基于硅杂蒽类染料的荧光探针及其应用

近年来,荧光成像技术为人们研究活体细胞及组织内的化学生物学过程提供了有效的研究工具,可以无损、实时、原位地以高时空分辨率实现对目标物进行生物荧光成像与分析。荧光成像技术在生物学、环境监测、临床诊断和药物发现等诸多研究领域发挥着越来越重要的作用。生物荧光成像技术的最新进展对发展新型小分子荧光染料及探针提出了更高的要求。激发和发射波长位于近红外光区（600~900 nm）的荧光染料及探针由于具有光毒性低、生物分子自发荧光干扰小、光散射低、组织穿透能力强等优点,非常适合用于生物荧光成像领域。通过将罗丹明分子中O桥原子用Si代替,得到了一类新型的探针分子--硅杂蒽类荧光探针。这类染料分子在保留了氧杂蒽荧光染料优越的光学性质的同时,光谱发生明显红移,满足了近红外荧光检测的要求,具有良好的生物相容性。本文综述了近年来基于硅杂蒽及其衍生物荧光探针的合成及在金属离子、pH值、小分子、生物酶等检测方面的研究进展,并且简要阐述了基于硅杂蒽类探针分子的识别检测机理以及其在生物成像等方面的应用。     

有机分子荧光探针成像检测线粒体内ROS的研究进展

线粒体是细胞的"能量工厂",它利用氧气进行氧化磷酸化产生三磷酸腺苷(ATP),为细胞及生命体提供能量.同时,伴随着呼吸链中电子的泄漏,多种活性氧物种(ROS)在线粒体内快速产生.线粒体ROS在维持氧化还原平衡、参与调控细胞的增殖、分化、凋亡等行为方面发挥重要作用.当ROS水平超过机体抗氧化防御能力时,会导致疾病的发生.因此,发展准确检测线粒体ROS的方法,对深入探究ROS的细胞功能调控及相关疾病的发生发展意义重大.由于ROS存在浓度低、寿命短、反应活性高等特点,对其进行精准检测是化学、生物学及医学领域的一大挑战.荧光成像技术具有时空分辨率高、生物相容性好、灵敏度高等显著优势,成为实时检测细胞及活体内ROS的有力工具.近年来,相继发展了诸多荧光探针,实现了线粒体ROS的成像分析.本文着重总结与评述了近年来发展靶向线粒体、荧光可视化多种ROS有机分子探针工作的研究进展,并在构建新型线粒体荧光探针、进一步利用荧光成像方法深入剖析线粒体ROS的细胞学功能等方面进行了探讨与展望.     

用于疾病诊断的Gd~Ⅲ/量子点多模态成像探针的构建

结合核磁共振成像(MRI)和荧光成像技术,以钆离子、近红外低毒量子点、二氧化硅和聚丙烯酸(PAA)等为原料,采用一系列纳米载体自组装技术,构建出MRI弛豫率/荧光效率高和生物相容性好的GdⅢ/量子点多模态纳米探针.结果表明,与未螯合GdⅢ的量子点纳米探针相比,GdⅢ/量子点多模态纳米探针具有更高的弛豫率;t1-加权MRI成像也证实了GdⅢ/量子点多模态纳米探针具有很好的阳性造影功效.     

钆掺杂碳量子点的制备及其双模态成像研究进展

荧光-磁共振成像(MRI)双模态分子探针突破了单一分子影像探针在灵敏度以及软组织分辨率等方面的局限性,在诊断和治疗等医学领域具有良好的应用潜力。钆掺杂碳量子点(Gd-CDs)是一种典型的荧光-MRI双模态分子探针,因其优异的荧光性能、良好的核磁共振成像能力和生物相容性等优点,在肿瘤的靶向性成像和监控诊疗方面具有广泛的应用前景。本文综述了目前Gd-CDs的制备、性能及其在双模态成像应用的研究现状,并提出目前存在的问题和前景展望。     

用于肿瘤成像的半乳糖/酞菁近红外荧光探针

本文首次报道半乳糖酞菁近红外荧光探针在肿瘤成像方面的应用。以酞菁为荧光发射基团,其在近红外区域有较高的量子产量和光学稳定性,可以解决探针的近红外光学特性;通过半乳糖对酞菁的修饰能够改善探针的溶解性和生物相容性,而且利用半乳糖的肿瘤靶向功能可以提高探针肿瘤主动靶向成像效果。结果表明它对恶性肿瘤具有高特异性结合和高灵敏度的分子探针体系,提高近红外光学分子成像效果。     

水相一步法合成具有双光子效应的高效橙红荧光聚合物碳点

聚合物碳纳米点是近年来新兴的一种荧光纳米探针,具有较低的生物毒性、良好的水溶性、较高的量子产率、优异的光/化学稳定性以及良好的生物相容性.目前所制备的碳点大都表现出蓝、绿色荧光发射.为实现碳点长波荧光发射,扩大其在生物标记与成像及光电显示方面的应用,本文采用水相一步法交联聚合反应制备了具有橙红荧光发射性质且具有双光子效应的聚合物碳点,发射波长为604 nm,荧光量子产率达到30.64%,并且应用在生物活体成像中.     

