Bichromatic Imaging with Hemicyanine Fluorophores Enables Simultaneous Visualization of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Metastatic Intestinal Cancer
作者:Weijia Xu、Senyao Liu、Zhaoming Chen、Fapu Wu、Wenwen Cao、Yang Tian、Hu Xiong
DOI:10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03100
日期:2022.10.4
Simultaneous detection of different diseases via a single fluorophore is challenging. We herein report a bichromatic fluorophore named Cy-914 for the simultaneous diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and metastatic intestinal cancer by leveraging its NIR-I/NIR-II dual-color imaging capability. Cy-914 with a pKa of 6.98 exhibits high sensitivity to pH and viscosity, showing turn-on NIR-I fluorescence at 795 nm in an acidic tumor microenvironment, meanwhile displaying intense NIR-II fluorescence at 914/1030 nm under neutral to slightly basic viscous conditions. Notably, Cy-914 could sensitively and noninvasively monitor viscosity variations in the progression of NAFLD. More importantly, it was able to simultaneously visualize NAFLD (ex/em = 808/1000–1700 nm) and intestinal metastases (ex/em = 570/810–875 nm) in two independent channels without spectral cross interference after topical spraying, further improving fluorescence-guided surgery of tiny metastases less than 3 mm. This strategy may provide an understanding for developing multi-color fluorophores for multi-disease diagnosis.
通过单个荧光团同时检测不同的疾病具有挑战性。我们在此报告了一种名为Cy-914的双色荧光团,它利用其NIR-I/NIR-II双色成像能力,同时诊断非酒精性脂肪肝(NAFLD)和转移性肠癌。Cy-914的pKa为6.98,对pH和粘度具有高敏感性,在酸性肿瘤微环境中,在795 nm处显示开启的NIR-I荧光,同时在中性至弱碱性粘性条件下,在914/1030 nm处显示强烈的NIR-II荧光。值得注意的是,Cy-914可以敏感且无创地监测NAFLD进展中的粘度变化。更重要的是,它能够在两个独立的通道中同时可视化NAFLD(ex/em = 808/1000-1700 nm)和肠转移(ex/em = 570/810-875 nm),局部喷涂后没有光谱交叉干扰,进一步改善了小于3 mm微小转移的荧光引导手术。这一策略可以为开发用于多种疾病诊断的多色荧光团提供理解。