Analytical Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 6, 2025
Mercury
ions
(Hg2+)
have
been
found
to
disrupt
the
body's
antioxidant
defense
mechanisms,
leading
oxidative
stress
and
physiological
dysfunction.
Early
diagnosis
real-time
monitoring
of
Hg2+
fluctuations
in
organ
damage
are
crucial
but
limited
due
lack
noninvasive
deep
tissue
imaging
probes.
Herein,
a
Hg2+-triggered
targeted
NIR-II
fluorescence/photoacoustic
(PA)
dual-mode
molecular
probe
(NHG-2)
was
developed
for
Hg2+-induced
acute
liver
kidney
injury
mice.
NHG-2
designed
through
rational
adjustment
conjugated
ring
structure
further
screening
processes,
enabling
it
sensitively
recognize
subsequently
open
mitochondrial
targeting,
producing
fluorescence/PA
signals.
This
allowed
injury,
demonstrating
excellent
detection
sensitivity.
Furthermore,
can
be
utilized
evaluate
efficacy
N-acetylcysteine
(NAC)
dual
signal
indication.
Mechanism
studies
suggested
that
NAC
activated
Akt/Nrf2
signaling
pathway,
reversed
changes
related
biomarkers,
restored
membrane
potential.
Thus,
this
study
not
only
presents
first
specific
also
provides
potential
tool
early
treatment
evaluation
pathogenesis
study.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
52(11), P. 3873 - 3926
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Oxidative
stress
is
closely
related
to
the
physiopathology
of
numerous
diseases.
Reactive
oxygen
species
(ROS),
reactive
nitrogen
(RNS),
and
sulfur
(RSS)
are
direct
participants
important
biomarkers
oxidative
stress.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
144(31), P. 14351 - 14362
Published: July 29, 2022
Near-infrared
(NIR)
fluorophores
absorbing
maximally
in
the
region
beyond
800
nm,
i.e.,
deep-NIR
spectral
region,
are
actively
sought
for
biomedical
applications.
Ideal
dyes
bright,
nontoxic,
photostable,
biocompatible,
and
easily
derivatized
to
introduce
functionalities
(e.g.,
bioconjugation
or
aqueous
solubility).
The
rational
design
of
such
remains
a
major
challenge.
Silicon-substituted
rhodamines
have
been
successful
bioimaging
applications
red
region.
longer-wavelength
silicon-substituted
congeners
unknown
date.
We
successfully
prepared
four
bis-benzannulated
rhodamine
(ESi5a–ESi5d),
with
an
efficient
five-step
cascade
on
gram-scale.
Because
extensive
overlapping
their
HOMO–LUMO
orbitals,
ESi5a–ESi5d
highly
(λabs
≈
865
nm
ε
>
105
cm–1
M–1).
By
restraining
both
rotational
freedom
via
annulation
vibrational
silicon-imparted
strain,
fluorochromic
scaffold
ESi5
is
rigid,
resulting
unusually
long
fluorescence
lifetime
(τ
700
ps
CH2Cl2)
high
quantum
yield
(ϕ
=
0.14
CH2Cl2).
Their
half-lives
toward
photobleaching
2
orders
magnitude
longer
than
current
standard
(ICG
serum).
They
stable
presence
biorelevant
concentration
nucleophiles
reactive
oxygen
species.
minimally
toxic
readily
metabolized.
Upon
tail
vein
injection
ESi5a
(as
example),
vasculature
nude
mouse
was
imaged
signal-to-background
ratio.
broad
potentials
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(19)
Published: Feb. 26, 2022
Small-molecule-based
second
near-infrared
(NIR-II)
activatable
fluorescent
probes
can
potentially
provide
a
high
target-to-background
ratio
and
deep
tissue
penetration.
However,
most
of
the
reported
NIR-II
small-molecule
exhibit
poor
versatility
owing
to
lack
general
stable
optically
tunable
group.
In
this
study,
we
designed
NIRII-HDs,
novel
dye
scaffold
optimized
for
probe
development.
particular,
NIRII-HD5
showed
best
optical
properties
such
as
proper
pKa
value,
excellent
stability,
brightness,
which
be
beneficial
in
vivo
imaging
with
contrast.
To
demonstrate
applicability
dye,
three
target-activatable
ROS,
thiols,
enzymes.
Using
these
probes,
not
only
realized
reliable
different
diseases
mouse
models
but
also
evaluated
redox
potential
liver
during
injury
fidelity.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(24)
Published: March 16, 2022
Abstract
Photon
excitation
and
emission
at
the
NIR‐II
spectral
window
enable
high‐contrast
deep‐tissue
bioimaging.
