Gwozdzinska Paulina, Pawlowska Roza, Milczarek Justyna, Garner Logan E, Thomas Alexander W, Bazan Guillermo C, Chworos Arkadiusz
Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90363 Lodz, Poland.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Dec 7;50(94):14859-61. doi: 10.1039/c4cc06478j.
Conjugated phenylenevinylene oligoelectrolytes, which consist of a phenylenevinylene core equipped at each end with hydrophilic pendent groups, are shown to be good candidates for mammalian cell membrane staining. When used in the micromolar concentration range, they express low to moderate cell toxicity for selected regular and cancerous cell lines as tested for adherent and suspension cells.