Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and iChem, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Institute of Physiology, Centre for Neuroscience, Medical School, Szentágothai Research Institute, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2021 Oct 25;60(44):23545-23551. doi: 10.1002/anie.202108124. Epub 2021 Sep 29.
Fluorescence lifetime imaging provides more possibility of in vivo multiplexing in second near infrared (NIR-II) window. However, it still faces the obstacle that fluorescent probes with differentiable lifetime often exhibit quite different fluorescence intensity, especially the short lifetime usually accompanies with a weak fluorescence intensity, resulting in the difficulty for simultaneously decoding multiplexed lifetime information due to the interference of background noise. To facilitate high-fidelity lifetime multiplexed imaging, we developed a series of Er doped double interface fluorescent nanoprobes (Er-DINPs): α-NaYF @NaErF : Ce@NaYbF @NaErF : Ce@NaYF with strong fluorescence intensity and easily distinguishable fluorescence lifetime. Both in vitro and in vivo experimental results confirmed the advantage of these probes with comparable fluorescence intensity for high-fidelity multiplexed lifetime bioimaging.
荧光寿命成像是在近红外二区(NIR-II)窗口进行体内多重编码的有力工具。然而,它仍然面临着一个障碍,即具有可区分寿命的荧光探针通常表现出相当不同的荧光强度,特别是短寿命通常伴随着较弱的荧光强度,这导致由于背景噪声的干扰,难以同时解码多重寿命信息。为了便于进行高保真寿命多重成像,我们开发了一系列掺铒的双界面荧光纳米探针(Er-DINPs):α-NaYF@NaErF:Ce@NaYbF@NaErF:Ce@NaYF,具有较强的荧光强度和易于区分的荧光寿命。体外和体内实验结果都证实了这些探针具有可比的荧光强度,在进行高保真寿命多重生物成像方面具有优势。