Journal
ANALYST
Volume 146, Issue 3, Pages 835-841Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0an02006k
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [201874030, 21775030]
- BAGUI Scholar Program
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A multifunctional biomass nanoprobe was developed for photodynamic therapy of tumors, cancer cell identification, and antitumor drug screening based on the ratiometric fluorescence imaging of intracellular survivin mRNA.
Survivin is widely expressed in tumor tissue, in which the in situ ratiometric fluorescence imaging of intracellular survivin mRNA can provide accurate information for the diagnosis and treatment of cancers, as well as the screening of antitumor drugs. However, the development of a nanoprobe that can be used simultaneously in the diagnosis and treatment of tumors and the screening of antitumor drugs remains a challenge. In an effort to address these requirements, a multifunctional biomass nanoprobe was developed for the photodynamic therapy (PDT) of tumors as well as cancer cell identification and antitumor drug screening based on the ratiometric fluorescence imaging of intracellular survivin mRNA. This nanoprobe was assembled from near-infrared (NIR) biomass quantum dots (BQDs), single-stranded DNA and NIR dye (dylight680) labeled single-stranded DNA. The BQDs contain a large number of chlorophyll molecules, meaning that they can produce a large amount of singlet oxygen under NIR light irradiation, thus realizing the PDT of a tumor. However, the specific binding of the nanoprobe to intracellular survivin mRNA causes the release of dylight680 and reduces the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) efficiency between the BQDs and dylight680 in the probe, thereby achieving the ratiometric fluorescence imaging of survivin mRNA. Therefore, the prepared nanoprobe can not only be used in the diagnosis of cancers, but also in the targeted PDT of tumors.
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