Manganese porphyrin-incorporated conjugated polymer nanoparticles for T1-enhanced magnetic resonance and fluorescent imaging
摘要:
Conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs) possess many useful and fascinating properties, including high brightness, excellent photostability, good water-dispersibility, low cytotoxicity, and easy functionalization, showing promising application in bioimaging. In this work, one kind of optical/magnetic conjugated polyelectrolyte has been designed and synthesized by introducing Mn(III) porphyrin (T-1-weighted relaxivity) into a fluorescent fluorene based polymer backbone. Fluorescent/magnetic conjugated polymer nanoparticles (FM-CPNs) were prepared by self-assembly in the phosphate buffer solution caused by their amphiphilic structures with hydrophobic backbones and hydrophilic side chains. Their photophysical properties have been investigated in details via UV-vis absorption and fluorescent emission spectra. Investigation of its magnetic properties has shown that the FM-CPNs exhibit high T-1-weighted relaxivity value, making them promising candidates for T-1-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging agent. Further cell imaging has been realized successfully using FM-CPNs as staining label, and cytotoxicity was evaluated by the methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.
Mannose-Substituted Conjugated Polyelectrolyte and Oligomer as an Intelligent Energy Transfer Pair for Label-Free Visual Detection of Concanavalin A
作者:Kan-Yi Pu、Jianbing Shi、Lihua Wang、Liping Cai、Guan Wang、Bin Liu
DOI:10.1021/ma1021264
日期:2010.12.14
Mannose-substituted blue-fluorescent cationic conjugated polyelectrolyte (131) and yellow-fluorescent neutral conjugated oligomer (6) are synthesized via the combination of Suzuki coupling polymerization and click chemistry. The spectral overlap between the emission of P1 and the absorption of 6 allows one to blend them to form an intelligent fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) pair for multicolor protein sensing. Despite the nonspecific-interaction-induced perturbation in the polymer emission, strong specific binding between mannose and Concanavalin A (ConA) is able to result in protein-selective FRET from PI to 6. The fluorescence of 6/P1 blend in the presence of ConA is dominated by yellow emission, while it remains blue in the presence of other six nonspecific proteins. The 6/P1 blend thus serves as a multicolor bicomponent FRET probe for label-free visual detection of ConA in a high-contrast and convenient manner. In addition, its linear ratiometric fluorescence response toward ConA enables effective protein quantification with a low limit of detection of similar to 1.5 nM. This study demonstrates the importance of molecular engineering in conjugated polyelectrolyte based label-free chemical and biological sensing.