Two wavelength-shifting molecular beacons for simultaneous and selective imaging of vesicular miRNA-21 and miRNA-31 in living cancer cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (22) ◽  
pp. 5001-5006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy R. Bohländer ◽  
Mohammed L. Abba ◽  
Felix Bestvater ◽  
Heike Allgayer ◽  
Hans-Achim Wagenknecht
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Fluorescent Imaging ◽  
Molecular Beacons ◽  
Imaging Probes

Two molecular beacons were designed as complementary fluorescent imaging probes for miRNA-21 and miRNA-31.

scholarly journals Bicyclic 1,3a,6a-Triazapentalene Chromophores: Synthesis, Spectroscopy and Their Use as Fluorescent Sensors and Probes

Chemosensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Yingchun Wang ◽  
Tomas Opsomer ◽  
Wim Dehaen
Keyword(s):  
Stokes Shift ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Visible Spectrum ◽  
Fluorescent Sensors ◽  
Biological Imaging ◽  
Fluorescent Imaging ◽  
Fluorescence Properties ◽  
Imaging Probes ◽  
Synthetic Methodologies ◽  
Aromatic Heterocyclic

The 1,3a,6a-triazapentalene (TAP) is an aromatic heterocyclic fluorescent dye with interesting features such as its small size, large Stokes shift, solvatochromism, and emission wavelengths that are spread across the visible spectrum. TAPs have been synthesized via different synthetic strategies involving click−cyclization−aromatization domino reactions, gold-catalyzed cyclization of propargyl triazoles or triazolization of acetophenones. As a result, TAPs with diverse substitution patterns were obtained, showing varying fluorescence properties. Based on these properties, several TAPs have been selected and studied as fluorescent imaging probes in living cells and as sensors. This mini review provides an overview of the research on the bicyclic TAPs and does not comment on the literature about benzo or otherwise fused systems. The synthetic methodologies for the preparation of TAPs, the substituent effects on the fluorescence properties, and the behavior of the TAP core as an element of biological imaging probes and sensors are discussed.

Autofluorescent gelatin nanoparticles as imaging probes to monitor matrix metalloproteinase metabolism of cancer cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 104 (11) ◽  
pp. 2854-2860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Cai ◽  
Lang Rao ◽  
Xinghu Ji ◽  
Lin-Lin Bu ◽  
Zhaobo He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Metalloproteinase ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Gelatin Nanoparticles ◽  
Imaging Probes

A Reduction Active Theranostic Nanoparticle for Enhanced Near-Infrared Imaging and Phototherapy by Reducing Glutathione Level in Cancer Cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 5965-5971
Author(s):  
Xiaofang Song ◽  
Lifo Ruan ◽  
Tianyu Zheng ◽  
Jun Wei ◽  
Jiayu Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Disulfide Bonds ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Infrared Imaging ◽  
Fluorescent Imaging ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Fluorescent Intensity ◽  
Turn On ◽  
Hyperbranched Poly ◽  
One Step

Facile preparation of a tumoral-stimuli-activated theranostic nanoparticle with simple constituents remains a challenge for tumor theranostic nanosystems. Herein we design a simple reductionresponsive turn-on theranostic nanoparticle for achieving fluorescent imaging and phototherapy combination. The theranostic nanoparticle is prepared by a simple one-step dialysis method of reduction active amphiphilic hyperbranched poly(β-amidoamines) and a near-infrared (NIR) dye indocyanine green (ICG). The fluorescence of ICG is quenched by the aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) effect. The fluorescent intensity of free ICG at 816 nm was ∼40 times as high as that of particulate ICG. After reductive nanoparticles incubated with dithiothreitol (DTT), the size of the nanoparticles increased from 160 nm to 610 nm by Dynamic light scattering (DLS). As nanoparticles were internalized by cancer cells, the disulfide bonds would be cleaved by intracellular reduction agents like glutathione (GSH), leading to the release of entrapped ICG. The released ICG regained its fluorescence for self-monitoring the release and therapeutic effect of ICG by fluorescence spectra and the quantitative evaluation of NIR fluorescence intensity. Remarkably, nanoparticles can also reinforce antitumor efficacy through photodynamic therapy and GSH depletion property. This study provides new insights into designing turn-on theranostic systems.

scholarly journals Tumorigenicity and Validity of Fluorescence Labelled Mesenchymal and Epithelial Human Oral Cancer Cell Lines in Nude Mice

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Xin Cai ◽  
Li Wu Zheng ◽  
Li Ma ◽  
Hong Zhang Huang ◽  
Ru Qing Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Cancer Cell ◽  
Nude Mice ◽  
Tongue Cancer ◽  
Cancer Cell Lines ◽  
Fluorescent Imaging ◽  
Cell Phenotype ◽  
Human Tongue

