ionic liquid tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate as a supporting electrolyte through the electrolysis of o-PD. The o-PD CPDs can act as a photosensitizer to produce 1O2 upon white LED irradiation, in turn, the generated 1O2 selectively quenches the yellow emission of the o-PD CPDs. This quenching behavior is ascribed to the specific cycloaddition reaction between 1O2 and alkene groups in the polymer scaffolds on o-PD CPDs. The interior carbon core can be a reliable internal standard since its blue fluorescence intensity remains unchanged in the presence of 1O2. The ratiometric response of o-PD CPDs is selective toward 1O2 against other ROS species. The developed o-PD CPDs have been successfully applied to monitor the 1O2 level in the intracellular environment. Furthermore, in the inflammatory neutrophil cell model, o-PD CPDs can also detect the 1O2 and other ROS species such as hypochlorous acid after phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-induced inflammation. Through the dual-channel fluorescence imaging, the ratiometric response of o-PD CPDs shows great potential for detecting endogenous and stimulating 1O2in vivo.
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- Cheng-Ruei Yang
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202301, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202301, Taiwan; Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202301, Taiwan; School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202301, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202301, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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Jing J, Peng Y, Fan W, Han S, Peng Q, Xue C, Qin X, Liu Y, Ding Z. Obesity-induced oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction negatively affect sperm quality. FEBS Open Bio 2023; 13:763-778. [PMID: 36866962 PMCID: PMC10068321 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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Obesity is a systemic metabolic disease that can induce male infertility or subfertility through oxidative stress. The aim of this study was to determine how obesity impairs sperm mitochondrial structural integrity and function, and reduces sperm quality in both overweight/obese men and mice on a high-fat diet (HFD). Mice fed the HFD demonstrated higher body weight and increased abdominal fat content than those fed the control diet. Such effects accompanied the decline in antioxidant enzymes, such as glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and catalase and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in testicular and epidydimal tissues. Moreover, malondialdehyde (MDA) content significantly increased in sera. Mature sperm in HFD mice demonstrated higher oxidative stress, including increased mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels and decreased protein expression of GPX1, which may impair mitochondrial structural integrity and reduce mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and ATP production. Moreover, cyclic AMPK phosphorylation status increased, whereas sperm motility declined in the HFD mice. Clinical studies demonstrated that being overweight/obese reduced SOD enzyme activity in the seminal plasma and increased ROS in sperm, accompanied by lower MMP and low-quality sperm. Furthermore, ATP content in the sperm was negatively correlated with increases in the BMI of all clinical subjects. In conclusion, our results suggest that excessive fat intake had similar disruptive effects on sperm mitochondrial structure and function, as well as oxidative stress levels in humans and mice, which in turn induced lower sperm motility. This agreement strengthens the notion that fat-induced increases in ROS and impaired mitochondrial function contribute to male subfertility.
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- Jia Jing
- Department of Histology, Embryology, Genetics and Developmental Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
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- Department of Histology, Embryology, Genetics and Developmental Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
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- Department of Histology, Embryology, Genetics and Developmental Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
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- Department of Histology, Embryology, Genetics and Developmental Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
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Li G, Wu M, Xu Y, Wang Q, Liu J, Zhou X, Ji H, Tang Q, Gu X, Liu S, Qin Y, Wu L, Zhao Q. Recent progress in the development of singlet oxygen carriers for enhanced photodynamic therapy. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Yang Y, Li N, Zhu Y, Li J, Li S, Hou X. Ratiometric singlet oxygen self-detecting and oxygen self-supplying nanosensor for real-time photodynamic therapy feedback and therapeutic effect enhancement. Talanta 2023; 259:124493. [PMID: 37004397 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 03/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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Integration of singlet oxygen (1O2) detection that provides necessary therapeutic feedback into nanotheranostics for hypoxic tumor photodynamic therapy (PDT) is desirable but still challenging. Herein, we report a nanosensor (denominated PAPD) by combining dual-channel ratiometric sensing and oxygen-augmenting strategies, which synergistically realizes real-time 1O2 self-detection, O2 self-supply and enhanced phototherapy. PAPD nanosensor is constructed by encapsulating anthracene-based 1O2 sensitive fluorophore (DPA) into porphyrin metal-organic frameworks (PCN-224), decorating gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as nanoenzymes, and coating polyethylene glycol thiol (PEG-SH) by the Au-S bond. PCN-224 serves as 1O2 reference fluorescence (FL) agent and photosensitizer. Once PCN-224-induced 1O2 is synthesized, the dual-channel ratiometric FL signal of PAPD actualizes sensitive, accurate and dynamic 1O2 visualization and gives real-time therapeutic information correlated with the therapeutic progression. Additionally, the catalase-like activity of PAPD possesses in situ O2 production via intracellular H2O2 decomposition and accelerates 1O2 yields for amplifying the tumor cell killing efficiency. Moreover, the ratiometric 1O2 self-detection affords the capacity to evaluate the O2 self-supplying effect in tumor 4T1 cells. Consequently, the rational-designed nanosensor PAPD provides a paradigm for real-time therapeutic evaluation and precise hypoxic tumor treatment clinically.
