共轭聚合物荧光纳米粒子研究进展

近年来,共轭聚合物荧光纳米粒子因其优异的光学性能,在化学、医学和环境科学等研究领域显示了极其广阔的应用前景.相比于传统无机半导体荧光纳米材料,共轭聚合物荧光纳米粒子具有结构多样性、功能可设计性、生物相容性好等显著优势.本文从共轭聚合物荧光粒子的制备方法、光学性能、表面功能化修饰出发,重点讨论了近年来共轭聚合物纳米粒子作为荧光探针在细胞成像及生物化学检测方面的研究进展,阐述了当前研究的主要发展方向和仍需解决的问题.     

半导体纳米粒子与金纳米粒子间荧光共振能量转移研究

采用水相法合成的CdTe半导体纳米粒子作为能量给体, 通过Schiff碱反应将单链DNA连接到表面. 采用柠檬酸钠还原氯金酸法制取的Au纳米粒子作为能量受体, 通过Au—S键将单链DNA连接到表面. 通过DNA链间的杂交, 构建了荧光共振能量转移体系(FRET). 测定了CdTe-DNA、 探针体系和探针体系+目标DNA的荧光强度. 结果表明, 探针体系的荧光强度最弱, 加入目标DNA后, 体系荧光增强, 表明该体系的构建是成功的.     

超顺磁/荧光双功能纳米粒子的合成、表征和生物功能化

通过反相微乳液聚合, 在热解法合成的MnFe2O4纳米粒子表面修饰了一层掺杂有荧光染料(联吡啶钌)的SiO2, 制备了同时具有超顺磁性和荧光特性的双功能纳米粒子. 再通过氨基硅烷的修饰作用, 将该双功能纳米粒子与万古霉素结合, 所得到的生物功能化的纳米粒子表现出很好的对大肠杆菌的识别和磁性分离能力. 本研究制备的超顺磁/荧光双功能纳米粒子具有磁性强、光稳定性高、制备简单、分散性好和尺寸均匀等优点, 可以推断这种新型纳米粒子在生物学、医学和分析化学等领域中将有广阔的应用前景.     

基于银纳米粒子构建荧光传感平台用于核酸检测

报道了基于银纳米粒子构建的荧光传感平台,并用于核酸检测.此荧光传感平台对核酸检测基于以下策略:首先,荧光团标记的单链DNA探针被吸附到银纳米粒子的表面,荧光团与银纳米粒子近距离接触,发生荧光猝灭;加入与探针DNA序列互补的目标DNA,两者杂交形成双链DNA,并从银纳米粒子的表面脱离,荧光得到恢复.这种银纳米粒子构建的荧...     

功能性CdS纳米荧光探针荧光增敏法测定人血清白蛋白

目前 ,以荧光分析法对蛋白质进行研究主要采用有机荧光探针[1～ 3 ] .与传统的有机染料 (如罗丹明 )探针相比 ,半导体纳米晶体探针的光强度要高 2 0倍 ,光稳定性要高 1 0 0倍 ,谱线宽度只是有机染料谱线宽度的 1 /3 [4 ] .将半导体纳米晶体作为探针用于测定生物分子 ,将大大提高分析的灵敏度和选择性 ,而目前其应用于生物染色、医疗诊断、DNA序列测定和免疫分析等方面的研究很少 [4 ,5] .本文合成了胶态纳米粒子 Cd S,并在其外表面修饰一层巯基乙酸 ,使其具有水溶性 ,并能与生物分子作用 ,从而可利用其外表面的功能性基团对人血清白蛋白进…     

