Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201102191
Title: Biocompatible nanoparticles with aggregation-induced emission characteristics as far-red/near-infrared fluorescent bioprobes for in vitro and in vivo imaging applications
Authors: Qin, W.
Ding, D. 
Liu, J.
Yuan, W.Z.
Hu, Y.
Liu, B. 
Tang, B.Z.
Keywords: aggregation-induced emission
fluorescence bioimaging
nanoparticles
red-light emission
tetraphenylethene
Issue Date: 22-Feb-2012
Citation: Qin, W., Ding, D., Liu, J., Yuan, W.Z., Hu, Y., Liu, B., Tang, B.Z. (2012-02-22). Biocompatible nanoparticles with aggregation-induced emission characteristics as far-red/near-infrared fluorescent bioprobes for in vitro and in vivo imaging applications. Advanced Functional Materials 22 (4) : 771-779. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201102191
Abstract: Light emission of 2-(2,6-bis((E)-4-(diphenylamino)styryl)-4H-pyran-4- ylidene)malononitrile (TPA-DCM) is weakened by aggregate formation. Attaching tetraphenylethene (TPE) units as terminals to TPA-DCM dramatically changes its emission behavior: the resulting fluorogen, 2-(2,6-bis((E)-4-(phenyl(4′- (1,2,2-triphenylvinyl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-yl)amino)styryl) -4H-pyran-4-ylidene)malononitrile (TPE-TPA-DCM), is more emissive in the aggregate state, showing the novel phenomenon of aggregation-induced emission (AIE). Formulation of TPE-TPA-DCM using bovine serum albumin (BSA) as the polymer matrix yields uniformly sized protein nanoparticles (NPs) with high brightness and low cytotoxicity. Applications of the fluorogen-loaded BSA NPs for in vitro and in vivo far-red/near-infrared (FR/NIR) bioimaging are successfully demonstrated using MCF-7 breast-cancer cells and a murine hepatoma-22 (H 22)-tumor-bearing mouse model, respectively. The AIE-active fluorogen-loaded BSA NPs show an excellent cancer cell uptake and a prominent tumor-targeting ability in vivo due to the enhanced permeability and retention effect. Encapsulation of far-red/near-infrared luminogens with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics in a bovine serum albumin (BSA) matrix yields nanoparticles (NPs) with uniform size, high brightness, and low cytotoxicity. Applications of these AIE-active NPs for in vitro and in vivo fluorescence imaging are demonstrated using MCF-7 breast-cancer cells and a murine hepatic H 22-tumor-bearing mouse model, respectively. Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Source Title: Advanced Functional Materials
URI: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/88579
ISSN: 1616301X
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201102191
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