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Ding Y, Pan Q, Gao W, Pu Y, Luo K, He B. Reactive oxygen species-upregulating nanomedicines towards enhanced cancer therapy. Biomater Sci 2023; 11:1182-1214. [PMID: 36606593 DOI: 10.1039/d2bm01833k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a crucial role in physiological and pathological processes, emerging as a therapeutic target in cancer. Owing to the high concentration of ROS in solid tumor tissues, ROS-based treatments, such as photodynamic therapy and chemodynamic therapy, and ROS-responsive drug delivery systems have been widely explored to powerfully and specifically suppress tumors. However, their anticancer efficacy is still hampered by the heterogeneous ROS levels, and thus comprehensively upregulating the ROS levels in tumor tissues can ensure an enhanced therapeutic effect, which can further sensitize and/or synergize with other therapies to inhibit tumor growth and metastasis. Herein, we review the recently emerging drug delivery strategies and technologies for increasing the H2O2, ˙OH, 1O2, and ˙O2- concentrations in cancer cells, including the efficient delivery of natural enzymes, nanozymes, small molecular biological molecules, and nanoscale Fenton-reagents and semiconductors and neutralization of intracellular antioxidant substances and localized input of mechanical and electromagnetic waves (such as ultrasound, near infrared light, microwaves, and X-rays). The applications of these ROS-upregulating nanosystems in enhancing and synergizing cancer therapies including chemotherapy, chemodynamic therapy, phototherapy, and immunotherapy are surveyed. In addition, we discuss the challenges of ROS-upregulating systems and the prospects for future studies.
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- Yuanyuan Ding
- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, College of Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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- School of Preclinical Medicine, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- College of Chemistry & Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, College of Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Functional and molecular imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, College of Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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Kolarikova M, Hosikova B, Dilenko H, Barton-Tomankova K, Valkova L, Bajgar R, Malina L, Kolarova H. Photodynamic therapy: Innovative approaches for antibacterial and anticancer treatments. Med Res Rev 2023. [PMID: 36757198 DOI: 10.1002/med.21935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy is an alternative treatment mainly for cancer but also for bacterial infections. This treatment dates back to 1900 when a German medical school graduate Oscar Raab found a photodynamic effect while doing research for his doctoral dissertation with Professor Hermann von Tappeiner. Unexpectedly, Raab revealed that the toxicity of acridine on paramecium depends on the intensity of light in his laboratory. Photodynamic therapy is therefore based on the administration of a photosensitizer with subsequent light irradiation within the absorption maxima of this substance followed by reactive oxygen species formation and finally cell death. Although this treatment is not a novelty, there is an endeavor for various modifications to the therapy. For example, selectivity and efficiency of the photosensitizer, as well as irradiation with various types of light sources are still being modified to improve final results of the photodynamic therapy. The main aim of this review is to summarize anticancer and antibacterial modifications, namely various compounds, approaches, and techniques, to enhance the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy.
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- Marketa Kolarikova
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Murotomi K, Umeno A, Shichiri M, Tanito M, Yoshida Y. Significance of Singlet Oxygen Molecule in Pathologies. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032739. [PMID: 36769060 PMCID: PMC9917472 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Revised: 01/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Reactive oxygen species, including singlet oxygen, play an important role in the onset and progression of disease, as well as in aging. Singlet oxygen can be formed non-enzymatically by chemical, photochemical, and electron transfer reactions, or as a byproduct of endogenous enzymatic reactions in phagocytosis during inflammation. The imbalance of antioxidant enzymes and antioxidant networks with the generation of singlet oxygen increases oxidative stress, resulting in the undesirable oxidation and modification of biomolecules, such as proteins, DNA, and lipids. This review describes the molecular mechanisms of singlet oxygen production in vivo and methods for the evaluation of damage induced by singlet oxygen. The involvement of singlet oxygen in the pathogenesis of skin and eye diseases is also discussed from the biomolecular perspective. We also present our findings on lipid oxidation products derived from singlet oxygen-mediated oxidation in glaucoma, early diabetes patients, and a mouse model of bronchial asthma. Even in these diseases, oxidation products due to singlet oxygen have not been measured clinically. This review discusses their potential as biomarkers for diagnosis. Recent developments in singlet oxygen scavengers such as carotenoids, which can be utilized to prevent the onset and progression of disease, are also described.
