Non-Covalently Pre-Assembled High-Performance Near-Infrared Fluorescent Molecular Probes for Cancer Imaging

Chemistry : a European Journal
Scott K ShawBradley D Smith

Abstract

New fluorescent molecular probes, which can selectively target specific cell surface receptors, are needed for microscopy, in vivo imaging, and image guided surgery. The preparation of multivalent probes using standard synthetic chemistry can be a laborious process due to low reaction yields caused by steric effects. In this study, fluorescent molecular probes were prepared by a programmed non-covalent pre-assembly process that used a near-infrared fluorescent squaraine dye to thread a macrocycle bearing a cyclic arginine-glycine-aspartate peptide antagonist (cRGDfK) as a cancer targeting unit. Cell microscopy studies using OVCAR-4 (ovarian cancer) and A549 (lung cancer) cells that express high levels of the integrin αvβ3 or αvβ5 receptors, respectively, revealed a multivalent cell targeting effect. That is, there was comparatively more cell uptake of a pre-assembled probe equipped with two copies of the cRGDfK antagonist than a pre-assembled probe with only one appended cRGDfK antagonist. The remarkably high photostability and low phototoxicity of these near-infrared probes allowed for acquisition of long-term fluorescence movies showing endosome trafficking in living cells. In vivo near-infrared fluorescence imaging experimen...Continue Reading

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