NaYF_4：Yb,Er上转换荧光纳米粒子的表面修饰及其在免疫分析中的应用

稀土掺杂上转换荧光纳米材料因其近红外区激发,可见光区发射的特殊发光性能,在生物标记方面具有独特优势,可大幅度降低荧光背景.β-NaYF4：Yb,Er是目前已知的发光效率最高的上转换荧光纳米材料之一,已在生命分析及生物成像分析领域展现出了广阔的应用前景.然而,由于现有β-NaYF4：Yb,Er制备工艺多是在高温条件下于高沸点有机溶剂中反应制得,所得产品在水溶液中的分散性差,限制了其在生命分析中的广泛应用.本文采用聚丙烯酸（PAA）配体交换反应,对表面包覆油酸基团的疏水β-NaYF4：Yb,Er纳米粒子进行了有效的表面修饰.表面修饰后,上转换荧光纳米粒子表面的PAA具有众多游离羧基,使其在水溶液中具有良好的分散性.同时,由于羧基的存在,使得带有氨基的生物分子能够通过化学交联反应结合到纳米粒子表面.本文以PAA表面修饰后的β-NaYF4：Yb,Er纳米粒子为荧光探针,以磁珠作为免疫反应的载体,成功构建了一种新型免疫传感器,对模型靶标分子羊抗人IgG进行了灵敏检测.磁珠表面固定兔抗羊IgG,PAA修饰的β-NaYF4：Yb,Er纳米粒子表面连接人IgG,当样品中存在羊抗人IgG时,便会在磁珠表面形成（兔抗羊IgG-羊抗人IgG-上转换荧光纳米粒子标记的人IgG）三明治式免疫复合体,通过磁分离除去未反应的组分,在980nm激光激发下测定免疫复合体的上转换荧光强度,即可实现靶标分子的高灵敏分析,可检测到低至0.1ng/mL的羊抗人IgG.同时,以磁珠为载体的免疫复合体也可通过激光扫描共聚焦荧光显微镜进行荧光成像分析,背景荧光信号低,成像质量高.实验结果表明,PAA修饰的β-NaYF4：Yb,Er上转换荧光纳米粒子是一种理想的生物标记材料,有望在生物传感及生物成像分析领域获得广泛应用.     

组蛋白乙酰化的耦合增强拉曼散射生物传感方法

提出了一种组蛋白乙酰化修饰检测的耦合增强拉曼散射生物传感新方法. 该方法以金纳米粒子为表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)基底, 表面修饰乙酰化组蛋白H3多肽为识别探针, 对甲氧基苯硫酚(4-MTP)为拉曼标记物, 制备了组蛋白乙酰化修饰检测的SERS纳米探针. 通过紫外可见吸收光谱与动态光散射分析, 证实了组蛋白乙酰化抗体可介导SERS纳米粒子发生可控组装与聚集, 使SERS纳米探针间发生局域电场共振耦合, 产生显著增强的SERS信号. 基于此, 通过待测抗原与SERS纳米探针对抗体的竞争性相互作用, 我们设计了组蛋白乙酰化修饰检测的竞争免疫SERS生物传感方法. 该法操作简便、快速、重现性好, 且裸眼即能进行可视化鉴定. 通过设计不同染料标记的SERS纳米探针, 该法有望实现多种组蛋白修饰的复合检测.     

生化分析用荧光纳米粒子研究进展

荧光纳米粒子在生化分析领域的应用研究近十年来取得了令人瞩目的进展,引起了研究者的广泛关注,如何制备强荧光发光、高生物亲和的荧光纳米粒子是其在生化分析领域应用的前提和基础。本文评述了近年来在生化分析领域应用较多的几种荧光纳米粒子的研究进展与状况。引用文献103篇。     

水溶性碳纳米粒子的制备及其在DNA和单核苷酸多态性分析中的应用

利用电化学氧化的方法制备了水溶性好、粒径为7～12nm的碳纳米粒子,该碳纳米粒子通过π-π相互作用吸附荧光标记的单链DNA探针,并能有效地猝灭其荧光．当单链DNA探针与匹配的DNA目标分子杂交形成双链DNA时,猝灭的荧光被恢复,由此可以检测1-200nmol／L的DNA目标分子。此外,在碳纳米粒子存在时,由荧光标记的DNA探针和DNA目标分子形成的双链DNA的熔解温度可以简便地被测定,当双链DNA有错配碱基时,其熔解温度降低,由此可方便、快速地分析单核苷酸多态性．     

水溶液中金属增强荧光的研究进展

本文综述了水溶液中金属增强荧光的研究进展,重点阐明如何通过控制荧光物质与金属纳米粒子表面的距离,实现水溶液中的金属增强荧光。荧光物质与金属纳米粒子表面的距离主要通过有机分子和无机分子Si O2层控制,只有当距离合适才能达到最大的金属增强荧光。金属增强荧光提高了荧光检测的灵敏度,扩大了荧光技术的应用范围,已广泛应用到DNA、蛋白质检测、生物标记、生物成像和免疫分析中。     

