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Multilevel Nanoarchitecture Exhibiting Biosensing for Cancer Diagnostics by Dual-Modal Switching of Optical and Magnetic Resonance Signals.

Ruichan LvMiao FengLiyang XiaoJossana A DamascoJie TianParas N Prasad
Published in: ACS applied bio materials (2018)
In this research, the fabrication and application of a multifunctional core-shell nanoarchitecture are proposed. NaYF 4 :Yb,Er@NaYF 4 :Yb,Nd exhibits upconversion luminescence (UCL) of erbium ions but has quenched UCL emission when it is coated with MnO 2 nanosheets. This hierarchical multilevel UCNP-MnO 2 exhibits restoration of UCL and generation of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signal when it is exposed to a microenvironment containing glutathione (GSH)/H 2 O 2 , which strips the MnO 2 sheets by converting them to paramagnetic Mn 2+ ions. This dual-modal switching feature of the optical emission and MRI signals provides a platform for stimuli-responsive biosensing of GSH/H 2 O 2 . Our new formulation as a dual-modal biosensor for detecting aberrant levels of intracellular GSH/H 2 O 2 associated in cancer cells could be a potential diagnostic probe to distinguish tumor cells from normal cells.
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