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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2013-11-20

发表刊物：JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

收录刊物：SCIE、EI、PubMed、Scopus

卷号：135

期号：46

页面范围：17469-17475

ISSN号：0002-7863

摘要：Accurate identification of cancer from inflammation and normal tissue in a rapid, sensitive, and quantitative fashion is important for cancer diagnosis and resection during surgery. Here we report the use of cyclooxygenase-2 as a marker for identification of cancer from inflammation and the design of a novel smart COX-2-specific fluorogenic probe (NANQ-IMC6). The probe's fluorescence is "turned on" in both inflammations and cancers where COX-2 is overexpressed. Intriguingly, the fluorescent emission is quite different at these two sites with different expression level of COX-2. Hence, NANQ-IMC6 can not only distinguish normal cells/tissues from cancer cells/tissues but also distinguish the latter from sites of inflammation lesions by the different fluorescence recognition of NANQ-IMC6 for COX-2 enzymes. Following spraying with the NANQ-IMC6 solution, cancerous tissue, inflamed tissues, and normal tissues can be accurately discriminated in vivo by the unaided eye using a hand-held ultraviolet lamp emitting at 365 nm. So the probe may have potential application varying from cancer inflammation diagnosis to guiding tumor resection during surgery.