Volume 51, Issue 7 pp. 1625-1630
Communication

Multiplex Imaging of an Intracellular Proteolytic Cascade by using a Broad-Spectrum Nanoquencher

Dr. Xinglu Huang

Dr. Xinglu Huang

Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA)

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Magdalena Swierczewska

Magdalena Swierczewska

Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA)

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University (USA)

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Dr. Ki Young Choi

Dr. Ki Young Choi

Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA)

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Dr. Lei Zhu

Dr. Lei Zhu

Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA)

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Dr. Ashwinkumar Bhirde

Dr. Ashwinkumar Bhirde

Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA)

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Dr. Jinwoo Park

Dr. Jinwoo Park

BioActs, DKC Corporation (Korea)

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Dr. Kwangmeyung Kim

Dr. Kwangmeyung Kim

Center for Theragnosis, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, Korea)

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Prof. Jin Xie

Prof. Jin Xie

Department of Chemistry and Bio-Imaging Research Center, University of Georgia (USA)

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Dr. Gang Niu

Dr. Gang Niu

Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA)

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Prof. Kang Choon Lee

Prof. Kang Choon Lee

College of Pharmacy, SungKyunKwan University (Korea)

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Dr. Seulki Lee

Corresponding Author

Dr. Seulki Lee

Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA)

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Dr. Xiaoyuan Chen

Corresponding Author

Dr. Xiaoyuan Chen

Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA)

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First published: 02 January 2012
Citations: 62

This work was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the NIBIB, NIH and partially supported by an NIH Pathway to Independence (K99/R00) Award, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, and the Intramural Research Program of KIST (Korea). We thank Myung Sun Lee for illustrations.

Graphical Abstract

Turn off the lights! A universal nanoquencher that quenches a broad range of visible to near-infrared dyes by using a series of dark quenchers incorporated into a cell-permeable mesoporous silica nanoparticle has been developed. In combination with dye-labeled substrates, this nanoquencher boosts multiple fluorescence signals upon specific proteolysis, which allows real-time imaging of proteolytic cascades (see scheme).

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