Rahul T. Kadakia, Da Xie, Daniel Martinez, Jr, Meng Yu and Emily L. Que
Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 8860-8863
DOI:
10.1039/C9CC00375D,
Communication
We report the first dual-responsive 19F MRI and fluorescence imaging probe for cellular hypoxia. The Cu2+-based probe exhibits no 19F MR signal and reduced fluorescence signal due to paramagnetic quenching; however, the probe turns-on in both modes following reduction to Cu+. This bimodal agent can differentiate hypoxic and normoxic cells in both modalities.