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J Fluoresc
January 2025
Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore -14, Tamil Nadu, India.
This study addresses the critical issue of irreversible oxidation in hypochlorite (ClO⁻) sensing by a phenothiazine-based compound, which typically leads to the probe's degradation and loss of functionality. We introduce a novel fluorescence probe, (2-(5-(10 H-phenothiazin-10-yl)thiophen-2-yl)-1 H-benzo[d]imidazol-6-yl)(phenyl)methanone (PTH-BP), specifically designed to enhance ClO⁻ detection efficiency. PTH-BP exhibits strong aggregation-induced emission (AIE), emitting deep orange fluorescence at 620 nm with a large Stokes shift of 195 nm, and achieves an impressive detection limit of 1 nM in ACN/PBS buffer solutions.
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January 2025
Department of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry Section, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India.
Herein, a water-soluble, ultrabright, near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent, mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs)-peptide bioconjugate is designed with dual targeting capabilities. Cancer cell surface overexpressed αβ integrin targeting two RGDS tetrapeptide residues is tethered at the macrocycle of MIMs-peptide bioconjugate via Cu(I)-catalyzed click chemistry on the Wang resin, and mitochondria targeting lipophilic cationic TPP functionality is conjugated at the axle dye. Living carcinoma cell selective active targeting, subsequently cell penetration, mitochondrial imaging, including the ultrastructure of cristae, and real-time tracking of malignant mitochondria by MIMs-peptide bioconjugate (RGDS)-Mito-MIMs-TPP are established by stimulated emission depletion (STED) super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.
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January 2025
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States.
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) represent a transformative advancement in drug discovery, offering a method to degrade specific intracellular proteins. Unlike traditional inhibitors, PROTACs are bifunctional molecules that target proteins for elimination, enabling the potential treatment of previously "undruggable" proteins. This concept, pioneered by Crews and his team, introduced the use of small molecules to link a target protein to an E3 ubiquitin ligase, inducing ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of the target protein.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLangmuir
January 2025
Materials Science and Technology Division, CSIR─National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Pappanamcode, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, Kerala, India.
Mercury contamination of the environment is extremely hazardous to human health because of its significant toxicity, especially in water. Biomass-derived fluorophores such as carbon dots (CDs) have emerged as eco-friendly and cost-effective alternative sensors that provide comparable efficacy while mitigating the environmental and economic drawbacks of conventional methods. In this work, we report the fabrication of a selective fluorescence-enhancing sensor based on sulfur-doped carbon dots (SCDs) using waste bamboo-derived cellulose and sodium thiosulfate as the soft base dopant, which actively complexes with mercury ions for detection.
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January 2025
Department of Nephrology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, 350001, China.
Glomerular endothelial cells (GECs) are pivotal in developing glomerular sclerosis disorders. The advancement of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is intimately tied to disruptions in lipid metabolism. Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), a molecule transported by high-density lipoproteins (HDL), exhibits protective effects on vascular endothelial cells by upregulating phosphorylated endothelial nitric oxide synthase (p-eNOS) and enhancing nitric oxide (NO) production.
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