hNQO1-Activatable Fluorescent Dye for Cancer Invitro & Invivo Imaging

ISBN-13: 9786139476459 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 56 str.

Hanumantha Rao Madala; Surendra Reddy Pungauru; Srivenugopal Kalkunte

Opis

Human NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase-1 (hNQO1) is an important cancer-related biomarker, which shows significant overexpression in malignant cells. Developing an effective method for detecting NQO1 activity with high sensitivity and selectivity in tumors holds a great potential for cancer diagnosis, treatment, and management. In the present study, we report a new dicyanoisophorone (DCP) based fluorescent probe (NQ-DCP) capable of monitoring hNQO1 activity in vitro and in vivo in both ratiometric and turn-on model. NQ-DCP was prepared by conjugating dicyanoisophorone fluoroprobe with hNQO1 activatable quinone propionic acid (QPA), which remain non-fluorescent until activation by tumor-specific hNQO1. NQ-DCP featured a large Stokes shift (145 nm), excellent biocompatibility, cell permeability, and selectivity towards hNQO1 allowed to differentiate cancer cells from healthy cells. We have successfully employed NQ-DCP to monitor non-invasive endogenous hNQO1 activity in brain tumor cells in vitro and in xenografted tumors developed in nude mice.

O autorze

Madala, Hanumantha RaoHanumantha Rao Madala, Ph.D. is an experienced researcher with a comprehensive foundation in multidisciplinary fields including Molecular Biology, Pharmacokinetics, and Metabolomics. He completed his Ph.D. from Texas Tech University and is currently working as postdoctoral research fellow in Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School.