Compared with other transition metal Mxene derived quantum dots(MQD_(S)),Ta-based Mxene quantum dots have good functionality,but Ta-based Mxene quantum dots and their applications have not been studied so far.In this ...Compared with other transition metal Mxene derived quantum dots(MQD_(S)),Ta-based Mxene quantum dots have good functionality,but Ta-based Mxene quantum dots and their applications have not been studied so far.In this paper,we report for the first time the synthesis of high fluorescence quantum yield(QY) N-doped Ta_(4)C_(3) quantum dots(N-MQDs) using Ta_(4)C_(3) quantum dots in acid reflux damaged Ta_(4)C_(3) nanosheets as precursors and ethylenediamine as nitrogen source.The prepared N-MQDs have excellent blue photoluminescence(PL) properties,particle size is only 2.60 nm,QY is up to 23.4%,and good stability.In addition,it has been reported that N-MQDs can be used as fluorescent probe for detection of Fe;and remote force sensing analysis In liquid ion sensing,N-MQDS shows a unique selective quenching of Fe;with a detection limit as low as 2 μmol/L,and has great potential as a fast and super-sensitive fluorescent probe for the detection of heavy ion.More importantly,in solid mechanics sensing,the introduction of N-MQDs into self-healing hydrogels can be developed into a fluorescent hydrogel that can be used for accurate remote force measurement and applied in the field of mechanical sensing analysis.Therefore,Ta-based N-MQDs show excellent potential in the field of fluorescence sensing,which provides a door for multi-dimensional sensing of new materials in the future.展开更多
Carbon dots(CDs), a new building unit, have been revolutionizing the fields of biomedicine, bioimaging, and optoelectronics with their excellent physical, chemical, and biological properties. However, the difficulty o...Carbon dots(CDs), a new building unit, have been revolutionizing the fields of biomedicine, bioimaging, and optoelectronics with their excellent physical, chemical, and biological properties. However, the difficulty of preparing excitation-dependent full-spectrum fluorescent CDs has seriously hindered their further research in fluorescence emission mechanisms and biomedicine. Here, we report full-spectrum fluorescent CDs that exhibit controlled emission changes from purple(380 nm) to red(613 nm) at room temperature by changing the excitation wavelength, and the excitation dependence was closely related to the regulation of sp2 and sp3 hybrid carbon structures by β-cyclodextrin-related groups. In addition,by regulating the content of β-cyclodextrin, the optimal quantum yields of full-spectrum fluorescent CDs were 8.97%, 8.35%, 7.90%, 9.69% and 17.4% at the excitation wavelengths of 340, 350, 390, 410 and 540 nm,respectively. Due to their excellent biocompatibility and color tunability, full-spectrum fluorescent CDs emitted bright and steady purple, blue, green, yellow, and red fluorescence in MCF-7 cells. Moreover, we optimized the imaging conditions of CDs and mitochondrial-specific dyes;and realized the mitochondrialtargeted co-localization imaging of purple, blue and green fluorescence. After that, we also explored the effect of full-spectrum fluorescent CDs in vivo fluorescence imaging through the intratumorally, subcutaneously, and caudal vein, and found that full-spectrum fluorescent CDs had good fluorescence imaging ability in vivo.展开更多
Liposomes are one of the significant classes of antitumor nanomaterials and the most successful nanomedicine drugs in clinical translation. However, it is difficult to accurately reveal liposome delivery modes and dru...Liposomes are one of the significant classes of antitumor nanomaterials and the most successful nanomedicine drugs in clinical translation. However, it is difficult to accurately reveal liposome delivery modes and drug release rates at different p H values to assess the biodistribution and drug delivery pathways in vivo. Here, we established a strategy to integrate Bi-doped carbon quantum dots(CQDs)with liposomes to produce fluorescence visualization and therapeutic effects, namely lipo/Bi-doped CQDs.Lipo/Bi-doped CQDs show good water solubility and physicochemical properties, which can be used for in vitro labeling of colon cancer(CT26) cells and in vivo imaging localization tracking tumors for monitoring. Simultaneously, thanks to the excellent p H sensitivity and ion doping characteristic of Bi-doped CQDs, lipo/Bi-doped CQDs can be used to reveal the drug release rate of liposomes at different p H values and exhibit potential effects in vivo antitumor therapy.展开更多
Platinum-based anticancer agents such as cisplatin and its analogues are widely used for treating multiple cancers. However, due to the inferior water-solubility, chemoresistance and consequent adverse side effects, t...Platinum-based anticancer agents such as cisplatin and its analogues are widely used for treating multiple cancers. However, due to the inferior water-solubility, chemoresistance and consequent adverse side effects, their clinical applications are limited. Herein, choles Pt(IV), a lipophilic platinum(IV) prodrug was synthesized for manufacture of Choles Pt(IV)-Liposomes aiming to resolve the predefined obstacles encountered by platinum drugs. Following systematic screening, Choles Pt(IV)-Liposomes showed a small particle size(105.6 nm), the rapid release of platinum(Pt) ions, and notable apoptosis of cancer cells.In addition, according to the fluidity and safety results of animal experiments in mice, Choles Pt(IV)-Liposomes also showed better therapeutic effect, which significantly inhibited the growth of patientderived xenograft tumors of hepatocellular carcinoma with an inhibition ratio of 80.7%, and effectively alleviated the drug toxicity brought by traditional platinum drugs. Overall, this study provides a promising route to enhance the therapeutic efficiency of platinum drugs in cancer treatment.展开更多
