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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

A Red-Emitting Fluorescence Sensor for Detecting Boronic Acid-Containing Agents in Cells.

Naoya Kondo, Erika Aoki, Shinya Takada, Takashi Temma

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Boron in Diet and Medicine: Mechanisms of Delivery and Detection.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Naoya KondoDepartment of Biofunctional Analysis, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 4-20-1 Nasahara, Takatsuki 569-1094, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8082-8849
Erika AokiDepartment of Biofunctional Analysis, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 4-20-1 Nasahara, Takatsuki 569-1094, Osaka, Japan.
Shinya TakadaDepartment of Biofunctional Analysis, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 4-20-1 Nasahara, Takatsuki 569-1094, Osaka, Japan.
Takashi TemmaDepartment of Biofunctional Analysis, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 4-20-1 Nasahara, Takatsuki 569-1094, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7345-6004
Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The amount and localization of boron-10 atoms delivered into tumor cells determines the therapeutic effect of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) and, consequently, efforts have been directed to develop fluorescence sensors to detect intracellular boronic acid compounds. Currently, these sensors are blue-emitting and hence are impracticable for co-staining with nucleus staining reagents, such as DAPI and Hoechst 33342. Here, we designed and synthesized a novel fluorescence boron sensor, BS-631, that emits fluorescence with a maximum emission wavelength of 631 nm after reaction with the clinically available boronic acid agent, 4-borono-l-phenylalanine (BPA). BS-631 quantitatively detected BPA with sufficiently high sensitivity (detection limit = 19.6 µM) for evaluating BNCT agents. Furthermore, BS-631 did not emit fluorescence after incubation with metal cations. Notably, red-emitting BS-631 could easily and clearly visualize the localization of BPA within cells with nuclei co-stained using Hoechst 33342. This study highlights the promising properties of BS-631 as a versatile boron sensor for evaluating and analyzing boronic acid agents in cancer therapy.

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BoronBoron Neutron Capture TherapyBoron CompoundsBoronic AcidsCell Line, TumorFluorescencePhenylalanineBoronBoron CompoundsBoronic AcidsPhenylalanine4-borono-l-phenylalanineboronic acid compoundsboron neutron capture therapyfluorescence sensor

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PMID36236770
PMCPMC9573690
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