Volume 130, Issue 19 pp. 5511-5515
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A Cell-Targeted Non-Cytotoxic Fluorescent Nanogel Thermometer Created with an Imidazolium-Containing Cationic Radical Initiator

Dr. Seiichi Uchiyama

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Dr. Seiichi Uchiyama

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan

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Dr. Toshikazu Tsuji

Corresponding Author

Dr. Toshikazu Tsuji

Central Laboratories for Key Technologies, KIRIN Company Limited, 1-13-5 Fukuura Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0004 Japan

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Kyoko Kawamoto

Kyoko Kawamoto

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan

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Dr. Kentaro Okano

Dr. Kentaro Okano

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8578 Japan

Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, 657-8501 Japan

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Eiko Fukatsu

Eiko Fukatsu

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan

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Takahiro Noro

Takahiro Noro

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8578 Japan

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Kumiko Ikado

Kumiko Ikado

Central Laboratories for Key Technologies, KIRIN Company Limited, 1-13-5 Fukuura Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0004 Japan

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Sayuri Yamada

Sayuri Yamada

Central Laboratories for Key Technologies, KIRIN Company Limited, 1-13-5 Fukuura Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0004 Japan

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Yuka Shibata

Yuka Shibata

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan

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Dr. Teruyuki Hayashi

Dr. Teruyuki Hayashi

The Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192 Japan

Department of Nutrition, Koshien University, 10-1 Momijigaoka, Takarazuka, Hyogo, 665-0006 Japan

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Dr. Noriko Inada

Dr. Noriko Inada

The Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192 Japan

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Dr. Masaru Kato

Dr. Masaru Kato

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan

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Dr. Hideki Koizumi

Dr. Hideki Koizumi

Central Laboratories for Key Technologies, KIRIN Company Limited, 1-13-5 Fukuura Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0004 Japan

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Prof. Hidetoshi Tokuyama

Corresponding Author

Prof. Hidetoshi Tokuyama

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8578 Japan

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First published: 14 March 2018
Citations: 8

Abstract

A cationic fluorescent nanogel thermometer based on thermo-responsive N-isopropylacrylamide and environment-sensitive benzothiadiazole was developed with a new azo compound bearing imidazolium rings as the first cationic radical initiator. This cationic fluorescent nanogel thermometer showed an excellent ability to enter live mammalian cells in a short incubation period (10 min), a high sensitivity to temperature variations in live cells (temperature resolution of 0.02–0.84 °C in the range 20–40 °C), and remarkable non-cytotoxicity, which permitted ordinary cell proliferation and even differentiation of primary cultured cells.

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