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- Title
Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Coated Quantum Dots for Multiplexed Cell Targeting and Imaging.
- Authors
Panagiotopoulou, Maria; Salinas, Yolanda; Beyazit, Selim; Kunath, Stephanie; Duma, Luminita; Prost, Elise; Mayes, Andrew G.; Resmini, Marina; Tse Sum Bui, Bernadette; Haupt, Karsten
- Abstract
Advanced tools for cell imaging are of great interest for the detection, localization, and quantification of molecular biomarkers of cancer or infection. We describe a novel photopolymerization method to coat quantum dots (QDs) with polymer shells, in particular, molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), by using the visible light emitted from QDs excited by UV light. Fluorescent core-shell particles specifically recognizing glucuronic acid (GlcA) or N-acetylneuraminic acid (NANA) were prepared. Simultaneous multiplexed labeling of human keratinocytes with green QDs conjugated with MIPGlcA and red QDs conjugated with MIP-NANAwas demonstrated by fluorescence imaging. The specificity of binding was verified with a non-imprinted control polymer and by enzymatic cleavage of the terminal GlcA and NANA moieties. The coating strategy is potentially a generic method for the functionalization of QDs to address a much wider range of biocompatibility and biorecognition issues.
- Subjects
QUANTUM dots; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; CELL imaging; IMPRINTED polymers; VISIBLE spectra; ULTRAVIOLET radiation; GLUCURONIC acid
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2016, Vol 128, Issue 29, p8384
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/anie.201601122