A new prodrug-derived ratiometric fluorescent probe for hypoxia: High selectivity of nitroreductase and imaging in tumor cell

  • Lei Cui
  • , Ye Zhong
  • , Weiping Zhu
  • , Yufang Xu*
  • , Qingshan Du
  • , Xin Wang
  • , Xuhong Qian
  • , Yi Xiao
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Based on the hypoxia prodrug moiety of p-nitrobenzyl, a selective ratiometric fluorescent sensor (RHP) for the detection of microenvironment hypoxia was designed and synthesized. RHP can be selectively activated by bioreductive enzymes (NTR) and results in an evident blue to green fluorescent emission wavelength change in both solution phases and in cell lines, which might be the first fluorescent ratiometric probe for hypoxia in solid tumors.(Figure Presented)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)928-931
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume13
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Mar 2011
Externally publishedYes

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