A fluorescent Arg–Gly–Asp (RGD) peptide–naphthalenediimide (NDI) conjugate for imaging integrin αvβ3in vitro

Zhiyuan Hu, Rory L Arrowsmith, James A Tyson, Vincenzo Mirabello, Haobo Ge, Ian M Eggleston, Stanley W Botchway, Dan Pantos, Sofia I Pascu

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Abstract

We have developed a fluorescent peptide conjugate (TrpNDIRGDfK) based on the coupling of cyclo(RGDfK) to a new tryptophan-tagged amino acid naphthalenediimide (TrpNDI). Confocal fluorescence microscopy coupled with fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) mapping, single and two-photon fluorescence excitation, lifetime components and corresponding decay profiles were used as parameters able to investigate qualitatively the cellular behavior regarding the molecular environment and biolocalisation of TrpNDI and TrpNDI-RGDfK in cancer cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6901-6904
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume51
Issue number32
Early online date16 Jan 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Apr 2015

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