Issue 3, 2016

A self-reporting AIE probe with a built-in singlet oxygen sensor for targeted photodynamic ablation of cancer cells

Abstract

The real-time monitoring of reactive oxygen species (ROS, particularly singlet oxygen) generation during photodynamic therapy is a great challenge due to the extremely short half-life and small radius of action. To tackle this issue, we herein report a bioprobe composed of a red emissive photosensitizer (PS) with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics and a fluorogenic green emissive rhodol dye conjugated via a singlet oxygen cleavable aminoacrylate (AA) linker. The probe emits red fluorescence in water, and the red emissive PS can be used for probe self-tracking. Upon image-guided light irradiation, the generated singlet oxygen cleaves the AA linker to yield green fluorescence turn-on of rhodol, which offers real-time and in situ monitoring of singlet oxygen generation during photodynamic ablation of cancer cells, providing a strategy for the early evaluation of the therapeutic effect.

Graphical abstract: A self-reporting AIE probe with a built-in singlet oxygen sensor for targeted photodynamic ablation of cancer cells

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
22 9 2015
Accepted
23 11 2015
First published
23 11 2015
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Sci., 2016,7, 1862-1866

A self-reporting AIE probe with a built-in singlet oxygen sensor for targeted photodynamic ablation of cancer cells

Y. Yuan, C. Zhang, S. Xu and B. Liu, Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 1862 DOI: 10.1039/C5SC03583J

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