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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2020

Tetrazine Carbon Nanotubes for Pretargeted In Vivo "Click-to-Release" Bioorthogonal Tumour Imaging.

He Li, João Conde, Ana Guerreiro, Gonçalo J L Bernardes

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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33 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

He LiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.
João CondeInstituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Portugal.
Ana GuerreiroInstituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Portugal.
Gonçalo J L BernardesDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6594-8917
University of Lisbon · PTUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bioorthogonal inverse-electron-demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) cleavage reaction between tetrazine and trans-cyclooctene (TCO) is a powerful way to control the release of bioactive agents and imaging probes. In this study, a pretargeted activation strategy using single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) that bear tetrazines (TZ@SWCNTs) and a TCO-caged molecule was used to deliver active effector molecules. To optimize a turn-on signal by using in vivo fluorescence imaging, we developed a new fluorogenic near-infrared probe that can be activated by bioorthogonal chemistry and image tumours in mice by caging hemicyanine with TCO (tHCA). With our pretargeting strategy, we have shown selective doxorubicin prodrug activation and instantaneous fluorescence imaging in living cells. By combining a tHCA probe and a pretargeted bioorthogonal approach, real-time, non-invasive tumour visualization with a high target-to-background ratio was achieved in a xenograft mice tumour model. The combined advantages of enhanced stability, kinetics and biocompatibility, and the superior pharmacokinetics of tetrazine-functionalised SWCNTs could allow application of targeted bioorthogonal decaging approaches with minimal off-site activation of fluorophore/drug.

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AnimalsCycloaddition ReactionDiagnostic ImagingHumansInfrared RaysMCF-7 CellsMiceNanotubes, CarbonNanotubes, Carbonbiorthogonal activationcarbon nanotubesdecagingfluorogenictargeted release

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PMID32558207
PMCPMC7540421
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