Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Generation of hydroxyl radical-activatable ratiometric near-infrared bimodal probes for early monitoring of tumor response to therapy

  • Luyan Wu,
  • Yusuke Ishigaki,
  • Wenhui Zeng,
  • Takashi Harimoto,
  • Baoli Yin,
  • Yinghan Chen,
  • Shiyi Liao,
  • Yongchun Liu,
  • Yidan Sun,
  • Xiaobo Zhang,
  • Ying Liu,
  • Yong Liang,
  • Pengfei Sun,
  • Takanori Suzuki,
  • Guosheng Song,
  • Quli Fan,
  • Deju Ye

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26380-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The hydroxyl radical is generated during radiotherapy and ferroptosis and accurate imaging of this reactive oxygen species may permit the monitoring of response to therapy. Here, the authors develop a ratiometric probe for accurate imaging of hydroxyl radical generation in vivo.