Activatable Photoacoustic Nanoprobes for In Vivo Ratiometric Imaging of Peroxynitrite.

Zhang, Jianjian; Zhen, Xu; Upputuri, Paul Kumar; Pramanik, Manojit; Chen, Peng; Pu, Kanyi · Adv Mater · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Organic semiconducting nanoprobes doped with bulky borane can undergo specific activation by ONOO<sup>-</sup> even at tumor-relevant acidic pH (6.8), permitting in vivo ratiometric photoacoustic imaging of ONOO<sup>-</sup> in the tumor environment of living mice.