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- Kazutoshi Murotomi
- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8566, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo 693-8501, Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ikeda 563-8577, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-72-751-8234
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo 693-8501, Japan
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Wu M, Yin C, Liu Z, Wang M, Sun Q, Niu N, Chen L. Biocompatible Fluorescent Biosensor Reveals the Level and Distribution of Indole-3-Acetic Acid Signals in Plants. Anal Chem 2023; 95:1385-1394. [PMID: 36577018 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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To fully understand the function of the phytohormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) in regulating plant growth and development, we need to monitor their levels and distribution with high spatial and temporal resolution. In this work, an anthracene-based fluorescent biosensor for IAA was prepared using bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a bio-template. The single linear oxygen (1O2) specifically produced by IAA catalyzed with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) turns on the fluorescence of the probe, enabling specific trace sensing of IAA in the presence of multiple structural analogues. The presence of the bio-template BSA extends the biocompatibility of the probe, enabling visual monitoring of the level and distribution signal of endogenous IAA of plants in the field of bioimaging. In addition, the strategy has shown potential for application in portable paper-based sensors and in vivo fluorescent flower culture. This work provides a technical and theoretical basis for exploring the growth regulatory mechanisms of IAA in plants at the molecular level.
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- Meng Wu
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China
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Xanthene dyes for cancer imaging and treatment: A material odyssey. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Ratiometric Singlet Oxygen Sensor Based on BODIPY-DPA Dyad. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27249060. [PMID: 36558192 PMCID: PMC9780792 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27249060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Compounds sensitive to reactive oxygen species are widely used in the study of processes in living cells and in the development of therapeutic agents for photodynamic therapy. In the present work, we have synthesized a dyad in which the BODIPY dye is chemically bound to 9,10-diphenylanthracene (DPA). Here, DPA acts as a specific sensor of singlet oxygen and BODIPY as a reference dye. We studied the photophysical properties of the BODIPY-DPA dyad and showed that energy transfer occurs between the chromophores. As a result, the compound has excitation maxima in the absorption region of both DPA and BODIPY, but the fluorescence emission occurs mainly from BODIPY. In the presence of singlet oxygen, the excitation maximum of DPA decreases, while the intensity of the excitation maximum of BODIPY remains almost unchanged. This allows the BODIPY-DPA dyad to be used as a ratiometric sensor of singlet oxygen.
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Zhao H, Takano Y, Sasikumar D, Miyatake Y, Biju V. Excitation‐Wavelength‐Dependent Functionalities of Temporally Controlled Sensing and Generation of Singlet Oxygen by a Photoexcited State Engineered Rhodamine 6G‐Anthracene Conjugate. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202202014. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Hanjun Zhao
- Graduate School of Environmental Science Hokkaido University N10, W5 Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science Hokkaido University N10, W5 Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
- Research Institute for Electronic Science Hokkaido University N20, W10 Sapporo 001-0020 Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science Hokkaido University N10, W5 Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
- Research Institute for Electronic Science Hokkaido University N20, W10 Sapporo 001-0020 Japan
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- Department of Pathology Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine Hokkaido University N15, W7 Sapporo 060-8638 Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science Hokkaido University N10, W5 Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
- Research Institute for Electronic Science Hokkaido University N20, W10 Sapporo 001-0020 Japan
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Photoeradication of aquatic pathogens by curcumin for clean and safe drinking water. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Wang LL, Yang YB, Cen JH, Lan J, Wang HH, Liu QC, Wu AB, Wang H, Liu HY. Fluorescence lifetime imaging of water-soluble porphyrin in human nasopharyngeal cells under two-photon excitation. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Wang H, Wang Z, Gao H, Liu J, Qiao Z, Zhao B, Liang Z, Jiang B, Zhang L, Zhang Y. A photo-oxidation driven proximity labeling strategy enables profiling of mitochondrial proteome dynamics in living cells. Chem Sci 2022; 13:11943-11950. [PMID: 36320915 PMCID: PMC9580500 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc04087e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 07/21/2023] Open
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Mapping the proteomic landscape of mitochondria with spatiotemporal precision plays a pivotal role in elucidating the delicate biological functions and complex relationship with other organelles in a variety of dynamic physiological processes which necessitates efficient and controllable chemical tools. We herein report a photo-oxidation driven proximity labeling strategy to profile the mitochondrial proteome by light dependence in living cells with high spatiotemporal resolution. Taking advantage of organelle-localizable organic photoactivated probes generating reactive species and nucleophilic substrates for proximal protein oxidation and trapping, mitochondrial proteins were selectively labeled by spatially limited reactions in their native environment. Integration of photo-oxidation driven proximity labeling and quantitative proteomics facilitated the plotting of the mitochondrial proteome in which up to 310 mitochondrial proteins were identified with a specificity of 64% in HeLa cells. Furthermore, mitochondrial proteome dynamics was deciphered in drug resistant Huh7 and LPS stimulated HMC3 cells which were hard-to-transfect. A number of differential proteins were quantified which were intimately linked to critical processes and provided insights into the related molecular mechanisms of drug resistance and neuroinflammation in the perspective of mitochondria. The photo-oxidation driven proximity labeling strategy offers solid technical support to a highly precise proteomic platform in time and finer space for more knowledge of subcellular biology.
