Citation: FAN Zi-Yan, LIU Zheng-Jie, ZHANG Rui-Long, HAN Guang-Mei, ZHANG Zhong-Ping. Preparation of Lysosome-targeting Carbon Dots and Its Application in Cell Imaging[J]. Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry, ;2021, 49(7): 1208-1217. doi: 10.19756/j.issn.0253-3820.201701 shu

Preparation of Lysosome-targeting Carbon Dots and Its Application in Cell Imaging

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Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China;
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Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China

Corresponding author: HAN Guang-Mei, gmhan@ahu.edu.cn
Received Date: 24 November 2020
Revised Date: 26 April 2021

Fund Project: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 22074001, 21874137, 21974001, 21775001) and the Science and Technology Service Network Initiative of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KFJ-STS-ZDTP-080).

The lysosome-targeting carbon dots with excellent water solubility and strong blue emission were synthesized through a one-step functional modification for long-term lysosome imaging in living cells. Based on the carboxyl rich carbon dots synthesized by oxidizing carbon black in refluxing HNO₃, N,N-dimethylethylenediamine (DMEDA) was chemically linked onto the carboxyl rich carbon dots through acylation reaction to obtain DMEDA modified carbon dots (M-CDs). The infrared spectrum of M-CDs showed the characteristic peak of acylamide (O=C-NH-) at 1658 cm^–1, indicating the successful modification of DMEDA. The quantum yield of M-CDs was 15.6%, which was about 27 times higher than the original carboxyl rich carbon dots, meeting the requirement of cell imaging. The probe entered cells through temperature-dependent endocytosis way and the co-localization experiment with commercial dye Lyso-Tracker red showed that the probe localized in lysosomes and could be used as a universal lysosome tracker in different cell lines. Moreover, compared to commercially available Lyso-Tracker blue, M-CDs were more photostable under UV light. The fluorescence of M-CDs was still brightness after time-lapsed imaging by confocal microscopy for 120 min with an interval of 5 min in living cells, implying that the M-CDs could be used for long-term imaging of lysosomes.
- Carbon dots,
- Functional modification,
- N,N-Dimethylethylenediamine,
- Lysosome target,
- Cell imaging
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