Department of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China; Luoyang Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecules, College of Food and Drug, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang, 471934, China.
School of Ophthalmology & Optometry, School of Biomedical Engineering, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China.
Talanta. 2020 Jul 1;214:120842. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.120842. Epub 2020 Feb 19.
Hypochlorite (ClO) could be used as a diagnostic marker for inflammation and related diseases. Although there have been many reports on probes for ClO imaging, there was still a lack of specificity and anti-interference ability. Herein, carbazole (NEC) and tetraphenylethylene (TPE) equipped with thiobarbituric acid (TBA), NEC-TBA and TPE-TBA, were synthesized and used as a fluorescence biosensor for monitoring ClO with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) effect. we identified that TPE-TBA, with formed nanoparticles in the mean grain size at 76 nm (5 μM), was a superior probe to target ClO over other analytes with fluorescence "turn off" strategy. Subsequently, to explore the bioimaging application, TPE-TBA was able to sense exogenous ClO in living HeLa cells through fluorescence imaging. In zebrafish model, TPE-TBA effectively captured exogenous ClO in the entire organization of zebrafish. Overall, these AIE-based probes merit further development as organism targeting ClO sensors.
次氯酸盐 (ClO) 可作为炎症和相关疾病的诊断标志物。尽管已经有很多关于 ClO 成像探针的报道,但仍缺乏特异性和抗干扰能力。在此,我们合成了带有硫代巴比妥酸 (TBA) 的咔唑 (NEC) 和四苯基乙烯 (TPE),即 NEC-TBA 和 TPE-TBA,并将其用作具有聚集诱导发射 (AIE) 效应的荧光生物传感器,用于监测 ClO。我们发现,TPE-TBA 在 5 μM 时形成平均粒径为 76nm 的纳米颗粒,是一种优于其他分析物的探针,具有荧光“关闭”策略,可靶向 ClO。随后,为了探索生物成像应用,TPE-TBA 能够通过荧光成像在活 HeLa 细胞中检测外源性 ClO。在斑马鱼模型中,TPE-TBA 有效地捕获了斑马鱼整个组织中的外源性 ClO。总的来说,这些基于 AIE 的探针值得进一步开发,作为靶向 ClO 的生物传感器。