手术导航用荧光探针

荧光成像技术因具有操作简便、分辨率高、安全性好且可实时成像等优势,在术中导航中具有广阔的应用前景。虽然目前还没有靶向荧光探针在临床上得到批准,但已经有相当一部分荧光探针进入了临床试验阶段。最早进入临床试验的是一些偶联肿瘤靶向配体的荧光染料,例如近红外菁染料(IRDye800CW)标记的肿瘤特异抗体,叶酸标记的异硫氰酸荧光素(EC17)等。近来,结构更复杂的荧光探针如酶反应激活型探针和PET/荧光双模态探针也逐步进入临床试验。本文依据近年来手术导航用荧光探针的最新研究进展,分别就受体介导的靶向荧光探针、可激活型靶向荧光探针、近红外二区(NIR-Ⅱ)荧光探针、多模态荧光探针和诊疗一体化探针进行了分类讨论,重点对正在进行临床研究及具有临床转化前景的荧光探针的分子设计原理进行了分析与总结,并对手术导航用荧光探针未来的发展进行了展望。     

Small molecule fluorescent probes of protein vicinal dithiols

The vicinal dithiol motif is widely present in proteins, and is critical for proteins' structures and functions.In recent years, a variety of fluorescent probes with high specificity and outstanding optical properties for sensing protein vicinal dithiols have been developed. In this review, we summarized the fluorescent probes of protein vicinal dithiols in literature. These probes are classified into four types based on their acceptor sites, i.e., biarsenical probes, monoarsenical probes, dimaleimide probes and diacrylate probes.Through analyzing the properties of different probes, we expect that this review would help readers further understand the structural factors of these probes and provide the design strategy for novel fluorescent probes with improved properties.     

A Theoretical Investigation of Two Typical Two‐Photon pH Fluorescent Probes

Intracellular pH plays an important role in many cellular events, such as cell growth, endocytosis, cell adhesion and so on. Some pH fluorescent probes have been reported, but most of them are one‐photon fluorescent probes, studies about two‐photon fluorescent probes are very rare. In this work, the geometrical structure, electronic structure and one‐photon properties of a series of two‐photon pH fluorescent probes have been theoretically studied by using density functional theory (DFT) method. Their two‐photon absorption (TPA) properties are calculated using the method of ZINDO/sum‐over‐states method. Two types of two‐photon pH fluorescent probes have been investigated by theoretical methods. The mechanisms of the Photoinduced Charge Transfer (PCT) probes and the Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET) probes are verified specifically. Some designed strategies of good two‐photon pH fluorescent probes are suggested on the basis of the investigated results of two mechanisms. For the PCT probes, substituting a stronger electron‐donating group for the terminal methoxyl group is an advisable choice to increase the TPA cross section. For the PET probes, the TPA cross sections increase upon protonation.     

Small molecule fluorescent probes of protein vicinal dithiols

Small molecule fluorescent probes that recognize and label protein vicinal dithiols have been summarized according to their different acceptor sites. This review will provide the purposeful design strategy of novel probes for detecting vicinal dithiols.     

Self-quenching smart probes as a platform for the detection of sequence-specific UV-induced DNA photodamage

Molecular beacons (MBs) are sensitive probes for many DNA sequence-specific applications, such as DNA damage detection, but suffer from technical and cost limitations. We have designed smart probes with self-quenching properties as an alternative to molecular beacons to monitor sequence-specific UV-induced photodamage of oligonucleotides. These probes have similar stem-loop structural characteristics as molecular beacons, but quenching is achieved instead via photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer by neighboring guanosine residues. Our results indicate that the probes are sensitive enough to detect nanomolar target concentrations and are specific enough to discriminate single-base damage. When the probes were used to monitor UV-induced photodamage in oligonucleotide sequences that differ by a single-base mismatch, the photodamage time constant was higher for the perfectly complementary target sequences than for the mismatch sequences, indicating that these probes are specific for each target sequence. In addition, time constants obtained for oligonucleotide target sequences with both stem and loop base mismatches are lower than those with only loop mismatches, suggesting that these sequences are also specifically distinguished by the smart probes. These probes thus constitute robust, sensitive, specific, and cheaper alternatives to MBs for sequence-specific DNA damage detection.     

