A novel fluorescent protein chromophore analogue to simultaneously probe lysosome viscosity and β-amyloid fibrils

Autor: Jinsheng Liu, Han Sun, Gaurab Roy, Jin-wu Yan, Hua-xiang Leng, Lei Zhang
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 305:127509
ISSN: 0925-4005
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2019.127509
Popis: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an incurable neurodegenerative disease. Better diagnosis of AD is extremely important for therapeutic interventions. The amyloid cascade hypothesis and its revised version identify insoluble β-amyloid deposition as a good diagnostic biomarker for AD. We hypothesize that lysosomal viscosity may also act as an auxiliary biomarker for AD based on literature research. Herein, we have successfully developed a FP chromophore analogue C25 as a dual-functional fluorescent probe which can respond effectively to the Aβ fibrils and enhanced lysosomal viscosity with distinguishable turn-on fluorescence signals around 570 nm and 600 nm, respectively. The probe C25 can also monitor the Aβ degradation in the lysosomes. The probe C25 can serve as a promising tool for developing early diagnosis and innovative therapeutics of AD.
Databáze: OpenAIRE