硫量子点的合成及其分析应用研究进展

硫量子点是近年发展起来的一类新型纳米荧光探针,该荧光探针具有优异的发光特性以及良好的生物相容性,受到研究者的广泛关注.本文在总结硫量子点合成方法及光学性质的基础上,系统介绍了其在离子及小分子分析、细胞成像等方面的应用研究进展.     

生物小分子巯基化合物荧光探针研究进展

细胞内的小分子巯基化合物在诸多生理过程中扮演重要角色.分子荧光探针具有灵敏度高、选择性好、生物相容性好、实时原位监测等优点.因此,构建可以选择性检测巯基化合物的荧光探针具有重要的生物学和医学意义.根据荧光探针与巯基化合物的反应类型总结了近几年来小分子巯基化合物荧光探针的设计策略和研究进展.     

核酸功能化金纳米探针在活细胞荧光成像方面的应用

荧光标记的核酸功能化金纳米探针结合了纳米材料与核酸技术的优势,具有增强的稳定性、良好的生物相容性、独特的光学性质及精确的可编程性,开辟了活细胞传感的新纪元.信号放大型的核酸功能化金纳米探针在原位检测含量较低但功能强大的RNA、蛋白质等生物标志物方面尤其表现出明显的优势.本文从活细胞成像分析的角度,重点介绍了荧光标记的核酸功能化金纳米探针的性质、设计原理及应用进展.     

高选择性过氧化亚硝酰荧光探针的合成及性能研究

过氧化亚硝酰(ONOO^-)是生物体系中重要活性氧之一,对其高效检测一直备受关注。本研究以4-二乙基氨基水杨醛和6-甲氧基-1-萘满酮为原料,经一步有机反应,合成了一种带氧鎓正离子的荧光探针PFP,用于检测ONOO^-。通过紫外-可见吸收光谱和荧光发射光谱系统考察了探针PFP对ONOO^-的光学响应。结果表明,此探针具有选择性好、灵敏度高(检出限为15.5 nmol/L)、响应快速(数秒内)、Stokes位移较大(42 nm)、水溶性好等优点。细胞毒性实验表明,探针PFP具有良好的生物相容性,探针浓度为20μmol/L时,细胞存活率>95%。激光扫描共聚焦显微成像结果表明,此探针可用于活细胞中外源性和内源性ONOO^-的荧光成像研究。     

Detecting mitochondrial RNA and other cellular events in living cells

Intracellular signaling can be monitored in vivo in living cells by genetically encoded intracellular fluorescent probes. In this review, three aspects of these probes are introduced: 1) the imaging dynamics of endogenous mitochondrial RNA; 2) nuclear receptor and coactivator/corepressor interactions, and; 3) the signal sequence in mitochondrial intermembrane space. These probes are generally applicable to fundamental biological studies as well as for assaying and screening possible pharmaceutical or toxic chemicals that facilitate or inhibit cellular signaling pathways.     

可固定性荧光探针:线粒体成像的可靠工具

线粒体是一种具有双层膜结构的细胞器,参与细胞新陈代谢过程的能量循环以及离子平衡过程,在细胞生理过程中具有极其重要的意义。一些小分子荧光染料/探针结构中带有正电荷,因受到线粒体内膜负电势的牵引而标记在线粒体上,为研究线粒体的形态或功能提供了重要的可视化成像工具。然而,大多数线粒体染料/探针对线粒体的靶向标记稳定性仍不够理想,因为线粒体电势处于不断的动态变化中,当电势降低时,对染料的亲和力相应降低。尤其在病理条件下(比如细胞凋亡)细胞代谢受到阻滞时,线粒体膜电势显著降低,阳离子染料将扩散离开线粒体,造成非特异性荧光。最近,Kim团队和本人课题组提出可固定线粒体探针的新概念,用活性基团将荧光分子探针通过共价键固定在线粒体中,开发了稳定靶向线粒体中的定量探测微环境p H值、粘度、膜电势荧光探针。我们认为,对于追踪和探测具有高度动态变化特性的线粒体而言,开发可固定的线粒体荧光分子探针是必然趋势,因此本文进行评述和展望。     

用于检测生物体系中线粒体活性氧的荧光探针

In addition to being the energy powerhouse of the cell, mitochondria are an important source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during the process of molecular oxygen metabolism. Mitochondrial ROS are closely associated with normal physiological functions as well as human diseases, and participate in cell signaling, nucleic acid and protein damage, and oxidative stress induction. However, the complicated interplay between mitochondrial ROS and the cellular pathological state has not been fully elucidated. It is expected that research on the mitochondrial ROS undertaking in the molecular pathogenesis of human diseases would benefit from development of efficient tools for the detection of these ROS. In recent years, an increasing number of fluorescent probes for mitochondrial ROS with high sensitivity and selectivity have been developed. Here, we present a review of the recent advances in small molecular fluorescent probes for selective detection of ROS inside the mitochondria. In this review, the design, synthesis, characteristics, and applications of the published fluorescent probes for mitochondrial ROS are discussed in detail.     