Tumorigenicity and metastatic activity can be visually monitored in cancer cells that were labelled with stable fluorescence. The aim was to establish and validate local and distant spread of subcutaneously previously injected fluorescence transduced human tongue cancer cell lines of epithelial and mesenchymal phenotype in nude mice. A total of 32 four-week-old male athymic Balb/c nude mice were randomly allocated into 4 groups (n=8). A single dose of 0.3 mL PBS containing 1 × 107 of four different cancer cell-lines (UM1, UM1-GFP, UM2, and UM2-RFP) was injected subcutaneously into the right side of their posterolateral back. Validity assessment of the labelled cancer cells’ tumorigenicity was assessed by physical examination, imaging, and histology four weeks after the injection. The tumor take rate of cancer cells was similar in animals injected with either parental or transduced cancer cells. Transduced cancer cells in mice were easily detectable in vivo and after cryosection using fluorescent imaging. UM1 cells showed increased tumor take rate and mean tumor volume, presenting with disorganized histopathological patterns. Fluorescence labelled epithelial and mesenchymal human tongue cancer cell lines do not change in tumorigenicity or cell phenotype after injection in vivo.

scholarly journals Investigation of Specific Targeting of Triptorelin-Conjugated Dextran-Coated Magnetite Nanoparticles as a Targeted Probe in GnRH+ Cancer Cells in MRI

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Milad Yousefvand ◽  
Zahra Mohammadi ◽  
Farzaneh Ghorbani ◽  
Rasoul Irajirad ◽  
Hormoz Abedi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Contrast Agent ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Cellular Uptake ◽  
Tumor Targeting ◽  
Tumor Imaging ◽  
Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide ◽  
Gnrh Receptors ◽  
Imaging Probes ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri ◽  
Targeted Contrast Agent

In recent years, the conjugation of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs), as tumor-imaging probes for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), with tumor targeting peptides possesses promising advantages for specific delivery of MRI agents. The objective of the current study was to design a targeted contrast agent for MRI based on Fe3O4 nanoparticles conjugated triptorelin (SPION@triptorelin), which has a great affinity to the GnRH receptors. The SPIONs-coated carboxymethyl dextran (SPION@CMD) conjugated triptorelin (SPION@CMD@triptorelin) were synthesized using coprecipitation method and characterized by DLS, TEM, XRD, FTIR, Zeta, and VSM techniques. The relaxivities of synthetized formulations were then calculated using a 1.5 Tesla clinical magnetic field. MRI, quantitative cellular uptake, and cytotoxicity level of them were estimated. The characterization results confirmed that the formation of SPION@CMD@triptorelin has been conjugated with a suitable size. Our results demonstrated the lack of cellular cytotoxicity of SPION@CMD@triptorelin, and it could increase the cellular uptake of SPIONs to MDA-MB-231 cancer cells 6.50-fold greater than to SPION@CMD at the concentration of 75 μM. The relaxivity calculations for SPION@CMD@triptorelin showed a suitable r2 and r2/r1 with values of 31.75 mM−1·s−1 and 10.26, respectively. Our findings confirm that triptorelin-targeted SPIONs could provide a T2-weighted probe contrast agent that has the great potential for the diagnosis of GnRH-positive cancer in MRI.

Fluorescent imaging of cytoplasmic nucleolin in live cells by a functionalized-engineered aptamer

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (91) ◽  
pp. 14171-14174
Author(s):  
Junfa Yin ◽  
Shaokun Chen ◽  
Yuanyuan Song ◽  
Hailin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Live Cell ◽  
Fluorescent Imaging ◽  
Live Cells ◽  
Cell Cytoplasm ◽  
Graphene Oxides ◽  
Normal Cells

A novel biosensing nanoplatform based on aptamer and polymer-grafted graphene oxides can specifically fluorescently visualize nucleolin in live cell cytoplasm, distinguishing cancer cells from normal cells.

scholarly journals Silica micro/nanospheres for theranostics: from bimodal MRI and fluorescent imaging probes to cancer therapy

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 546-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanka Walia ◽  
Amitabha Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Multimodal Imaging ◽  
Fluorescent Imaging ◽  
Full Description ◽  
Cytotoxic Effects ◽  
Characterization Methods ◽  
Bimodal Imaging ◽  
Nanoparticle Surface ◽  
Imaging Probes ◽  
Low Toxicity

Nano-theranostics offer remarkable potential for future biomedical technology with simultaneous applications for diagnosis and therapy of disease sites. Through smart and careful chemical modifications of the nanoparticle surface, these can be converted to multifunctional tiny objects which in turn can be used as vehicle for delivering multimodal imaging agents and therapeutic material to specific target sites in vivo. In this sense, bimodal imaging probes that simultaneously enable magnetic resonance imaging and fluorescence imaging have gained tremendous attention because disease sites can be characterized quick and precisely through synergistic multimodal imaging. But such hybrid nanocomposite materials have limitations such as low chemical stability (magnetic component) and harsh cytotoxic effects (fluorescent component) and, hence, require a biocompatible protecting agent. Silica micro/nanospheres have shown promise as protecting agent due to the high stability and low toxicity. This review will cover a full description of MRI-active and fluorescent multifunctional silica micro/nanospheres including the design of the probe, different characterization methods and their application in imaging and treatment in cancer.

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