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ArticleScience advances2026

Renal-clearable fluorescent probe for early detection of pancreatic cancer in living murine models.

Minrong Huang, Zhe Zhou, Tong Zhang, Xiaofeng Xia, Wei Chen, Erfei Wang, Feiyi Wang, Jun Ren

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Minrong HuangHubei Key Laboratory for Precision Synthesis of Small Molecule Pharmaceuticals and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, P.R. China.ORCID 0009-0007-2613-9966
Zhe ZhouHubei Key Laboratory for Precision Synthesis of Small Molecule Pharmaceuticals and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, P.R. China.
Tong ZhangHubei Key Laboratory for Precision Synthesis of Small Molecule Pharmaceuticals and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, P.R. China.
Xiaofeng XiaHubei Key Laboratory for Precision Synthesis of Small Molecule Pharmaceuticals and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, P.R. China.
Wei ChenBritton Chance Center and MOE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0001-5567-7463
Erfei WangHubei Key Laboratory for Precision Synthesis of Small Molecule Pharmaceuticals and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, P.R. China.ORCID 0009-0000-4470-0285
Feiyi WangHubei Key Laboratory for Precision Synthesis of Small Molecule Pharmaceuticals and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0003-2936-5276
Jun RenHubei Key Laboratory for Precision Synthesis of Small Molecule Pharmaceuticals and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0003-1267-657X

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Abstract

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a highly aggressive and lethal malignancy with extremely poor patient survival rates. The lack of biomarkers and deep tissue detection barriers has presented long-standing and unsolved issues, severely hindering the early diagnosis of PC even in living rodent models. Here, we report a renal-clearable leucine aminopeptidase (LAP)-activatable fluorescence probe, overturning the probe's pharmacokinetics from the liver to kidney pathway (90% of the injection dosage). This strategy reduces interference in the liver and enables LAP as a biomarker for PC detection in murine models. After in situ response with LAP in the pancreas, renal-clearable fluorogenic fragments could be efficiently excreted into the urine, thus addressing the depth barriers of PC. Our strategy has resolved the lack of biomarkers and deep tissue detection barriers in early PC detection in murine models, which would greatly expand the bioanalytical toolbox for PC identification, further enabling the efficient screening of PC drugs at the animal level and the exploration of diagnostic methods for PC.

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Early Detection of CancerFluorescent DyesKidneyPancreatic NeoplasmsAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorCell Line, TumorDisease Models, AnimalFluorescent Chemosensor CompoundsHumansLeucyl AminopeptidaseMiceBiomarkers, TumorFluorescent Chemosensor CompoundsFluorescent DyesLeucyl Aminopeptidase

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PMID42748261
PMCPMC13580568

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