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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Two-photon AIE bio-probe with large Stokes shift for specific imaging of lipid droplets

M Jiang, X Gu, JWY Lam, Y Zhang, RTK Kwok… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Lipid droplets are dynamic organelles involved in various physiological processes and their
detection is thus of high importance to biomedical research. Recent reports show that AIE …

Aggfluor: fluorogenic toolbox enables direct visualization of the multi-step protein aggregation process in live cells

CH Wolstenholme, H Hu, S Ye, BE Funk… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Aberrantly processed or mutant proteins misfold and assemble into a variety of soluble
oligomers and insoluble aggregates, a process that is associated with an increasing number …

Natural coumarin isomers with dramatically different AIE properties: mechanism and application

SS Chen, H Wang, B Wu, Q Li, J Gong… - ACS Central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) are of great importance in
optoelectronics and biomedical fields. However, the popular design philosophy by …

Modulation of fluorescent protein chromophores to detect protein aggregation with turn-on fluorescence

Y Liu, CH Wolstenholme, GC Carter, H Liu… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We present a fluorogenic method to visualize misfolding and aggregation of a specific
protein-of-interest in live cells using structurally modulated fluorescent protein …

Development of near-infrared nucleic acid mimics of fluorescent proteins for in vivo imaging of viral RNA with turn-on fluorescence

J Zhang, H Li, B Lin, X Luo, P Yin, T Yi… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
GFP-like fluorescent proteins and their molecular mimics have revolutionized bioimaging
research, but their emissions are largely limited in the visible to far-red region, hampering …

Electrostatic control of photoisomerization pathways in proteins

MG Romei, CY Lin, II Mathews, SG Boxer - Biophysical Journal, 2020 - cell.com
Adam W. Duster1, Hai Lin2. 1Integrative and Systems Biology, University of Colorado
Denver, Denver, CO, USA, 2Chemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA …

[HTML][HTML] Light-up RNA aptamers and their cognate fluorogens: from their development to their applications

F Bouhedda, A Autour, M Ryckelynck - International journal of molecular …, 2017 - mdpi.com
An RNA-based fluorogenic module consists of a light-up RNA aptamer able to specifically
interact with a fluorogen to form a fluorescent complex. Over the past decade, significant …

Conical intersection accessibility dictates brightness in red fluorescent proteins

E Pieri, AR Walker, M Zhu… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Red fluorescent protein (RFP) variants are highly sought after for in vivo imaging since
longer wavelengths improve depth and contrast in fluorescence imaging. However, the …