In the post-COVID-19 pandemic era, the long-term surveillance of pathogens is still important. The rapid detection of pathogens facilitates the accurate and convenient real-time monitoring of microbial contamination a...In the post-COVID-19 pandemic era, the long-term surveillance of pathogens is still important. The rapid detection of pathogens facilitates the accurate and convenient real-time monitoring of microbial contamination and improves the management of diseases. Here, a novel surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based point of care testing (POCT) approach of microorganism nucleic acids with the guidance of CRISPR enzyme is described, including the application of optical fiber-based detection of trace SARS-CoV2 virus in sewage water on SPR and validation of the plasmonic biosensor for the detection of single-nucleotide mutations in natural water samples.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81972901)the Key R&D Plan of Chenzhou (No. ZDYF202008)+1 种基金the Discipline Leader Startup Fund of Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital (No. YN2021002)Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum,Beijing (Nos. 2462019QNXZ02, 2462019BJRC007)。
文摘Compared with other transition metal Mxene derived quantum dots(MQD_(S)),Ta-based Mxene quantum dots have good functionality,but Ta-based Mxene quantum dots and their applications have not been studied so far.In this paper,we report for the first time the synthesis of high fluorescence quantum yield(QY) N-doped Ta_(4)C_(3) quantum dots(N-MQDs) using Ta_(4)C_(3) quantum dots in acid reflux damaged Ta_(4)C_(3) nanosheets as precursors and ethylenediamine as nitrogen source.The prepared N-MQDs have excellent blue photoluminescence(PL) properties,particle size is only 2.60 nm,QY is up to 23.4%,and good stability.In addition,it has been reported that N-MQDs can be used as fluorescent probe for detection of Fe;and remote force sensing analysis In liquid ion sensing,N-MQDS shows a unique selective quenching of Fe;with a detection limit as low as 2 μmol/L,and has great potential as a fast and super-sensitive fluorescent probe for the detection of heavy ion.More importantly,in solid mechanics sensing,the introduction of N-MQDs into self-healing hydrogels can be developed into a fluorescent hydrogel that can be used for accurate remote force measurement and applied in the field of mechanical sensing analysis.Therefore,Ta-based N-MQDs show excellent potential in the field of fluorescence sensing,which provides a door for multi-dimensional sensing of new materials in the future.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.U2230123)the Science Foundation of the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province(No.22ZYZYTS0159)+4 种基金Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum(Nos.2462019QNXZ02,2462019BJRC007)Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum(East China)(No.2462020YXZZ018)Science and Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen(No.JSGG20210802153410031)Science and Technology Project of Nanshan District(No.NS_(2)021016)the Scientific Research Startup Fund for Discipline Leader of Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital(Nanshan Hospital)(No.YN2021002)。
文摘Carbon dots(CDs), a new building unit, have been revolutionizing the fields of biomedicine, bioimaging, and optoelectronics with their excellent physical, chemical, and biological properties. However, the difficulty of preparing excitation-dependent full-spectrum fluorescent CDs has seriously hindered their further research in fluorescence emission mechanisms and biomedicine. Here, we report full-spectrum fluorescent CDs that exhibit controlled emission changes from purple(380 nm) to red(613 nm) at room temperature by changing the excitation wavelength, and the excitation dependence was closely related to the regulation of sp2 and sp3 hybrid carbon structures by β-cyclodextrin-related groups. In addition,by regulating the content of β-cyclodextrin, the optimal quantum yields of full-spectrum fluorescent CDs were 8.97%, 8.35%, 7.90%, 9.69% and 17.4% at the excitation wavelengths of 340, 350, 390, 410 and 540 nm,respectively. Due to their excellent biocompatibility and color tunability, full-spectrum fluorescent CDs emitted bright and steady purple, blue, green, yellow, and red fluorescence in MCF-7 cells. Moreover, we optimized the imaging conditions of CDs and mitochondrial-specific dyes;and realized the mitochondrialtargeted co-localization imaging of purple, blue and green fluorescence. After that, we also explored the effect of full-spectrum fluorescent CDs in vivo fluorescence imaging through the intratumorally, subcutaneously, and caudal vein, and found that full-spectrum fluorescent CDs had good fluorescence imaging ability in vivo.