Activity-Based Fluorescent Probes Based on Hemicyanine for Biomedical Sensing

In recent years, fluorescent probes, as an analytical tool that can target and rapidly detect analytes, have been increasingly used for applications related to medical treatment, detection, and bioimaging. Researchers are interested in hemicyanine-based fluorescent probes because of their high quantum yield, tunable spectrum characteristics, absorption and emission in the near-infrared (NIR) region, and good photo-stability. The development of these dyes and their derivatives as NIR fluorescent probes for biological applications has advanced significantly in the last ten years. This review introduces processes for making hemicyanine dyes and the methodology for creating functional activity-based fluorescent probes. A variety of hemicyanine-based probes have been systematically developed for the detection of small biomolecules in various illnesses. Finally, the potential drawbacks of hemicyanine-based functional probes, and the prospects for future research and translation into clinical medicine, are also discussed. This study is intended to provide strategies for the development and design of novel fluorescence probes.     

AIEgen based light-up probes for live cell imaging

Fluorescent light-up probes comprising a tetraphenylethene unit with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics and a water-soluble peptide have been designed and synthesized which provide cell membrane and nuclear permeability to live cells. This strategy has offered new opportunities for the development of probes with light-up ability and good signal-to-noise ratio. The selectivity or targeting specificity is determined by the peptide sequence, i.e. a nuclear localization signal that leads to nucleus imaging and a cell biomarker targeting peptide that offers specific light-up imaging of HT-29 cells.     

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...     

萘酰亚胺类荧光分子探针的研究进展

荧光分子探针作为一种有效的金属离子检测手段,不仅使用方便,而且具有高灵敏度,高选择性等突出的优点.作者综述了萘酰亚胺类荧光分子探针的最新研究进展;指出萘酰亚胺化合物具有独特的荧光化学性质(如荧光量子产率高、荧光发射波长适中、斯托克斯位移大、光稳定性好、结构易于修饰等),因此被广泛应用于荧光探针研究领域,并且在合成、离子识别、检测及细胞成像等方面不断取得新的应用.     

A Multisite‐Binding Switchable Fluorescent Probe for Monitoring Mitochondrial ATP Level Fluctuation in Live Cells

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), commonly produced in mitochondria, is required by almost all the living organisms; thus fluorescent probes for monitoring mitochondrial ATP levels fluctuation are essential and highly desired. Herein, we report a multisite‐binding switchable fluorescent probe, ATP‐Red 1 , which selectively and rapidly responds to intracellular concentrations of ATP. Live‐cell imaging indicated that ATP‐Red 1 mainly localized to mitochondria with good biocompatibility and membrane penetration. In particular, with the help of ATP‐Red 1 , we successfully observed not only the decreased mitochondrial ATP levels in the presence of KCN and starvation state, but also the increased mitochondrial ATP levels in the early stage of cell apoptosis. These results indicate that ATP‐Red 1 is a useful tool for investigating ATP‐relevant biological processes.     

Dextran Fluorescent Probes Containing Sulfadiazine and Rhodamine B Groups

Fluorescent imaging has been expanded, as a non-invasive diagnostic modality for cancers, in recent years. Fluorescent probes in the near-infrared window can provide high sensitivity, resolution, and signal-to-noise ratio, without the use of ionizing radiation. Some fluorescent compounds with low molecular weight, such as rhodamine B (RhB) and indocyanine green (ICG), have been used in fluorescent imaging to improve imaging contrast and sensitivity; however, since these probes are excreted from the body quickly, they possess significant restrictions for imaging. To find a potential solution to this, this work investigated the synthesis and properties of novel macromolecular fluorescent compounds. Herein, water-soluble dextran fluorescent compounds (SD-Dextran-RhB) were prepared by the attachment of RhB and sulfadiazine (SD) derivatives to dextran carrier. These fluorescent compounds were then characterized through IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, UV, GPC, and other methods. Assays of their cellular uptake and cell cytotoxicity and fluorescent imaging were also performed. Through this study, it was found that SD-Dextran-RhB is sensitive to acidic conditions and possesses low cell cytotoxicities compared to normal 293 cells and HepG2 and HeLa tumor cells. Moreover, SD-Dextran-RhB demonstrated good fluorescent imaging in HepG2 and HeLa cells. Therefore, SD-Dextran-RhB is suitable to be potentially applied as a probe in the fluorescent imaging of tumors.     

偶氮苯衍生物探针在乏氧细胞成像中的应用

细胞不受控制的生长增殖和异常的血管系统导致肿瘤部位氧气供应不足,氧气浓度低于正常组织.细胞乏氧是大多数实体瘤的共同特征,可用作恶性组织和癌症进展的指标.准确的乏氧检测和成像对癌症患者的诊断和临床治疗至关重要.荧光成像具有高灵敏度、无创、实时等优点,常被用于癌症检查.偶氮基团由于其对荧光基团的荧光猝灭作用和还原断裂荧光恢...