Issue 77, 2012

A potential water-soluble ytterbium-based porphyrin–cyclen dual bio-probe for Golgi apparatus imaging and photodynamic therapy

Abstract

An amphiphilic water-soluble ytterbium complex which is photo-selective, functional and Golgi apparatus specific has been designed as a responsive dual probe capable of sensitizing emission within the biological window (660 and 750 nm), generating the singlet oxygen (ΦΔ = 0.45) and triggering local cell damage only upon exposure to visible and near-infrared laser excitation.

Graphical abstract: A potential water-soluble ytterbium-based porphyrin–cyclen dual bio-probe for Golgi apparatus imaging and photodynamic therapy

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Jul 2012
Accepted
09 Aug 2012
First published
09 Aug 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 9646-9648

A potential water-soluble ytterbium-based porphyrin–cyclen dual bio-probe for Golgi apparatus imaging and photodynamic therapy

J. Zhang, H. Li, C. Chan, R. Lan, W. Chan, G. Law, W. Wong and K. Wong, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 9646 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC34963A

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