基金funded by Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Nos.L222109, 3222018)Military Health Care Project(No.22BJZ22)+6 种基金Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum (Nos.2462019QNXZ02, 2462019BJRC007)National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.52211530034, 82273236)Guangdong Provincial Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (Nos.2022A151522004, 2022A1515220042)Science and Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen (Nos.JSGG20210802153410031, JCYJ20220530141609021)Science and Technology Plan of Shenzhen Nanshan District (No.NS016)Discipline Leader Foundation of Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital (No.YN2021002)Crosswise Project of Daan Gene (No.HXKY2022002)。
文摘Liposomes are one of the significant classes of antitumor nanomaterials and the most successful nanomedicine drugs in clinical translation. However, it is difficult to accurately reveal liposome delivery modes and drug release rates at different p H values to assess the biodistribution and drug delivery pathways in vivo. Here, we established a strategy to integrate Bi-doped carbon quantum dots(CQDs)with liposomes to produce fluorescence visualization and therapeutic effects, namely lipo/Bi-doped CQDs.Lipo/Bi-doped CQDs show good water solubility and physicochemical properties, which can be used for in vitro labeling of colon cancer(CT26) cells and in vivo imaging localization tracking tumors for monitoring. Simultaneously, thanks to the excellent p H sensitivity and ion doping characteristic of Bi-doped CQDs, lipo/Bi-doped CQDs can be used to reveal the drug release rate of liposomes at different p H values and exhibit potential effects in vivo antitumor therapy.
基金financially supported by the GDNRC [Guangdong Nature Resource Center](2020)(037)National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 81773642, 52073139)+3 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 2019A1515011619)Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Department (No.2016A030311015)the Key R&D Plan of Chenzhou (No.ZDYF202008)the Discipline Leader Startup Fund of Huazhong University of Science and Technoloy Union Shenzhen Hospital (No.YN2021002)。
文摘Platinum-based anticancer agents such as cisplatin and its analogues are widely used for treating multiple cancers. However, due to the inferior water-solubility, chemoresistance and consequent adverse side effects, their clinical applications are limited. Herein, choles Pt(IV), a lipophilic platinum(IV) prodrug was synthesized for manufacture of Choles Pt(IV)-Liposomes aiming to resolve the predefined obstacles encountered by platinum drugs. Following systematic screening, Choles Pt(IV)-Liposomes showed a small particle size(105.6 nm), the rapid release of platinum(Pt) ions, and notable apoptosis of cancer cells.In addition, according to the fluidity and safety results of animal experiments in mice, Choles Pt(IV)-Liposomes also showed better therapeutic effect, which significantly inhibited the growth of patientderived xenograft tumors of hepatocellular carcinoma with an inhibition ratio of 80.7%, and effectively alleviated the drug toxicity brought by traditional platinum drugs. Overall, this study provides a promising route to enhance the therapeutic efficiency of platinum drugs in cancer treatment.
文摘In the post-COVID-19 pandemic era, the long-term surveillance of pathogens is still important. The rapid detection of pathogens facilitates the accurate and convenient real-time monitoring of microbial contamination and improves the management of diseases. Here, a novel surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based point of care testing (POCT) approach of microorganism nucleic acids with the guidance of CRISPR enzyme is described, including the application of optical fiber-based detection of trace SARS-CoV2 virus in sewage water on SPR and validation of the plasmonic biosensor for the detection of single-nucleotide mutations in natural water samples.