However,
multiplexed
imaging
with
has
been
hampered
by
limited
chemical
strategies
to
develop
bright
fluorophores
tunable
absorption
in
this
regime.
Herein,
we
developed
a
series
of
heptamethine
cyanines
(HCs)
varied
absorption/emission
maxima
spanning
from
1100
1600
nm
through
physical
organic
approach.
A
bulky
counterion
paired
HCs
was
found
elicit
substantial
improvements
absorptivity
(7‐fold),
brightness
(14‐fold),
profiles
water,
addressing
notorious
quenching
problem
due
aggregation
polarization.
We
demonstrated
utilities
HC1222
HC1342
for
dual‐color
circulatory
system,
lymphatic
structures,
tumor,
organ
function
living
mice
under
1120
1319
excitation,
showing
as
promising
platform
non‐invasive
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(46)
Published: Sept. 23, 2022
The
second
near-infrared
(NIR-II)
fluorescent
imaging
shows
great
potential
for
deep
tissue
analysis
at
high
resolution
in
living
body
owing
to
low
background
autofluorescence
and
photon
scattering.
However,
reversible
monitoring
of
redox
homeostasis
using
NIR-II
remains
a
challenge
due
the
lack
appropriate
probes.
In
this
study,
series
stable
multifunctional
dyes
(NIR-II
Cy3s)
were
constructed
based
on
trimethine
skeleton.
Significantly,
introducing
1,4-diethyl-decahydroquinoxaline
group
Cy3s
not
only
effectively
increased
wavelength,
but
also
served
as
an
effective
response
site
HClO,
which
can
be
restored
by
reactive
sulfur
species
(RSS).
Based
this,
used
HClO/RSS-mediated
processes
pathophysiology
environment.
Finally,
Cy3-988
was
successfully
utilized
assessment
environments
drug
treatment
effects
acute
inflammation
model.
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13(38), P. 11280 - 11293
Published: Jan. 1, 2022
Polymethine
cyanine
dyes,
as
the
most
important
class
of
organic
near-infrared-II
(NIR-II)
fluorophores,
recently
received
increasing
attention
due
to
their
high
molar
extinction
coefficients,
intensive
fluorescence
brightness,
and
flexible
wavelength
tunability
for
fluorescent
bioimaging
applications.
Very
recently,
remarkable
advances
have
been
made
in
development
NIR-II
polymethine
fluorophores
with
improved
optical
performance,
mainly
including
tunable
fluorescence,
water
solubility
stability.
In
this
review,
we
summarize
recent
research
molecular
tailoring
design
strategies
then
emphasize
representative
biosensing
The
potential
challenges
perspectives
emerging
field
are
also
discussed.
This
review
may
provide
guidance
reference
further
high-performance
boost
clinical
translation
future.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
144(46), P. 21010 - 21015
Published: Oct. 25, 2022
Visualizing
biomolecules
such
as
enzymes
in
the
deep
tissue
of
living
organisms
via
molecular
ratiometric
fluorescent
probes
second
near-infrared
window
(NIR-II)
with
a
built-in
self-calibration
function
can
provide
reliable
information
about
relevant
pathophysiological
processes
directly
but
so
far
is
not
feasible
due
to
lack
fluorescence
modulation
strategy
NIR-II
window.
Here
we
present
platform
Py-2
by
integrating
rhodamine
6G
scaffold
and
polymethine.
The
maximal
emission
wavelength
was
1010
nm
blue-shifted
945
when
its
secondary
amine
acylated.
Based
on
Py-2,
two
probes,
nitroreductase-responsive
Rap-N
ROS-responsive
Rap-R,
were
constructed
successfully
demonstrated
vitro
vivo.
Overall,
this
report
presents
unique
approach
developing
for
vivo
biosensing.
Theranostics,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12(7), P. 3345 - 3371
Published: Jan. 1, 2022
NIR-II
imaging
is
developed
rapidly
for
noninvasive
deep
tissue
inspection
with
high
spatio-temporal
resolution,
taking
advantage
of
diminished
autofluorescence
and
light
attenuation.Activatable
fluorescence
probes
are
widely
to
report
pathological
changes
accurate
targeting,
among
which
organic
fluorescent
achieve
significant
progress.Furthermore,
the
activatable
exhibited
appealing
characteristics
like
tunable
physicochemical
optical
properties,
easy
processability,
excellent
biocompatibility.In
present
review,
we
highlight
advances
in
design,
synthesis
applications
reactive
oxygen
species
(ROS),
nitrogen
(RNS),
sulfur
(RSS),
pH,
hypoxia,
viscosity
as
well
abnormally
expressed
enzymes.This
non-invasive
modality
shows
a
promising
prospect
targeting
site
envisioned
potential
clinical
translation.