Design and application of fluorescent probes to detect cellular physical microenvironments

J Ma, R Sun, K Xia, Q Xia, Y Liu, X Zhang - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
The microenvironment is indispensable for functionality of various biomacromolecules,
subcellular compartments, living cells, and organisms. In particular, physical properties …

Solvatochromic and fluorogenic dyes as environment-sensitive probes: design and biological applications

AS Klymchenko - Accounts of chemical research, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Fluorescent environment-sensitive probes are specially designed dyes that
change their fluorescence intensity (fluorogenic dyes) or color (eg, solvatochromic dyes) in …

Targeted solvatochromic fluorescent probes for imaging lipid order in organelles under oxidative and mechanical stress

DI Danylchuk, PH Jouard… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biomembranes constitute a basis for all compartments of live cells, and therefore, the
monitoring of their lipid organization is essential for understanding cell status and activity …

Super-resolution microscopy with single molecules in biology and beyond–essentials, current trends, and future challenges

L Möckl, WE Moerner - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Single-molecule super-resolution microscopy has developed from a specialized technique
into one of the most versatile and powerful imaging methods of the nanoscale over the past …

Switchable fluorophores for single-molecule localization microscopy

H Li, JC Vaughan - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The past decade has witnessed an explosion in the use of super-resolution fluorescence
microscopy methods in biology and other fields. Single-molecule localization microscopy …

[HTML][HTML] Visualizing and trapping transient oligomers in amyloid assembly pathways

EE Cawood, TK Karamanos, AJ Wilson… - Biophysical chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Oligomers which form during amyloid fibril assembly are considered to be key contributors
towards amyloid disease. However, understanding how such intermediates form, their …

[HTML][HTML] Different soluble aggregates of Aβ42 can give rise to cellular toxicity through different mechanisms

S De, DC Wirthensohn, P Flagmeier, C Hughes… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Protein aggregation is a complex process resulting in the formation of heterogeneous
mixtures of aggregate populations that are closely linked to neurodegenerative conditions …

Super-resolution microscopy as a powerful tool to study complex synthetic materials

S Pujals, N Feiner-Gracia, P Delcanale, I Voets… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Understanding the relations between the formation, structure, dynamics and functionality of
complex synthetic materials is one of the great challenges in chemistry and nanotechnology …

Switchable solvatochromic probes for live‐cell super‐resolution imaging of plasma membrane organization

DI Danylchuk, S Moon, K Xu… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Visualization of the nanoscale organization of cell membranes remains challenging
because of the lack of appropriate fluorescent probes. Herein, we introduce a new design …

Quantifying misfolded protein oligomers as drug targets and biomarkers in Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases

K Kulenkampff, AM Wolf Perez, P Sormanni… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Protein misfolding and aggregation are characteristic of a wide range of neurodegenerative
disorders, including Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases. A hallmark of these diseases is the …