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Design strategy for an analyte-compensated fluorescent probe to reduce its toxicity.

Jinlong ZhangShuai MuWeilin WangHuipeng SunShuangqin LiXuezhao ShiYunbo LiuXiaoyan LiuHaixia Zhang
Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)
During biological detection, the toxicity caused by probes to living organisms is neglected. In this study, an analyte-compensated fluorescent probe (NP-SN 3 ) was constructed for the detection of H 2 S. Through experiments with HepG2 cells and zebrafish embryos and larvae, the NP-SN 3 probe showed no significant difference in imaging performance compared with the traditional probe (NP-N 3 ) but exhibited lower detection-induced toxicity in the imaging of liver fibrosis in activated HSC-T6 cells. During the development of zebrafish embryos and continuous administration in rats, NP-SN 3 showed a lower death rate, higher hatchability and lower malformation in zebrafish embryos and milder pathological symptoms in stained rat tissues.
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