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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2026

A G-Quadruplex-Activated Near-Infrared Chemiluminescent Probe for In Situ Hepatic Imaging of the Hepatitis C Virus Genome.

Wen Li, Shiying Du, ZhenZhen Li, Jianan Wang, Huiyi Li, Haizhen Zhu, Shi Kuang, Zhou Nie

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Wen LiState Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, P. R. China.
Shiying DuState Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, P. R. China.
ZhenZhen LiState Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, P. R. China.
Jianan WangState Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, P. R. China.
Huiyi LiKey Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Department of Pathogenic Biology, Hainan Medical University-The University of Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Tropical Infectious Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Clinical Laboratory of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Hainan Academy of Medical Sciences, Hainan Medical University, Hainan, P. R. China.
Haizhen ZhuKey Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Department of Pathogenic Biology, Hainan Medical University-The University of Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Tropical Infectious Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Clinical Laboratory of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Hainan Academy of Medical Sciences, Hainan Medical University, Hainan, P. R. China.
Shi KuangState Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, P. R. China.
Zhou NieState Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0001-9864-2965

Funding

Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Disciplines Breakthrough Plan of the Ministry of Education of China JYB2025XDXM602Fundamental Research Funds for the Central UniversitiesNational Key R&D Program of China 2021YFA0910100National Key R&D Program of China 2024YFA0916700National Natural Science Foundation of China 22274041Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province 2023ZJ1123Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province 2024RC3091
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Abstract

Real-time monitoring of viral replication is essential for infectious disease diagnosis and antiviral drug development. The G-quadruplex (G4), a conserved regulatory element within viral genomes, represents a significant endogenous biomarker for tracking viral activity. However, imaging viral G4s in deep tissues remains a challenge for current optical technologies due to severe photon attenuation and autofluorescence. Herein, we report Lumin680, the first near-infrared (NIR) chemiluminescent probe directly activated by conserved viral G4 conformations. Its chemiluminescence was triggered by parallel G4, emitting in the NIR optical window (680 nm) with a 104.6-fold signal enhancement. Notably, the luminescence of Lumin680 could penetrate up to 1.2 cm of biological tissue, outperforming traditional G4 fluorescent probe. In vivo, Lumin680 enabled the rapid visualization of orthotopic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome RNA-presenting mini-organ within 5 min post-intravenous administration. Furthermore, the chemiluminescent intensity of Lumin680 quantitatively mapped the therapeutic efficacy of clinical direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) at both the cellular and whole-animal levels, exhibiting high concordance with the gold-standard quantitative RT-PCR (qPCR). This study not only provides a powerful G4 specific chemiluminescent tool but also establishes a novel paradigm for the non-invasive, in situ diagnosis and precise therapeutic monitoring of viral infections.

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Fluorescent DyesGenome, ViralG-QuadruplexesHepacivirusLiverAnimalsHumansInfrared RaysLuminescent MeasurementsOptical ImagingFluorescent Dyesdeep tissue imagingG‐quadruplex (G4)hepatitis C virus (HCV)living imagingnear‐infrared chemiluminescent probe

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PMCPMC13549026

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