Xanthene dyes for cancer imaging and treatment: A material odyssey

O Karaman, GA Alkan, C Kizilenis, CC Akgul… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer is still among the leading health issues today, considering the cost, effectiveness,
complexity of detection/treatment modalities and survival rates. One of the most important …

OregonFluor enables quantitative intracellular paired agent imaging to assess drug target availability in live cells and tissues

LG Wang, AR Montaño, JR Combs, NP McMahon… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Non-destructive fluorophore diffusion across cell membranes to provide an unbiased
fluorescence intensity readout is critical for quantitative imaging applications in live cells and …

Fluorescent materials for monitoring mitochondrial biology

Y Chu, J Park, E Kim, S Lee - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria play important roles in diverse cellular processes such as energy production,
cellular metabolism, and apoptosis to promote cell death. To investigate mitochondria …

Full color tunable aggregation-induced emission luminogen for bioimaging based on an indolizine molecular framework

SK Choi, J Rho, SE Yoon, JH Seok, H Kim… - Bioconjugate …, 2020 - ACS Publications
By taking advantage of a unique mechanism of aggregation-induced emission (AIE)
phenomena, AIE luminogens (AIEgens) have been provided as a solution to overcome the …

NIR Emissive Carbon Nanodots as a Tool to Mark Ribosomal RNA and Components using Super-Resolution Microscopy

R Lamba, A Salam, F Anjum, A Yadav, R Garg… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) plays a key role in protein synthesis and ribosomal biogenesis. The
exclusively used commercial dye for RNA staining is SYTO RNASelect which works in fixed …

Whole-Body and Whole-Organ 3D Imaging of Hypoxia Using an Activatable Covalent Fluorescent Probe Compatible with Tissue Clearing

DM Sakamoto, I Tamura, B Yi, S Hasegawa, Y Saito… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Elucidation of biological phenomena requires imaging of microenvironments in vivo.
Although the seamless visualization of in vivo hypoxia from the level of whole-body to single …

Smart design of mitochondria-targeted and ROS-responsive CPI-613 delivery nanoplatform for bioenergetic pancreatic cancer therapy

YM Zhang, M Xia, R Ao, LX Gao, Y Tang, JH Huang… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria, as the powerhouse of most cells, are not only responsible for the generation of
adenosine triphosphate (ATP) but also play a decisive role in the regulation of apoptotic cell …

Super-resolution imaging of mitochondrial cristae using a more hydrophobic far-red Si-rhodamine probe

J Sun, X Ge, B Jin, S Li, Y Hou, S Zhong… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Mitochondrial probe SiRPFA was synthesized by attaching a long perfluoroalkyl chain on Si-
rhodamine cationic dye. High lipophilicity endowed SiRPFA with mitochondrial membrane …

Long-Chain Fluorescent Probe for Straightforward and Nondestructive Staining Mitochondria in Fixed Cells and Tissues

Q Hao, X He, KN Wang, J Niu, F Meng, J Fu… - Analytical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Normally, small-molecule fluorescent probes dependent on the mitochondrial membrane
potential (MMP) are invalid for fixed cells and tissues, which limits their clinical applications …

Mitochondria-targeted fluorophore: State of the art and future trends

Q Ding, X Wang, Y Luo, X Leng, X Li, M Gu… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mitochondria, pivotal organelles responsible for cellular energy production and behavioral
regulation, play a crucial role in various diseases, notably cancer. Mitochondria-targeting …