Citation: Xia Qi, Chen Zikang, Zhang Zhide, Liu Ruiyuan. Synthesis and Live Cell Imaging of Tetraphenylethene-Based Fluorescent Nanoprobes[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, ;2018, 38(10): 2700-2705. doi: 10.6023/cjoc201803029 shu

Synthesis and Live Cell Imaging of Tetraphenylethene-Based Fluorescent Nanoprobes

Xia Qi ^a ,
Chen Zikang ^a ,
Zhang Zhide ^b ,
Liu Ruiyuan ^a,b,,

a.
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515
b.
School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515

Corresponding author: Liu Ruiyuan, ruiyliu@smu.edu.cn
Received Date: 19 March 2018
Revised Date: 18 May 2018
Available Online: 5 October 2018
Fund Project: the National Natural Science Foundation of China 81671749Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81671749)

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In recent years, designing and synthesizing fluorescent nanoprobes with good biocompatibility, stable optical properties and low cytotoxicity are research hotspots in the biomedical field. The novel tetraphenylethene-based fluorescent probe (TPE-Rho) was synthesized by reaction of 1, 1, 2-triphenyl-2-(4-formylphenyl)ethene with 2-(4-oxo-3-phenyl-1, 3-thia-zol-2-ylidene)malononitrile. After the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics of TPE-Rho were investigated, TPE-Rho dots with uniform particle size distribution were obtained through a modified nanoprecipitation method by using Pluronic F-127 (amphiphilic surfactant) as the encapsulation. TPE-Rho dots have excellent optical property such as strong yellow fluorescence, good stability and long Stokes shift (ca. 200 nm), and have little effect on cell growth activity. Then, TPE-Rho dots were utilized to stain live SK-Hep1 cells and LoVo cells, the staining region and fluorescent intensity were analyzed. The experimental results show that TPE-Rho dots have no significant effect on cell viability, and can stain live cells and selectively act on the cytoplasm. Thus, it can be confirmed that TPE-Rho dots has good biocompatibility, low cytotoxicity, high cell membrane permeability, and good stability, therefore it can be used as a viable cell staining agent.
- tetraphenylethene,
- aggregation-induced emission,
- nanoprobes,
- cell imaging
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