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SUBMITTER: O'Malley WI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6273236 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20160205 2
A new bifunctional macrocyclic chelator featuring a conjugatable alkynyl-naphthalimide fluorophore pendant group has been prepared and its Gd(III) complex coupled to a cell-penetrating lipidated azido-Tat peptide derivative using Cu(I)-catalysed "click" chemistry. The resulting fluorescent conjugate is able to enter CAL-33 tongue squamous carcinoma cells, as revealed by confocal microscopy, producing a very modest anti-proliferative effect (IC50 = 93 µM). Due to the photo-reactivity of the napht ...[more]