Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39812229›Full record

ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

In Vivo Nanodiamond Quantum Sensing of Free Radicals in Caenorhabditis elegans Models.

Siyu Fan, Yue Zhang, Anna P Ainslie, Renée Seinstra, Tao Zhang, Ellen Nollen, Romana Schirhagl

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. In Vivo Nanodiamond Quantum Sensing of Free Radicals in Caenorhabditis elegans Models.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Siyu FanDepartment of Biomaterials & Biomedical Technology (BBT), University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG), Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen, 9713 AV, The Netherlands.
Yue ZhangDepartment of Biomaterials & Biomedical Technology (BBT), University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG), Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen, 9713 AV, The Netherlands.
Anna P AinslieEuropean Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG), Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen, 9713 AV, The Netherlands.
Renée SeinstraEuropean Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG), Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen, 9713 AV, The Netherlands.
Tao ZhangEuropean Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG), Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen, 9713 AV, The Netherlands.
Ellen NollenEuropean Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG), Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen, 9713 AV, The Netherlands.
Romana SchirhaglDepartment of Biomaterials & Biomedical Technology (BBT), University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG), Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen, 9713 AV, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8749-1054

Funding

China Sponsorship Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Free radicals are believed to play a secondary role in the cell death cascade associated with various diseases. In Huntington's disease (HD), the aggregation of polyglutamine (PolyQ) not only contributes to the disease but also elevates free radical levels. However, measuring free radicals is difficult due to their short lifespan and limited diffusion range. Here, a quantum sensing technique (T1 relaxometry) is used that involves fluorescent nanodiamonds (FND). Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers within these nanodiamonds change their optical properties in response to magnetic noise, which allows detecting the unpaired electron from free radicals. This method is used to monitor the production of free radicals inside Caenorhabditis elegans models of Huntington's disease in vivo and in real-time. To investigate if radical generation occurs near polyglutamine expansions, a strain expressing Q40 yellow fluorescent protein (Q40::YFP, polyglutamine expansion overexpressed in the muscle) is used. By applying T1 relaxometry on FNDs in the body wall muscle, it is found that the production of free radicals significantly increase when PolyQ is expressed there (compared to the FNDs in intestine). The technique demonstrates the submicrometer localization of free radical information in living animals and direct measurement of their level, which may reveal the relation between oxidative stress and Huntington's disease.

Indexed as

Caenorhabditis elegansHuntington DiseaseNanodiamondsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFree RadicalsPeptidesFree RadicalsNanodiamondsPeptidespolyglutamineC. elegansdiamondsnanodiamondsNV centersquantum sensingrelaxometry

Identifiers

PMID39812229
PMCPMC11984841

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.