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- He Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R & A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R & A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R & A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R & A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R & A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R & A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R & A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R & A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R & A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R & A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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Liu T, Chen YN, Tan DX, Han FS. The 2,4-diarylquinoline-based Platinum(II) complexes: Synthesis, photophysical and electrochemical properties, and application in detection of hypochlorite. J Organomet Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2022.122453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Oxygen tank for synergistic hypoxia relief to enhance mitochondria-targeted photodynamic therapy. Biomater Res 2022; 26:47. [PMID: 36138489 PMCID: PMC9502906 DOI: 10.1186/s40824-022-00296-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Mitochondria play an essential role in cellular redox homeostasis maintenance and meanwhile serve as an important target for organelle targeted therapy. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising strategy for organelle targeted therapy with noninvasive nature and highly spatiotemporal selectivity. However, the efficacy of PDT is not fully achieved due to tumor hypoxia. Moreover, aerobic respiration constantly consumes oxygen and leads to a lower oxygen concentration in mitochondria, which continuously limited the therapeutic effects of PDT. The lack of organelle specific oxygen delivery method remains a main challenge. Methods Herein, an Oxygen Tank is developed to achieve the organelle targeted synergistic hypoxia reversal strategy, which not only act as an oxygen storage tank to open sources and reduce expenditure, but also coated with red blood cell membrane like the tank with stealth coating. Within the oxygen tank, a mitochondrion targeted photosensitizer (IR780) and a mitochondria respiration inhibitor (atovaquone, ATO) are co-loaded in the RBC membrane (RBCm) coated perfluorocarbon (PFC) liposome core. Results Inside these bio-mimic nanoparticles, ATO effectively inhibits mitochondrial respiration and economized endogenous oxygen consumption, while PFC supplied high-capacity exogenous oxygen. These Oxygen modulators reverse the hypoxia status in vitro and in vivo, and exhibited a superior anti-tumor activity by mitochondria targeted PDT via IR780. Ultimately, the anti-tumor effects towards gastric cancer and colon cancer are elicited in vivo. Conclusions This oxygen tank both increases exogeneous oxygen supply and decreases endogenous oxygen consumption, may offer a novel solution for organelle targeted therapies. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40824-022-00296-0.
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Bernal-Escalante J, Molina-Villa T, López-Casillas F, Jiménez-Sánchez A. Mitochondria-Assisted Photooxidation to Track Singlet Oxygen at Homeostatic Membrane Microviscosity. ACS Sens 2022; 7:2303-2311. [PMID: 35913393 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.2c00933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Using intracellular-controlled photochemistry to track dynamic organelle processes is gaining attention due to its broad applications. However, most of the employed molecular probes usually require toxic photosensitizers and complex bioanalytical protocols. Here, the synthesis and performance of two new subcellular probes (MitoT1 and MitoT2) are described. The probes undergo photooxidation in the damaged tissue of zebrafish, a model system for tissue regeneration studies. Using high-resolution confocal microscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy, we combine the mentioned photoinduced interconversion at the homeostatic membrane viscosity to track singlet oxygen activity selectively. The continuous and real-time biosensing method reported here provides a new approach for simultaneously detecting endogenous singlet oxygen and viscosity status.
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- Jasmine Bernal-Escalante
- Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory (BioChela) at Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Coyoacán, P.C. Ciudad Universitaria,, 04510 Ciudad de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology at Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Coyoacán, P.C., Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Ciudad de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology at Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Coyoacán, P.C., Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Ciudad de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, Mexico
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- Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory (BioChela) at Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Coyoacán, P.C. Ciudad Universitaria,, 04510 Ciudad de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, Mexico
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Spatiotemporal-resolved protein networks profiling with photoactivation dependent proximity labeling. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4906. [PMID: 35987950 PMCID: PMC9392063 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32689-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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AbstractEnzymatic-based proximity labeling approaches based on activated esters or phenoxy radicals have been widely used for mapping subcellular proteome and protein interactors in living cells. However, activated esters are poorly reactive which leads to a wide labeling radius and phenoxy radicals generated by peroxide treatment may disturb redox-sensitive pathways. Herein, we report a photoactivation-dependent proximity labeling (PDPL) method designed by genetically attaching photosensitizer protein miniSOG to a protein of interest. Triggered by blue light and tunned by irradiation time, singlet oxygen is generated, thereafter enabling spatiotemporally-resolved aniline probe labeling of histidine residues. We demonstrate its high-fidelity through mapping of organelle-specific proteomes. Side-by-side comparison of PDPL with TurboID reveals more specific and deeper proteomic coverage by PDPL. We further apply PDPL to the disease-related transcriptional coactivator BRD4 and E3 ligase Parkin, and discover previously unknown interactors. Through over-expression screening, two unreported substrates Ssu72 and SNW1 are identified for Parkin, whose degradation processes are mediated by the ubiquitination-proteosome pathway.
