A General Strategy to Fine‐Tune Group 14 Rhodamines for Ultrahigh Signal‐to‐Noise Ratio Labeling In Vivo by Nano‐Aggregation

ABSTRACT Ultrahigh signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) labeling enables precise visualization of biological structures in vivo. We boosted fluorogenicity in group‐14‐rhodamines by comprehensively manipulating their dynamics in physical (aggregate/monomer, KA/M) and chemical (closed/open spirolactone, KC/O)...

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Main Authors: Ning Wang, Ting Wang, Mengting Fan, Chen Li, Yue Tian, Xiaoyan Cui
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Ting Wang
Mengting Fan
Chen Li
Yue Tian
Xiaoyan Cui
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Ting Wang
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Chen Li
Yue Tian
Xiaoyan Cui
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description ABSTRACT Ultrahigh signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) labeling enables precise visualization of biological structures in vivo. We boosted fluorogenicity in group‐14‐rhodamines by comprehensively manipulating their dynamics in physical (aggregate/monomer, KA/M) and chemical (closed/open spirolactone, KC/O) states. Fluorogenic rhodamines were designed by group 14 (C, Si, Ge) substituted bridging regions in xanthene with tuned dialkylation. We quantified the impact of alkylation with the hydrophobicity (logP) over a wide range and confirmed that SNR can be sharply improved, owing to the promoted nano‐aggregation (KA/M) with high logP. Integrating KA/M with KC/O mechanisms, unparalleled fluorogenicity was observed in group‐14‐rhodamines: HaloTag probe with dipentylsilyl exhibits remarkable fluorogenicity (>2000) in vitro, enabling no‐wash and multicolor super‐resolution stimulated emission depletion imaging of high SNR (>300) in vivo. Overexpression of αvβ3 was sensitively tracked in vivo by RGDyK‐based fluorogenic SiR probe through tuned KA/M. Our proposed strategy has significantly promoted the fluorogenicity of group 14 rhodamines as a general mechanism.
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spelling doaj-art-31e0c79849604e8f8c7e7abbd6cafff02025-08-21T14:18:21ZengWileyAggregate2692-45602025-08-0168n/an/a10.1002/agt2.70077A General Strategy to Fine‐Tune Group 14 Rhodamines for Ultrahigh Signal‐to‐Noise Ratio Labeling In Vivo by Nano‐AggregationNing Wang0Ting Wang1Mengting Fan2Chen Li3Yue Tian4Xiaoyan Cui5Department of Chemistry School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China Normal University Shanghai ChinaShanghai Skin Disease Hospital School of Medicine Tongji University Shanghai ChinaDepartment of Chemistry School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China Normal University Shanghai ChinaDepartment of Chemistry School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China Normal University Shanghai ChinaDepartment of Chemistry School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China Normal University Shanghai ChinaDepartment of Chemistry School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China Normal University Shanghai ChinaABSTRACT Ultrahigh signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) labeling enables precise visualization of biological structures in vivo. We boosted fluorogenicity in group‐14‐rhodamines by comprehensively manipulating their dynamics in physical (aggregate/monomer, KA/M) and chemical (closed/open spirolactone, KC/O) states. Fluorogenic rhodamines were designed by group 14 (C, Si, Ge) substituted bridging regions in xanthene with tuned dialkylation. We quantified the impact of alkylation with the hydrophobicity (logP) over a wide range and confirmed that SNR can be sharply improved, owing to the promoted nano‐aggregation (KA/M) with high logP. Integrating KA/M with KC/O mechanisms, unparalleled fluorogenicity was observed in group‐14‐rhodamines: HaloTag probe with dipentylsilyl exhibits remarkable fluorogenicity (>2000) in vitro, enabling no‐wash and multicolor super‐resolution stimulated emission depletion imaging of high SNR (>300) in vivo. Overexpression of αvβ3 was sensitively tracked in vivo by RGDyK‐based fluorogenic SiR probe through tuned KA/M. Our proposed strategy has significantly promoted the fluorogenicity of group 14 rhodamines as a general mechanism.https://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.70077fluorescence imagingnano‐aggregatessignal‐to‐noise ratiosubstituted rhodaminesuper‐resolution microscopy
spellingShingle Ning Wang
Ting Wang
Mengting Fan
Chen Li
Yue Tian
Xiaoyan Cui
A General Strategy to Fine‐Tune Group 14 Rhodamines for Ultrahigh Signal‐to‐Noise Ratio Labeling In Vivo by Nano‐Aggregation
Aggregate
fluorescence imaging
nano‐aggregates
signal‐to‐noise ratio
substituted rhodamine
super‐resolution microscopy
title A General Strategy to Fine‐Tune Group 14 Rhodamines for Ultrahigh Signal‐to‐Noise Ratio Labeling In Vivo by Nano‐Aggregation
title_full A General Strategy to Fine‐Tune Group 14 Rhodamines for Ultrahigh Signal‐to‐Noise Ratio Labeling In Vivo by Nano‐Aggregation
title_fullStr A General Strategy to Fine‐Tune Group 14 Rhodamines for Ultrahigh Signal‐to‐Noise Ratio Labeling In Vivo by Nano‐Aggregation
title_full_unstemmed A General Strategy to Fine‐Tune Group 14 Rhodamines for Ultrahigh Signal‐to‐Noise Ratio Labeling In Vivo by Nano‐Aggregation
title_short A General Strategy to Fine‐Tune Group 14 Rhodamines for Ultrahigh Signal‐to‐Noise Ratio Labeling In Vivo by Nano‐Aggregation
title_sort general strategy to fine tune group 14 rhodamines for ultrahigh signal to noise ratio labeling in vivo by nano aggregation
topic fluorescence imaging
nano‐aggregates
signal‐to‐noise ratio
substituted rhodamine
super‐resolution microscopy
url https://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.70077
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