首页|Insight into the spatial interaction of D-pi-A bridge derived cyanines and nitroreductase for fluorescent cancer hypoxia detection
Insight into the spatial interaction of D-pi-A bridge derived cyanines and nitroreductase for fluorescent cancer hypoxia detection
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NSTL
Elsevier
Nitroreductase (NTR) detection in tumor is critical because NTR level is correlated with hypoxia degree and cancer prognosis. With the feature of high sensitivity and selectivity, fluorescence organic probes for NTR detection exhibited a promising future for tumor hypoxia detection. However, the discovery and design of such probes have been impeded due to the lack of the understanding of spatial match and mismatch of these probes with NTR. Here, we have developed two new nitrophenyl-functionalized trimethincyanine (Cy3) probes with para-or meta-positions of nitro-group in phenyl ring. Paranitrophenyl substituted Cy3 (pNP-Cy3) exhibited a remarkable response to NTR (20-fold fluorescence enhancement) with good selectivity and sensitivity. Experimental and theoretical analysis verified that the substituent position of nitro group on phenyl ring of dyes altered the spatial arrangement of nitrosubstituent group, thereby modulated the spatial match and mismatch between Cy3 dyes and binding domain of NTR, and consequently led to a different fluorescent turn-on response. In tumor-bearing mice model, hypoxia status of A549 xenografted tumor of mice was successfully delineated by using pNP-Cy3. These results may provide a clue for designing new cyanine-derived NTR probe to monitor NTRoverexpressed hypoxia cancer cells.(c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
NSTL
Elsevier
