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
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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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