학술논문
Avidin triggered turn-on NIR-fluorescent aza-BODIPY-biotin self-assemblies for cancer cell imaging.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*CELL imaging
*CANCER cells
*AVIDIN
*BIOTIN
*FLUORESCENCE
*IN vitro studies
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ISSN
1144-0546
Abstract
Aza-BODIPY biotin-based nano-self-assembly has been designed with a biotin receptor for selective NIR turn-on fluorescence activity against cancer cells. The nanostructured aza-BODIPY assemblies exhibit distinctive fluorescence characteristics via an avidin-induced partial disintegration process. The in vitro studies for nanoprobes NSA-DPR1a and NSA-DPR1b showed effective recognition and can discriminate biotin receptor-positive cancer cells (MDA-MB-231 and MCF7) compared to non-cancerous cells (MCF10A). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]