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Jin P, Jiang J, Zhou L, Huang Z, Nice EC, Huang C, Fu L. Mitochondrial adaptation in cancer drug resistance: prevalence, mechanisms, and management. J Hematol Oncol 2022; 15:97. [PMID: 35851420 PMCID: PMC9290242 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-022-01313-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Drug resistance represents a major obstacle in cancer management, and the mechanisms underlying stress adaptation of cancer cells in response to therapy-induced hostile environment are largely unknown. As the central organelle for cellular energy supply, mitochondria can rapidly undergo dynamic changes and integrate cellular signaling pathways to provide bioenergetic and biosynthetic flexibility for cancer cells, which contributes to multiple aspects of tumor characteristics, including drug resistance. Therefore, targeting mitochondria for cancer therapy and overcoming drug resistance has attracted increasing attention for various types of cancer. Multiple mitochondrial adaptation processes, including mitochondrial dynamics, mitochondrial metabolism, and mitochondrial apoptotic regulatory machinery, have been demonstrated to be potential targets. However, recent increasing insights into mitochondria have revealed the complexity of mitochondrial structure and functions, the elusive functions of mitochondria in tumor biology, and the targeting inaccessibility of mitochondria, which have posed challenges for the clinical application of mitochondrial-based cancer therapeutic strategies. Therefore, discovery of both novel mitochondria-targeting agents and innovative mitochondria-targeting approaches is urgently required. Here, we review the most recent literature to summarize the molecular mechanisms underlying mitochondrial stress adaptation and their intricate connection with cancer drug resistance. In addition, an overview of the emerging strategies to target mitochondria for effectively overcoming chemoresistance is highlighted, with an emphasis on drug repositioning and mitochondrial drug delivery approaches, which may accelerate the application of mitochondria-targeting compounds for cancer therapy.
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- Ping Jin
- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital and West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital and West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital and West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital and West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital and West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Immunity and Diseases, Department of Pharmacology and International Cancer Center, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518060, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
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Watson EE, Russo F, Moreau D, Winssinger N. Optochemical Control of Therapeutic Agents through Photocatalyzed Isomerization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202203390. [PMID: 35510306 PMCID: PMC9400970 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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A Ru(bpy)3Cl2 photocatalyst is applied to the rapid trans to cis isomerization of a range of alkene‐containing pharmacological agents, including combretastatin A‐4 (CA‐4), a clinical candidate in oncology, and resveratrol derivatives, switching their configuration from inactive substances to potent cytotoxic agents. Selective in cellulo activation of the CA‐4 analog Res‐3M is demonstrated, along with its potent cytotoxicity and inhibition of microtubule dynamics.
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- Emma E. Watson
- Department of Organic Chemistry NCCR Chemical Biology Faculty of Sciences University of Geneva 1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry NCCR Chemical Biology Faculty of Sciences University of Geneva 1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry NCCR Chemical Biology Faculty of Sciences University of Geneva 1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry NCCR Chemical Biology Faculty of Sciences University of Geneva 1211 Geneva Switzerland
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Caging and photo-triggered uncaging of singlet oxygen by excited state engineering of electron donor-acceptor-linked molecular sensors. Sci Rep 2022; 12:11371. [PMID: 35790770 PMCID: PMC9256616 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-15054-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Singlet oxygen (1O2), one of the most sought-after species in oxidative chemical reactions and photodynamic cancer therapy, is activated and neutralized in the atmosphere and living cells. It is essential to see "when" and "where" 1O2 is produced and delivered to understand and utilize it. There is an increasing demand for molecular sensor tools to capture, store, and supply 1O2, controlled by light and engineered singlet and triplet states, indicating the 1O2-capturing-releasing state. Here, we demonstrate the outstanding potential of an aminocoumarin-methylanthracene-based electron donor–acceptor molecule (1). Spectroscopic measurements confirm the formation of an endoperoxide (1-O2) which is not strongly fluorescent and remarkably different from previously reported 1O2 sensor molecules. Moreover, the photoexcitation on the dye in 1-O2 triggers fluorescence enhancement by the oxidative rearrangement and a competing 1O2 release. The unique ability of 1 will pave the way for the spatially and temporally controlled utilization of 1O2 in various areas such as chemical reactions and phototherapies.
