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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 138, Issue 40, Pages 13438-13446Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b09173
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- Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
- Binational Science Foundation (BSF)
- German Israeli Foundation (GIF)
- Israeli National Nanotechnology Initiative in the Focal Technology Area: Nanomedicines for Personalized Theranostics
- European Research Council [617445-PolyDorm]
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Chemiluminescence is among the most sensitive methods for achieving a high signal-to-noise ratio in various chemical and biological applications. We have developed a modular practical synthetic route for preparation. of turn-ON fluorophore-tethered dioxetane chemiluminescent probes. The chemiluminescent emission of the probes was significantly amplified through an energy-transfer mechanism under physiological conditions. Two probes were composed with green and near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent dyes tethered to Schaap's dioxetane. While both probes were able to provide chemiluminescence in vivo images following subcutaneous, injection, only the NIR probe could provide a chemiluminescence image following intraperitoneal injection. These are the first in vivo images produced by Schaap's dioxetane chemiluminescence ptobes with no need of an enhancer. Previously, chemiluminescence cell images could only be obtained with a luciferin-based probe. Our NIR probe was able to image cells transfected with beta-galactosidase gene by chemiluminescence microscopy. We also report, for the first time, the instability of dioxetane fluorophore conjugates, to ambient light. Our synthetic route effectively overcomes this limitation through a late-stage functionalization of the dioxetane intermediate. We anticipate that our practical synthetic methodology will be useful for preparation of various chemiluminescent probes for numerous applications.
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