Multiplex imaging of an intracellular proteolytic cascade by using a broad-spectrum nanoquencher

Xinglu Huang, Magdalena Swierczewska, Ki Young Choi, Lei Zhu, Ashwinkumar Bhirde, Jinwoo Park, Kwangmeyung Kim, Jin Xie, Gang Niu, Kang Choon Lee, Seulki Lee, Xiaoyuan Chen

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Abstract

Turn off the lights! A universal nanoquencher that quenches a broad range of visible to near-infrared dyes by using a series of dark quenchers incorporated into a cell-permeable mesoporous silica nanoparticle has been developed. In combination with dye-labeled substrates, this nanoquencher boosts multiple fluorescence signals upon specific proteolysis, which allows real-time imaging of proteolytic cascades (see scheme).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1625-1630
Number of pages6
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume51
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012 Feb 13
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • caspases
  • fluorescence
  • imaging agents
  • nanoparticles
  • proteolysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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