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Watson EE, Russo F, Moreau D, Winssinger N. Optochemical Control of Therapeutic Agents through Photocatalyzed Isomerization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202203390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Emma E. Watson
- Department of Organic Chemistry NCCR Chemical Biology Faculty of Sciences University of Geneva 1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry NCCR Chemical Biology Faculty of Sciences University of Geneva 1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry NCCR Chemical Biology Faculty of Sciences University of Geneva 1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry NCCR Chemical Biology Faculty of Sciences University of Geneva 1211 Geneva Switzerland
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Roy R, Khan A, Dutta T, Koner AL. Red to NIR-emissive anthracene-conjugated PMI dyes with dual functions: singlet-oxygen response and lipid-droplet imaging. J Mater Chem B 2022; 10:5352-5363. [PMID: 35583595 DOI: 10.1039/d2tb00349j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The rich chemistry of solution-processable red and near-infrared (NIR) organic emitters has emerged as an attractive and progressive research field because of their particular applications in organic optoelectronics and bioimaging. Also, one can see that the research area of perylene monoimide-based red and NIR-emissive fluorophores is underexplored, which prompted us to design and synthesize three anthracene-conjugated PMI dyes exhibiting strong emission in the red and NIR window in solution. Three PMI-based fluorophores were synthesized via conjoining anthracene and donor moieties (-Ph, -N,N-PhNMe2) with a PMI core via an acetylene linkage at the peri-position, which helped to attain extensive electronic conjugation, which was reflected in red and NIR-emission in solution. The key molecular features to be highlighted here are: all three dyes are strongly emissive in solution, as unveiled by the excellent absolute fluorescence QYs; and they possess tuneable emission properties, guided by the donor strength and a profound Stokes shift (100-200 nm). The three fluorescent dyes demonstrated appreciable singlet-oxygen (1O2) sensitivity when photoirradiated with methylene blue (MB) in solution, showing a substantial blue-shift in emission in a ratiometric manner. Further, the treatment of dye-MB solution with α-tocopherol (1O2 scavenger) validated the presence of 1O2 as the only oxidizing species generated by MB in solution. Computational investigations gave insight into the twisting of donor moieties in their ground-state optimized geometries, the modulation of the FMO energy gap, and the thermodynamic feasibility of the 1O2 reaction. Finally, via taking advantage of the red and NIR-emission, we successfully utilized one of the fluorophores as a lipid-droplet marker for bioimaging in HepG2 cells.
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- Rupam Roy
- Bionanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- Bionanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- Bionanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- Bionanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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Wu N, Jia R, Hong H, Gao H, Guo Z, Zhan H, Du S, Chen B. A peroxide-based conjugated triazine framework as a luminescent probe for p-nitroaniline and Fe3+ detection. POLYMER 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.124752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tian M, Chen W, Wu Y, An J, Hong G, Chen M, Song F, Zheng WH, Peng X. Liposome-Based Nanoencapsulation of a Mitochondria-Stapling Photosensitizer for Efficient Photodynamic Therapy. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:12050-12058. [PMID: 35234031 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c23156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Mitochondria-targeting photodynamic therapy (PDT) can block mitochondrial function and trigger the inherent proapoptotic cascade signal of mitochondria, which has been considered to have the potential to amplify the efficiency of PDT. However, the dynamic change of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) makes most cationic photosensitizers easily fall off from the mitochondria, which greatly limits the efficiency of PDT. Here, we have developed a smart liposome encapsulation method based on a mitochondria-stapling photosensitizer for efficient theranostic photodynamic therapy. The stapling photosensitizer can be covalently bound inside mitochondria via two reaction sites without a falloff effect, regardless of the change of MMP. As a result, the liposome-based nanophotosensitizer showed a high efficiency of PDT (IC50 = 0.98 μM) under 630 nm light. At the same time, the nanophotosensitizer had fluorescence imaging-guided ability to monitor abnormal mitochondrial morphology during PDT. Importantly, the results of mice experiments also showed that the liposome-based nanophotosensitizer possessed excellent antitumor PDT activity because the released photosensitizer can stay inside mitochondria during the whole process of PDT.
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- Mingyu Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Molecular Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
- Institute of Molecular Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Interventional Therapy, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shenyang 110042, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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Non-radical activation of CaO2 nanoparticles by MgNCN/MgO composites for efficient remediation of organic and heavy metal-contaminated wastewater. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.120334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Multiple Light-Activated Photodynamic Therapy of Tetraphenylethylene Derivative with AIE Characteristics for Hepatocellular Carcinoma via Dual-Organelles Targeting. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14020459. [PMID: 35214196 PMCID: PMC8877525 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14020459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as a promising locoregional therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The utilization of luminogens with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics provides a new opportunity to design functional photosensitizers (PS). PSs targeting the critical organelles that are susceptible to reactive oxygen species damage is a promising strategy to enhance the effectiveness of PDT. In this paper, a new PS, 1-[2-hydroxyethyl]-4-[4-(1,2,2-triphenylvinyl)styryl]pyridinium bromide (TPE-Py-OH) of tetraphenylethylene derivative with AIE feature was designed and synthesized for PDT. The TPE-Py-OH can not only simultaneously target lipid droplets and mitochondria, but also stay in cells for a long period (more than 7 days). Taking advantage of the long retention ability of TPE-Py-OH in tumor, the PDT effect of TPE-Py-OH can be activated through multiple irradiations after one injection, which provides a specific multiple light-activated PDT effect. We believe that this AIE-active PS will be promising for the tracking and photodynamic ablation of HCC with sustained effectiveness.
