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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 88, Issue 22, Pages 11184-11192Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03389
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21235002, 21575038, 21475037]
- Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of NSFC [21521063]
- Young Top-Notch Talent for Ten Thousand Talent Program
- Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province [2015JJ1005]
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Bioimaging probes for accurately monitoring apoptosis process have extensive significance for cell biological studies and clinical investigations. Herein, novel multifunctional peptide-tailored gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) have been developed for real-time imaging of caspase-indicated cell apoptosis. The AuNCs nanoprobe was facilely prepared by a one-step peptide-mediated biomineralization with the dye (TRAMA)-tagged peptides specific to caspase 3 as both template agents and the signal switch. Unlike conventional FRET-based fluorescent probes of caspase activity, these nanoprobes relied on the unique quenching effect of AuNCs through the nanosurface energy transfer (NSET) from dye to AuNCs. Intracellular caspase 3 activation cleaved the substrate peptide and released the dye from AuNCs, leading to a significant fluorescence lighting-up for sensitive and continuous analysis of caspase 3 activity in live cells, with a high signal-background ratio, wide linear range (32 pM-10 nM), and ultralow detection limit (12 pM). Moreover, this versatile AuNCs nanoprobe can serve as a theranostic platform via codisplaying pro-apoptotic and detecting peptides, which allows in situ activation and real-time monitoring of apoptosis in cancer cells. These results indicate that the AuNCs nanoprobe provides a smart molecular imaging and therapeutic agent targeted to cell apoptosis, which has great potential for apoptosis-related diagnosis and precision chemotherapy.
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