Tailored Zwitterionic Hemicyanine Reporters for Early Diagnosis and Prognostic Assessment of Acute Renal Failure

Drug-induced renal failure (DIRF) poses a serious medical complication with high mortality risk. However, early diagnosis or prognosis of DIRF remain challenging, as current methods rely on detecting late-stage biomarkers. Herein we present a library of zwitterionic unimolecular hemicyanines (ZCs) available for constructing activatable reporters to detect DIRF since its initial stage. Zwitterionic properties of these probes are achieved through interspersedly integrating alkyl sulfonates and quaternary ammonium cations onto hemicyanine skeleton, which result in record low plasma protein binding (<5 %) and remarkable renal clearance efficiencies (≈96 %). An activatable reporter ZCRR is further developed by masking the optimal candidate ZC6 with a tetrapeptide specifically cleavable by caspase-8, an initiating indicator of apoptosis. In living mice with cisplatin-induced DIRF, systematically administered ZCRR efficiently accumulates in kidneys and responds to elevated caspase-8 for near-infrared fluorescence signals ‘turn-on’, enabling sensitive detection of intrarenal apoptosis 60 h earlier than clinical methods, and precise evaluation of apoptosis remediation effects by different medications on DIRF mice. As it's urinary excretable, ZCRR also allows for remote detection of DIRF and predicting renoprotective efficacy through in vitro optical urinalysis. This study thus presents unimolecular renal clearable scaffolds that are applicable to developing versatile activatable reporters for renal diseases management.     

K7[P2Mo4W13M(H2O)O61]及其有机复合材料的合成及光谱研究

用降解法制得了Dawson结构铬、铁取代的磷钼钨酸钾,并将其与溴化(E)-N-丁基-4-(2-(4-二甲氨基苯基)乙烯基)吡啶反应制备了有机复合材料.通过元素分析和TG-DTA确定了配合物的组成分别为K7[P2Mo4W13M(H2O)O61](M=Cr(1),Fe(2))和(C19H25N2)6K3[P2Mo4W13MO62](M=Cr(3),Fe(4)).利用红外光谱、紫外-可见光谱、固体漫反射紫外-可见-近红外光谱、X射线光电子能谱以及荧光光谱对上述化合物进行了表征,并研究了复合材料中无机与有机组分间的相互作用及其荧光性质.     

Hemicyanine-linked pyrimidine mimics as solvatochromic fluorophores with visible excitation wavelengths

The design of solvatochromic fluorescent nucleosides with visible excitation wavelengths is a goal towards the generation of modified oligonucleotides for fluorimetry-based molecular imaging. Herein, two hemicyanine-linked C5-2′-deoxyuridine nucleosides (PyI-dU and APPy-dU) have been synthesized by first generating hemicyanine-alkyne precursors that were attached via the alkyne moiety to 5-iodo-2′-deoxyuridine (5-I-dU) by Sonogashira coupling. The photophysical properties of the hemicyanine-linked dU probes have been characterized and compared to the corresponding properties of the hemicyanine-alkyne precursors. The nucleoside probe PyI-dU exhibits optical features that mimic the properties of the free hemicyanine-alkyne precursor, while the APPy-dU probe displays more favorable optical properties (longer excitation wavelength, brighter emission in water) than its precursor that is ascribed to π-stacking interactions between the hemicyanine dye with the dU nucleobase. Overall, probe APPy-dU is a superior solvatochromic fluorophore than PyI-dU suggesting its greater utility for fluorescent imaging applications.     

Near-infrared photoluminescence of lanthanide complexes containing the hemicyanine chromophore

The near-infrared luminescence properties of three (E)-N-hexadecyl-N′,N′-dimethylamino-stilbazolium tetrakis(1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-benzoyl-5-pyrazolonato) lanthanide(III) complexes are described. These three complexes, containing trivalent neodymium, erbium and ytterbium, respectively, show near-infrared luminescence in acetonitrile solution upon UV irradiation. Luminescence decay times have been measured. The complexes consist of a positively charged hemicyanine chromophore with a long alkyl chain and a tetrakis(pyrazolonato) lanthanide(III) anion. Because of the absence of an -hydrogen atom in the pyrazolonato ligands, and because of the saturation of the coordination sphere by four bidentate ligands, the luminescence properties are enhanced when compared to, e.g. quinolinate complexes.     