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Wang X, Wu M, Li H, Jiang J, Zhou S, Chen W, Xie C, Zhen X, Jiang X. Enhancing Penetration Ability of Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Sonodynamic Therapy of Large Solid Tumor. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2104125. [PMID: 34989170 PMCID: PMC8867194 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202104125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 11/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) holds growing promise in deep-seated or large solid tumor treatment owing to its high tissue penetration depth ability; however, its therapeutic efficacy is often compromised due to the hypopermeable and hypoxic characteristics in the tumor milieu. Herein, a semiconducting polymer nanoparticle (SPNC) that synergistically enhances tumor penetration and alleviates tumor hypoxia is reported for sonodynamic therapy of large solid tumors. SPNC comprises a semiconducting polymer nanoparticle core as a sonodynamic converter coated with a poly (ethylene glycol) corona. An oxygen-modulating enzyme, catalase, is efficiently conjugated to the surface of nanoparticles via the coupling reaction. Superior to its counterpart SPNCs (SPNC2 (84 nm) and SPNC3 (134 nm)), SPNC with the smallest size (SPNC1 (35 nm)) can efficiently penetrate throughout the tumor interstitium to alleviate whole tumor hypoxia in a large solid tumor model. Upon ultrasound (US) irradiation, SPNC1 can remotely generate sufficient singlet oxygen to eradicate tumor cells at a deep-tissue depth. Such a single treatment of SPNC1-medicated sonodynamic therapy effectively inhibits tumor growth in a large solid tumor mouse model. Therefore, this study provides a generalized strategy to synergistically overcome both poor penetration and hypoxia of large tumors for enhanced cancer treatment.
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- Xin Wang
- MOE Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and TechnologyDepartment of Polymer Science & EngineeringCollege of Chemistry & Chemical EngineeringNanjing UniversityNanjing210023P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and TechnologyDepartment of Polymer Science & EngineeringCollege of Chemistry & Chemical EngineeringNanjing UniversityNanjing210023P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and TechnologyDepartment of Polymer Science & EngineeringCollege of Chemistry & Chemical EngineeringNanjing UniversityNanjing210023P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and TechnologyDepartment of Polymer Science & EngineeringCollege of Chemistry & Chemical EngineeringNanjing UniversityNanjing210023P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and TechnologyDepartment of Polymer Science & EngineeringCollege of Chemistry & Chemical EngineeringNanjing UniversityNanjing210023P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and TechnologyDepartment of Polymer Science & EngineeringCollege of Chemistry & Chemical EngineeringNanjing UniversityNanjing210023P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for BiosensorsInstitute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)Nanjing University of Posts & TelecommunicationsNanjing210023P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and TechnologyDepartment of Polymer Science & EngineeringCollege of Chemistry & Chemical EngineeringNanjing UniversityNanjing210023P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and TechnologyDepartment of Polymer Science & EngineeringCollege of Chemistry & Chemical EngineeringNanjing UniversityNanjing210023P. R. China
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Fan C, Wang Y, Zhao J, Zhao Y, Yang D, Li B, Yu L, Yang XJ, Wu B. Reversible [4 + 2] Photooxygenation in Anion-Coordination-Driven-Assembled A 2L 2-Type Complexes. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:2198-2203. [PMID: 35049281 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Two bis-bis(urea) ligands (L1 and L2) incorporating the photoactive 9,10-diphenylanthracene fragment were designed for the construction of anion-coordination-driven assemblies and subsequent oxygenation of anthracene moieties for singlet oxygen storage. The corresponding A2L2-type sulfate complexes [TEA]4[(SO4)2(L1)2] (1) and [TEA]4[(SO4)2(L2)2] (2), where TEA = tetraethylammonium, were achieved by coordinating the ligands L1 or L2 with sulfate anions. Both 1 and 2 were able to undergo [4 + 2] photooxygenation to form endoperoxide photoproducts 1-EPO and 2-EPO, which can be partially converted back to the original anthracene compounds after heating. The structures of 1-EPO and 2-EPO were unambiguously confirmed by X-ray crystallography, NMR and UV-vis spectroscopy, and high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.
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- Chaochao Fan
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutics Engineering, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.,Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutics Engineering, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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Huang H, Chen B, Li L, Wang Y, Shen Z, Wang Y, Li X. A two-photon fluorescence probe with endoplasmic reticulum targeting ability for turn-on sensing photosensitized singlet oxygen in living cells and brain tissues. Talanta 2022; 237:122963. [PMID: 34736688 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an indispensable organelle responsible for protein synthesis, transportation, and maintenance of Ca2+ homeostasis in eukaryotic cells. Recent studies highlighted that ER-targeted photosensitizers with high yield of singlet oxygen (1O2) are effective in selectively disrupting ER function and are promising candidates for anticancer therapy. Unfortunately, no ER targetable fluorescent probes for determining 1O2 photosensitized in this photodynamic therapy process is available. In this work, we synthesized an ER-targetable, two-photon fluorescence probe, ER-1O2, for fluorescence turn-on sensing of 1O2. ER-1O2 demonstrated high sensitivity to 1O2 sensing with a wide detection range (0-2.75 μM) and a low detection limit (0.11 μM). ER-1O2 also displayed excellent selectivity toward 1O2 out of other ROS and metal ions. Notably, ER-1O2 exhibited low cytotoxicity but with specific ER targetable capability. On account of these advantageous features, fluctuations of 1O2 in living cells and brain tissues were effectively visualized by ER-1O2.
