Fluorescent supramolecular nucleoside-based organogels or hydrogels have attracted increasing attention owing to their tunable stability,drug delivery,tissue engineering,and inherent biocompatibility for applications ...Fluorescent supramolecular nucleoside-based organogels or hydrogels have attracted increasing attention owing to their tunable stability,drug delivery,tissue engineering,and inherent biocompatibility for applications in designing sensors.As the temperature of a constant TPE-Octa-dU gelato r at MGC as low as 0.2 wt%was increased with gel to sol transition,a progressive decrease in the fluorescence intensity was observed.~1 H NMR study in ethanol-d_(6)/H_(2)O revealed the existence of intermolecular hydrogen-bond interaction between uridine nucleobase and triazole moieties.Based on these experiments,thus organogels induced by hydrogen bonding can promote an aggregation-induced emission(AIE)of TPE moiety.Thermoreversible gelation properties have been investigated systematically,including AIE-shapemorphing architecture owing to their unique solid-liquid interface and easy processability.At the same line,the related TPE-EdU derivative which was synthesized from 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine does not delive r organogels or hydrogels,a nd under similar circumstances TPE moiety of TPE-EdU does not efficiently exhibit AIE phenomenon either.展开更多
Aggregation-induced emission luminogens(AIEgens) have been used in biomacromolecules detection.Herein,TPE-dC and TPE-dU acted as the nucleoside-based AIEgens sensors in the first case,which can be used to detect ctDNA...Aggregation-induced emission luminogens(AIEgens) have been used in biomacromolecules detection.Herein,TPE-dC and TPE-dU acted as the nucleoside-based AIEgens sensors in the first case,which can be used to detect ctDNA and rRNA in vitro and light up the nucleus in vivo depending on the intermolecular binding affinity.This AIE process enables the quantitative analysis or visualization of nucleic acids in solution or gels state,respectively.Furthermore,confocal laser scanning microscopy(CLSM) images of L929 cells stained with TPE-dC or TPE-dU clearly shows that nucleoside-based AIEgens bio-probes can pass the cell membranes to reach the cell nucleus,without cytotoxicity at the imaging condition(incubation time> 12 h,and 10 μmol/L of concentration).Since the nucleus is rich in DNA/RNA,fluorescence turn-on mode has a great potential in nucleus imaging and clinical diagnosis.展开更多
基金supported by the Science and Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen,China(Nos.KQJSCX20180328095517269 and JCYJ20170818143131729)。
文摘Fluorescent supramolecular nucleoside-based organogels or hydrogels have attracted increasing attention owing to their tunable stability,drug delivery,tissue engineering,and inherent biocompatibility for applications in designing sensors.As the temperature of a constant TPE-Octa-dU gelato r at MGC as low as 0.2 wt%was increased with gel to sol transition,a progressive decrease in the fluorescence intensity was observed.~1 H NMR study in ethanol-d_(6)/H_(2)O revealed the existence of intermolecular hydrogen-bond interaction between uridine nucleobase and triazole moieties.Based on these experiments,thus organogels induced by hydrogen bonding can promote an aggregation-induced emission(AIE)of TPE moiety.Thermoreversible gelation properties have been investigated systematically,including AIE-shapemorphing architecture owing to their unique solid-liquid interface and easy processability.At the same line,the related TPE-EdU derivative which was synthesized from 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine does not delive r organogels or hydrogels,a nd under similar circumstances TPE moiety of TPE-EdU does not efficiently exhibit AIE phenomenon either.
基金This work is supported by the Science and Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen,China(Nos.KQJSCX20180328095517269 and JCYJ20170818143131729).
文摘Aggregation-induced emission luminogens(AIEgens) have been used in biomacromolecules detection.Herein,TPE-dC and TPE-dU acted as the nucleoside-based AIEgens sensors in the first case,which can be used to detect ctDNA and rRNA in vitro and light up the nucleus in vivo depending on the intermolecular binding affinity.This AIE process enables the quantitative analysis or visualization of nucleic acids in solution or gels state,respectively.Furthermore,confocal laser scanning microscopy(CLSM) images of L929 cells stained with TPE-dC or TPE-dU clearly shows that nucleoside-based AIEgens bio-probes can pass the cell membranes to reach the cell nucleus,without cytotoxicity at the imaging condition(incubation time> 12 h,and 10 μmol/L of concentration).Since the nucleus is rich in DNA/RNA,fluorescence turn-on mode has a great potential in nucleus imaging and clinical diagnosis.
