1. A hemicyanine derivative for near-infrared imaging of β-amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease.
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Yang, Hua-Li, Fang, Si-Qiang, Tang, Yan-Wei, Wang, Cheng, Luo, Heng, Qu, Lai-Liang, Zhao, Jin-Hua, Shi, Cun-Jian, Yin, Fu-Cheng, Wang, Xiao-Bing, and Kong, Ling-Yi
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ALZHEIMER'S disease , *INFRARED imaging , *TRANSGENIC mice , *FLUORESCENT probes - Abstract
The formation of amyloid- β (A β) plaques in the brain is one of the main pathological features of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The imaging probes, capable of detecting A β deposition, are important tools for early diagnosis of AD. In this article, we designed, synthesized and evaluated a cyanine-based near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) probe ZT-1 for the detection of A β deposits in the brain. The probe had excellent fluorescent properties with an emission maximum above 720 nm upon binding to A β aggregates with affinity of 445.0 nM (K d). Furthermore, ZT-1 exhibited good biostability, photostability, and binding selectivity toward A β 1-42 aggregates by in vitro fluorescence staining experiments. In vivo NIRF imaging result also revealed that our probe could efficiently differentiate transgenic and wild-type mice. All these studies indicated that ZT-1 is a promising fluorescent probe for A β plaques in the AD brains. Image 1 • A probe ZT-1 for the detection of A β deposits in the brain was synthesized and evaluated. • ZT-1 exhibited good biostability, photostability, and binding selectivity toward A β 1-42 aggregates. • ZT-1 could efficiently differentiate transgenic and wild-type mice by in vivo NIRF imaging. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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