动脉粥样硬化光学成像探针研究进展

心血管疾病(Cardiovascular disease, CVD)是全球疾病致死的主要原因之一. 动脉粥样硬化(Atherosclerosis, AS)是引发各种CVD的首要危险因素, 其发生发展通常经历持续的慢性炎症过程. 因此, 及时高效地检测AS, 对于早期评估、 诊断和治疗CVD具有重要临床意义. 光学探针成像拥有极高的灵敏度和空间分辨率以及超快的信号采集处理速度, 被广泛应用于生物医学检测与成像. 本文综合评述了6种常见用于AS成像的光学探针, 涉及小分子荧光探针、 聚集诱导发光(Aggregate-induced emission, AIE)纳米探针、 量子点探针、 上转换纳米探针、 光声探针和多模态探针等; 并对各种探针的优缺点进行了分析比较. 在此基础上, 展望了光学探针在AS成像领域的发展前景, 并提出了相应建议.     

Fluorescent hybridization probes for nucleic acid detection

Due to their high sensitivity and selectivity, minimum interference with living biological systems, and ease of design and synthesis, fluorescent hybridization probes have been widely used to detect nucleic acids both in vivo and in vitro. Molecular beacons (MBs) and binary probes (BPs) are two very important hybridization probes that are designed based on well-established photophysical principles. These probes have shown particular applicability in a variety of studies, such as mRNA tracking, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) detection, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) monitoring, and microorganism identification. Molecular beacons are hairpin oligonucleotide probes that present distinctive fluorescent signatures in the presence and absence of their target. Binary probes consist of two fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide strands that can hybridize to adjacent regions of their target and generate distinctive fluorescence signals. These probes have been extensively studied and modified for different applications by modulating their structures or using various combinations of fluorophores, excimer-forming molecules, and metal complexes. This review describes the applicability and advantages of various hybridization probes that utilize novel and creative design to enhance their target detection sensitivity and specificity.     

Novel metal-organic ruthenium(II) diimin complexes for use as longwave excitable luminescent oxygen probes

New ruthenium(II) diimine complexes are presented which are useful as luminescent oxygen probes. Because their luminescence excitation maxima are between 535 and 570 nm, they can be photo-excited by green LEDs which are much brighter than the blue LEDs used so far for existing Ru diimines. The spectral and photophysical properties as well as the solubility properties of the new probes are investigated and discussed in terms of quenching, photostability, and lifetimes. The probes were incorporated into organic polymers by three different methods, to obtain oxygen-sensitive materials for use in optical oxygen sensing. The membranes were characterized with respect to oxygen sensitivity, luminescence intensity, response times, and stability. Notwithstanding the poor luminescence of the new ruthenium(II) probes, their stability, LED compatibility and efficient quenching by oxygen makes them an interesting alternative to existing luminescent oxygen probes.     

核磁共振-光学成像双模态探针研究进展

癌症是致人死亡的一大诱因,但癌症早期瘤体积微小,常规的身体检查和影像学检查难以发现。近年来,探针对癌症的精确检测能力被广泛关注。本综述就目前研究的超顺磁性氧化铁纳米颗粒、钆类螯合物或锰氧化物纳米颗粒作为核磁共振成像部分的MRI-OI双模态探针,对合成探针的所用材料进行了综述,并在一定程度上关注了探针的靶向性、成像能力等。目前,MRI-OI双模态探针的发展的难点在于所设计的大部分探针都具有一定的局限性,难以完全满足临床要求。     

Aggregation‐Induced Emission: Recent Advances in Materials and Biomedical Applications

The concept of aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) has opened new opportunities in many research fields. Motivated by the unique feature of AIE fluorogens (AIEgens), during the past decade, many AIE molecular probes and AIE nanoparticle (NP) probes have been developed for sensing, imaging and theranostic applications with excellent performance outperforming conventional fluorescent probes. This Review summarizes the latest advancement of AIE molecular probes and AIE NP probes and their emerging biomedical applications. Special focus is to reveal how the AIE probes are evolved with the development of new multifunctional AIEgens, and how new strategies have been developed to overcome the limitations of traditional AIE probes for more translational applications via fluorescence imaging, photoacoustic imaging and image‐guided photodynamic/photothermal therapy. The outlook discusses the challenges and future opportunities for AIEgens to advance the biomedical field.