Sensitive and specific detection of peroxynitrite and: In vivo imaging of inflammation by a "simple" AIE bioprobe

  • Huilin Xie
  • , Jingtian Zhang
  • , Chao Chen
  • , Feiyi Sun
  • , Haixiang Liu
  • , Xinyuan He
  • , Kristy W.K. Lam
  • , Zhao Li
  • , Jacky W.Y. Lam
  • , Guo Qiang Zhang
  • , Dan Ding
  • , Ryan T.K. Kwok
  • , Ben Zhong Tang

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Abstract

A luminogenic bioprobe TPE-DMAB for simple and specific detection of peroxynitrite (ONOO-) has been developed. TPE-DMAB exhibits aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristic and shows fluorescence enhancement (up to 100-fold) upon cleavage of phenylboronic moieties by ONOO-. TPE-DMAB can be facilely synthesized and displays excellent specificity and sensitivity towards ONOO- (detection limit of 54 nM). Based on these novel properties of TPE-DMAB, we further produced its encapsulated nanoparticles and successfully used them to detect endogenous ONOO- in macrophage cells and visualize the inflammation sites of mice, verifying the great potential of TPE-DMAB for biological applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1830-1835
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials Chemistry Frontiers
Volume5
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Feb 2021
Externally publishedYes

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