A genetic engineering strategy for editing near-infrared-II fluorophores

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The second near-infrared (NIR-II) window is a fundamental modality for deep-tissue in vivo imaging. However, it is challenging to synthesize NIR-II probes with high quantum yields (QYs), good biocompatibility, satisfactory pharmacokinetics, and tunable biological properties. Conventional long-wavelength probes, such as inorganic probes (which often contain heavy metal atoms in their scaffolds) and organic dyes (which contain large π-conjugated groups), exhibit poor biosafety, low QYs, and/or uncontrollable pharmacokinetic properties. Herein, we present a bioengineering strategy that can replace the conventional chemical synthesis methods for generating NIR-II contrast agents. We use a genetic engineering technique to obtain a series of albumin fragments and recombinant proteins containing one or multiple domains that form covalent bonds with chloro-containing cyanine dyes. These albumin variants protect the inserted dyes and remarkably enhance their brightness. The albumin variants can also be genetically edited to develop size-tunable complexes with precisely tailored pharmacokinetics. The proteins can also be conjugated to biofunctional molecules without impacting the complexed dyes. This combination of albumin mutants and clinically-used cyanine dyes can help widen the clinical application prospects of NIR-II fluorophores.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 13(2022), 1 vom: 23. Mai, Seite 2853

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tian, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Long [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Daoguo [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Haifeng [VerfasserIn]
Ge, Shengxiang [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Lang [VerfasserIn]
Ke, Chaomin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yanlin [VerfasserIn]
Lang, Lixin [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Shoujun [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Haitao [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Yanbao [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xiaoyuan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Albumins
Fluorescent Dyes
Ionophores
Journal Article
Quinolines
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 25.05.2022

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-022-30304-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM341288470