HaloTag‐Based Reporters for Fluorescence Imaging and Biosensing

A Cook, F Walterspiel, C Deo - ChemBioChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Visualizing the structure and dynamics of biomolecules is critical to understand biological
function, and requires methods to fluorescently label targets of interest in their cellular …

A chemical biology toolbox to overcome the hypoxic tumor microenvironment for photodynamic therapy: a review

X Zheng, W Sun, M Ju, J Wu, H Huang, B Shen - Biomaterials Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer is a disease that seriously threatens human health. Over the past few decades,
researchers have continued to find ways to cure cancer. Currently, the most commonly used …

Xanthone-based solvatochromic fluorophores for quantifying micropolarity of protein aggregates

L Wang, CH Hsiung, X Liu, S Wang, A Loredo… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Proper three-dimensional structures are essential for maintaining the functionality of proteins
and for avoiding pathological consequences of improper folding. Misfolding and …

Covalent Solvatochromic Proteome Stress Sensor Based on the Schiff Base Reaction

D Shen, W Jin, Q Zhao, M Wang, B Zhang… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Covalent-type probes or sensors have been seldom reported for aggregated proteins.
Herein, we reported a series of covalent solvatochromic probes to selectively modify and …

Fluorine-tuned dual-state luminogens for versatile applications in mechanofluorochromism, trace water analysis, and live cell imaging

Q Pei, Y Yin, F Tang, A Ding - Journal of Luminescence, 2023 - Elsevier
Dual-state luminogens (DSEgens) are organic luminescent molecules that exhibit strong
emissions in both molecularly dispersed and aggregated states. The introduction of fluorine …

Derivatizing Nile Red fluorophores to quantify the heterogeneous polarity upon protein aggregation in the cell

R Sun, W Wan, W Jin, Y Bai, Q Xia, M Wang… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein aggregation in the cell is often manifested by the formation of subcellular punctate
structures. Herein, we modulated the solvatochromism and solubility of Nile Red fluorophore …

Solvatochromic sensors detect proteome aggregation in stressed liver tissues with hepatic cancer and cirrhosis

B Jing, J Li, K Guo, L Zeng, J Sui, Z Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein misfolding and aggregation involve complex cellular processes with clinical
implications in various diseases. However, the detection of aggregated proteomes without …

Turn-on fluorescence probing of amyloid fibrils by the proto-berberine alkaloids and the study of their interactions

L Li, WC Luo, M Jiang, X Yu, L Xu - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The aggregation of amyloid proteins is highly related to the occurrence and development of
neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases. The detection of amyloid fibrils or monitoring …

An epoxide-based covalent sensor to detect cardiac proteome aggregation in a cardio-oncology model

H Jin, D Shen, B Jing, Z Zhang, Z Wang, R Sun… - Analytica Chimica …, 2023 - Elsevier
Covalent sensors to detect and capture aggregated proteome in stressed cells are rare.
Herein, we construct a series of covalent fluorogenic sensors for aggregated proteins by …

Mitochondria-Directing Fluorogenic Probe: An Efficient Amyloid Marker for Imaging Lipid Metabolite-Induced Protein Aggregation in Live Cells and Caenorhabditis …

SP Pandey, KP, T Dutta, B Chakraborty… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The design and development of optical probes for sensing neurotoxic amyloid fibrils are
active and important areas of research and are undergoing continuous advancements. In …