Molecular Engineering of Direct Activated NIR-II Chemiluminescence Platform for In Vivo Chemiluminescence-fluorescence Duplex Imaging

Abstract Chemiluminescence (CL) is a self-illuminating phenomenon fueled by chemical energy instead of extra excited light, which features superiority in sensitivity, signal-to-background ratios, and imaging depth. Strategies to synthesize a CL emission unimolecular skeleton in the second near-infra...

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Main Authors: Zhongxiang Chen, Qian Li, Ying Wu, Jianyong Liu, Luntao Liu, Lichao Su, Rongrong Wu, Jibin Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55503-4
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Summary:Abstract Chemiluminescence (CL) is a self-illuminating phenomenon fueled by chemical energy instead of extra excited light, which features superiority in sensitivity, signal-to-background ratios, and imaging depth. Strategies to synthesize a CL emission unimolecular skeleton in the second near-infrared window (NIR-II) and a unimolecular probe with direct duplex NIR-II [CL/fluorescence (FL)] emission are lacking. Here, we employ modular synthesis routes to construct a series of directly activated NIR-II CL emission unimolecular probes with a maximum emission wavelength of up to 1060 nm, and use them for real-time and continuous detection of the superoxide anion generated in acetaminophen induced liver injury in a female mice model under both NIR-II CL and NIR-II FL imaging channels. Thus, this study establishes a directly activatable NIR-II CL emission unimolecular skeleton, validating the scalability of this duplex NIR-II CL/FL imaging platform in bioactive molecule detection and disease diagnosis.
ISSN:2041-1723