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SUBMITTER: Zhang M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7608822 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Miaomiao M Guan Yong Y Dang Zheng Z Zhang Pinggen P Zheng Zhen Z Chen Liang L Kuang Wen W Wang Chenchen C Liang Gaolin G
Science advances 20201023 43
Directly observing intracellular nanostructure formation remains challenging. In this work, using a rationally designed small-molecule 4-nitrobenzyl carbamate-Cys(SEt)-Asp-Asp-Phe(iodine)-2-cyano-benzothiazole (NBC-Iod-CBT), we directly observed intracellular nanoparticle formation with nanocomputed tomography (nano-CT). In vitro, upon glutathione reduction and nitroreductase (NTR) cleavage, NBC-Iod-CBT undergoes a CBT-Cys click condensation reaction to self-assemble nanoparticles Iod-CBT-NPs wi ...[more]