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An activatable near-infrared fluorescent probe for methylglyoxal imaging in Alzheimer's disease mice

  • Yijing Dang
  • , Fengyang Wang
  • , Lingling Li
  • , Yi Lai
  • , Zhiai Xu*
  • , Zhi Xiong
  • , Ao Zhang
  • , Yang Tian
  • , Chunyong Ding
  • , Wen Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • East China Normal University
  • CAS - Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica

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Abstract

Visual detection of the methylglyoxal (MGO) level in the brain is critical for understanding its role in the onset and progression of AD. Herein, we disclosed a NIR fluorescent probe, DBTPP, for detecting MGO by utilizing a thiadiazole-fused o-phenylenediamine moiety as a MGO-specific sensing unit. DBTPP exhibits a series of distinct advantages, such as NIR emission, high selectivity and sensitivity, excellent acid-stability, and a huge off-on ratio. The probe could accurately monitor both exogenous and endogenous MGO variations in SH-SY5Y cells. Besides, it was able to image the endogenous MGO in a transgenic AD mouse model successfully, suggesting the great potential of MGO as a biomarker for early AD diagnosis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)707-710
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume56
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

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