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- Hong Huang
- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China.
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Geng Y, Zhang G, Chen Y, Peng Y, Wang X, Wang Z. Si-Rhodamine Derivatives for Brain Fluorescence Imaging and Monitoring of H2S in the Brain of Schizophrenic Mice before and after Treatment. Anal Chem 2022; 94:1813-1822. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Yujie Geng
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100039, P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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Ji W, Tang X, Du W, Lu Y, Wang N, Wu Q, Wei W, Liu J, Yu H, Ma B, Li L, Huang W. Optical/electrochemical methods for detecting mitochondrial energy metabolism. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 51:71-127. [PMID: 34792041 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01610a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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This review highlights the biological importance of mitochondrial energy metabolism and the applications of multiple optical/electrochemical approaches to determine energy metabolites. Mitochondria, the main sites of oxidative phosphorylation and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) biosynthesis, provide the majority of energy required by aerobic cells for maintaining their physiological activity. They also participate in cell growth, differentiation, information transmission, and apoptosis. Multiple mitochondrial diseases, caused by internal or external factors, including oxidative stress, intense fluctuations of the ionic concentration, abnormal oxidative phosphorylation, changes in electron transport chain complex enzymes and mutations in mitochondrial DNA, can occur during mitochondrial energy metabolism. Therefore, developing accurate, sensitive, and specific methods for the in vivo and in vitro detection of mitochondrial energy metabolites is of great importance. In this review, we summarise the mitochondrial structure, functions, and crucial energy metabolic signalling pathways. The mechanism and applications of different optical/electrochemical methods are thoroughly reviewed. Finally, future research directions and challenges are proposed.
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- Wenhui Ji
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China.
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- Department of General Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research & The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China.
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an 710072, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211800, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China. .,Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an 710072, China.,The Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE, Future Technologies), Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China. .,Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an 710072, China.,The Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE, Future Technologies), Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Pham TC, Nguyen VN, Choi Y, Lee S, Yoon J. Recent Strategies to Develop Innovative Photosensitizers for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy. Chem Rev 2021; 121:13454-13619. [PMID: 34582186 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 532] [Impact Index Per Article: 177.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the use of light combined with a light-activated chemical, referred to as a PS. Attractively, PDT is one of the alternatives to conventional cancer treatment due to its noninvasive nature, high cure rates, and low side effects. PSs play an important factor in photoinduced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Although the concept of photosensitizer-based photodynamic therapy has been widely adopted for clinical trials and bioimaging, until now, to our surprise, there has been no relevant review article on rational designs of organic PSs for PDT. Furthermore, most of published review articles in PDT focused on nanomaterials and nanotechnology based on traditional PSs. Therefore, this review aimed at reporting recent strategies to develop innovative organic photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy, with each example described in detail instead of providing only a general overview, as is typically done in previous reviews of PDT, to provide intuitive, vivid, and specific insights to the readers.
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- Thanh Chung Pham
- Industry 4.0 Convergence Bionics Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Industry 4.0 Convergence Bionics Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea.,Industry 4.0 Convergence Bionics Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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Fudickar W, Roder P, Listek M, Hanack K, Linker T. Pyridinium Alkynylanthracenes as Sensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy. Photochem Photobiol 2021; 98:193-201. [PMID: 34719028 DOI: 10.1111/php.13554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a mild but effective method to treat certain types of cancer upon irradiation with visible light. Here, three isomeric methylpyridinium alkynylanthracenes 1o─p were evaluated as sensitizers for PDT. Upon irradiation with blue or green light, all three compounds show the ability to initiate strand breaks of plasmid DNA. The mayor species responsible for cleavage is singlet oxygen (1 O2 ) as confirmed by scavenging reagents. Only isomers 1m and 1p can be incorporated into HeLa cells, whereas isomer 1o cannot permeate through the membrane. While isomer 1m targets the cell nucleus, isomer 1p assembles in the cellular cytoplasm and impacts the cellular integrity. This is in accordance with a moderate toxicity of 1p in the dark, whereas 1m exhibits no dark toxicity. Both isomers are suitable as PDT reagents, with a CC50 of 3 μm and 75 nm, for 1p and 1m, respectively. Thus, derivative 1m, which can be easily synthesized, becomes an interesting candidate for cancer therapy.
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- Werner Fudickar
- Department of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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