半花菁衍生物分子非线性光学性质的理论研究

采用有限场(FF)/PM3方法对半花菁衍生物的第一超极化率和分子前线轨道性质进行了计算.结果表明,半花菁衍生物分子的第一超极化率主要与D-π-A结构有关,σ-烷基链对分子第一超极化率的影响很小,并且分子第一超极化率与分子前线轨道HOMO和LUMO能级差ΔEHL呈较好的线性关系.     

三种双偶极半菁衍生物与H3PMo12O40自组装多层膜的研究

近几年来,静电自组装成膜材料的合成、薄膜的制备、表征和功能研究已得到了迅速发展[1～6],但对成膜材料分子结构与薄膜性质间构效关系的研究报道则较少[6].杂多化合物具有特殊的结构特征和氧化还原性质,而半菁化合物是备受关注的二阶非线性光学和光电转换材料[7,8],二者形成的     

半花菁LB膜的三阶非线性特性

本文利用Z扫描测量技术首次对半花菁LB膜的三阶非线性光学特性进行了研究.实验结果表明,LB多层膜中的半花菁分子具有较高的三阶非线性折射率n²=2.0×10^-8(esu),这主要是半花菁分子中π电子体系的贡献,并且由于532nm在其Q吸收带内,引起三阶非线性的共振增强效应,实验数据与理论拟合结果符合得很好.半花菁LB膜的三阶非线性的响应时间在30ns以内.     

New synthesis of coloured dihydrofurylium salts

A new synthesis has been described for coloured dihydrofurylium salts of the hemicyanine type based on the reaction of 2,2,5-trisubstituted 3-benzoyl-methylidene-2,3-dihydrofurans with organomagnesium or organolithium compounds, tertiary aromatic amines or 1,1-diarylethylenes.

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Eine neue Synthese von DihydrofuryliumfarbsalzenVorläufige Mitteilung

Zusammenfassung Es wurde eine neue Synthese für Dihydrofuryliumfarbsalze beschrieben. Die Synthese gründet sich auf die Reaktion von 2,2,5-trisubstituierten 3-Benzoylmethyliden-2,3-dihydrofuranen mit den Magnesium- bzw. Lithiumorganischen Verbindungen, tertiären aromatischen Aminen oder unsymmetrischen Diarylethylenen.

     

LB膜的制膜条件优化及其对光学性能的影响

通过紫外-可见吸收光谱、二次谐波振荡和稳态荧光的测量,研究了半花菁(DAEP)Langmuir-Blodgett(LB)膜在不同制膜条件(压膜速度、半花菁和花生酸混合、亚相中加入碘离子)下,LB膜样品中半花菁分子的聚集体性质的改变和对非线性光学性能的影响.实验发现,纯半花菁LB膜中分子形成H-聚集体,从而导致吸收峰、荧光峰的蓝移和分子二阶非线性极化率β的减少.分子聚集程度的减少和分子二阶非线性系数β的增加可以通过增大压膜速度、半花菁和花生酸混合、亚相中加入碘离子等方法实现.     

Colorimetric detection of fluoride in an aqueous solution using Zr(IV)-EDTA complex and a novel hemicyanine dye

A new highly sensitive and selective colorimetric method for fluoride determination in water is described. The novel reagent used is a hemicyanine dye (HC), which forms a stable complex with Zr-EDTA, the fluoride-binding site, through the hydroxyl groups. The hemicyanine-chelating Zr-EDTA complex (HC-Zr-EDTA) is ready to react with fluoride ion to release HC. This result in remarkable color change of the sensing solutions from red (λ_max = 513 nm) to yellow (λ_max = 427 nm) at pH 4.40. When applied to the colorimetric determination of fluoride ions, a linear range from 3.0 × 10⁻⁶ to 5.0 × 10⁻⁵ mol/L and a detection limit of 2.8 × 10⁻⁶ mol/L with a correlation coefficient of 0.9993 can be achieved under the optimized conditions. Because of the specific affinity of fluorides for the [Zr-EDTA], there is little interference by other ions. This method has been successfully applied to the determination of fluorides in toothpaste samples.