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ArticleAnalytical chemistry2018

Synthetic Host-Guest Assembly in Cells and Tissues: Fast, Stable, and Selective Bioorthogonal Imaging via Molecular Recognition.

Ranjan Sasmal, Nilanjana Das Saha, Meenakshi Pahwa, Sushma Rao, Divyesh Joshi, Maneesha S Inamdar, Vasu Sheeba, Sarit S Agasti

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Article in Analytical chemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ranjan SasmalNew Chemistry Unit , Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) , Bangalore , Karnataka 560064 , India.
Nilanjana Das SahaNew Chemistry Unit , Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) , Bangalore , Karnataka 560064 , India.
Meenakshi PahwaChemistry & Physics of Materials Unit , Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) , Bangalore , Karnataka 560064 , India.
Sushma RaoNeuroscience Unit , Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) , Bangalore , Karnataka 560064 , India.
Divyesh JoshiMolecular Biology and Genetics Unit , Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) , Bangalore , Karnataka 560064 , India.
Maneesha S InamdarMolecular Biology and Genetics Unit , Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) , Bangalore , Karnataka 560064 , India.
Vasu SheebaNeuroscience Unit , Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) , Bangalore , Karnataka 560064 , India.
Sarit S AgastiNew Chemistry Unit , Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) , Bangalore , Karnataka 560064 , India.ORCID 0000-0001-7216-0490
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research · IN

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DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance IA/I/16/1/502368Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bioorthogonal strategies are continuing to pave the way for new analytical tools in biology. Although a significant amount of progress has been made in developing covalent reaction based bioorthogonal strategies, balanced reactivity, and stability are often difficult to achieve from these systems. Alternatively, despite being kinetically beneficial, the development of noncovalent approaches that utilize fully synthetic and stable components remains challenging due to the lack of selectivity in conventional noncovalent interactions in the living cellular environment. Herein, we introduce a bioorthogonal assembly strategy based on a synthetic host-guest system featuring Cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) and adamantylamine (ADA). We demonstrate that highly selective and ultrastable host-guest interaction between CB[7] and ADA provides a noncovalent mechanism for assembling labeling agents, such as fluorophores and DNA, in cells and tissues for bioorthogonal imaging of molecular targets. Additionally, by combining with covalent reaction, we show that this CB[7]-ADA based noncovalent interaction enables simultaneous bioorthogonal labeling and multiplexed imaging in cells as well as tissue sections. Finally, we show that interaction between CB[7] and ADA fulfills the demands of specificity and stability that is required for assembling molecules in the complexities of a living cell. We demonstrate this by sensitive detection of metastatic cancer-associated cell surface protein marker as well as by showing the distribution and dynamics of F-actin in living cells.

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Molecular ImagingAmantadineBridged-Ring CompoundsCucurbit(n)urilsDNAHeLa CellsHumansImidazolesMacrocyclic CompoundsModels, MolecularMolecular ConformationStaining and LabelingTime FactorsAmantadineBridged-Ring Compoundscucurbit(7)urilCucurbit(n)urilsDNAImidazolesMacrocyclic Compounds

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PMID30148612
PMCPMC6569623
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