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Ultralong purely organic aqueous phosphorescence supramolecular polymer for targeted tumor cell imaging.


ABSTRACT: Purely organic room-temperature phosphorescence has attracted attention for bioimaging but can be quenched in aqueous systems. Here we report a water-soluble ultralong organic room-temperature phosphorescent supramolecular polymer by combining cucurbit[n]uril (CB[7], CB[8]) and hyaluronic acid (HA) as a tumor-targeting ligand conjugated to a 4-(4-bromophenyl)pyridin-1-ium bromide (BrBP) phosphor. The result shows that CB[7] mediated pseudorotaxane polymer CB[7]/HA-BrBP changes from small spherical aggregates to a linear array, whereas complexation with CB[8] results in biaxial pseudorotaxane polymer CB[8]/HA-BrBP which transforms to relatively large aggregates. Owing to the more stable 1:2 inclusion complex between CB[8] and BrBP and the multiple hydrogen bonds, this supramolecular polymer has ultralong purely organic RTP lifetime in water up to 4.33?ms with a quantum yield of 7.58%. Benefiting from the targeting property of HA, this supramolecular polymer is successfully applied for cancer cell targeted phosphorescence imaging of mitochondria.

SUBMITTER: Zhou WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7494876 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ultralong purely organic aqueous phosphorescence supramolecular polymer for targeted tumor cell imaging.

Zhou Wei-Lei WL   Chen Yong Y   Yu Qilin Q   Zhang Haoyang H   Liu Zhi-Xue ZX   Dai Xian-Yin XY   Li Jing-Jing JJ   Liu Yu Y  

Nature communications 20200916 1


Purely organic room-temperature phosphorescence has attracted attention for bioimaging but can be quenched in aqueous systems. Here we report a water-soluble ultralong organic room-temperature phosphorescent supramolecular polymer by combining cucurbit[n]uril (CB[7], CB[8]) and hyaluronic acid (HA) as a tumor-targeting ligand conjugated to a 4-(4-bromophenyl)pyridin-1-ium bromide (BrBP) phosphor. The result shows that CB[7] mediated pseudorotaxane polymer CB[7]/HA-BrBP changes from small spheric  ...[more]

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