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ArticleJournal of fluorescence2025

pH-Sensitive and Lysosome Targetable Photosensitizers Based on BODIPYs.

Xiangshan Liu, Shupei Yu, Yuanwei Zhang

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Article in Journal of fluorescence, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Synthesis and characterization of a nitrophenol disubstituted BODIPY halochromic probe.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2025
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  2. The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2025
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Xiangshan LiuDepartment of Chemistry and Environmental Science, College of Science and Liberal Arts, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 323 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, University Heights, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA.
Shupei YuDepartment of Chemistry and Environmental Science, College of Science and Liberal Arts, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 323 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, University Heights, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA.
Yuanwei ZhangDepartment of Chemistry and Environmental Science, College of Science and Liberal Arts, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 323 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, University Heights, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA. yuanwei.zhang@njit.edu.

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New Jersey Health Foundation PC 57-20
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an effective and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved treatment for cancer and other diseases. Photosensitizer is one of the three key components that harvest the energy of light at a certain wavelength. Compared to the conventional fluorophores used as photosensitizers, boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) derivatives have grown fast in recent years due to their low dark toxicity, versatile tunable sites, and easiness of being paired with other treatments. In this paper, two pH-sensitive BODIPY-based photosensitizers (BDC and BDBrC) were synthesized by adding carbazole moieties onto the BODIPY cores (BD and BDBr) through condensation reactions. BDBrC has two Br atoms at the BODIPY core that promote singlet oxygen generation and further red-shift the absorption maximum peak. Both compounds showed sensitivity toward pH change and generated more singlet oxygen under acidic conditions. The cellular uptake and cell imaging experiments showed that BDBrC can selectively target the lysosome organelle. The further dark cell viability and light cytotoxicity indicate the light triggered PDT treatment can be accomplished with BDBrC.

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Boron CompoundsLysosomesPhotosensitizing AgentsCell SurvivalHeLa CellsHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMolecular StructurePhotochemotherapySinglet Oxygen4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indaceneBoron CompoundsPhotosensitizing AgentsSinglet OxygenBODIPYLysosomePhotosensitizerpH-sensitive

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