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

Real-Time Detection of Reduced Nitroreductase with a Reversible Fluorescent Probe.

Sourav Sarkar, Anushree Shil, Yong Woong Jun, Yun Jae Yang, Ranran Cheng, Wenli Wu, Xuechen Li, Qiongzheng Hu, Kyo Han Ahn

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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 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. A genetic reporter for visualizing nitroreductase activity using magnetic resonance imaging.Chemistry methods : new approaches to solving problems in chemistry · 2026
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  3. Real-Time Detection of Reduced Nitroreductase with a Reversible Fluorescent Probe.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Sourav SarkarDepartment of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Gyeongbuk, 37673, Republic of Korea.
Anushree ShilDepartment of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Gyeongbuk, 37673, Republic of Korea.
Yong Woong JunDepartment of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
Yun Jae YangDepartment of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Gyeongbuk, 37673, Republic of Korea.
Ranran ChengShandong Analysis and Test Center, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250014, China.
Wenli WuShandong Analysis and Test Center, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250014, China.
Xuechen LiSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China.
Qiongzheng HuShandong Analysis and Test Center, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250014, China.
Kyo Han AhnDepartment of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Gyeongbuk, 37673, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7192-7215

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea NRF2019R1A2C2085438Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province ZR2022YQ12Qilu University of Technology 2024RCKY028
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nitroreductase (NTR), a class of flavin-dependent redox enzymes, is a key biomarker for hypoxic tumors. Numerous fluorescent NTR probes have been developed to study hypoxia and associated tumors; however, they are reaction-based and provide only static information on the accumulated enzyme activity at a given time. Reversible binding probes are needed to monitor the enzyme level in real time. Here, the first reversible binding probe is presented that selectively detects the active, reduced form of NTR (red-NTR) with a fluorescence turn-on response. This probe, a benzocoumarin dye functionalized with a (nitrobenzyl)pyridinium moiety, is stabilized through hydrogen bonding between its nitro group and the reduced cofactor flavin mononucleotide (FMNH

Indexed as

Fluorescent DyesNitroreductasesAnimalsHumansMiceOxidation-ReductionFluorescent DyesNitroreductasesbio‐imagingfluorescence probenitroreductasereversible bindingsenescencetumor tissue

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PMID40857700
PMCPMC12622434

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