4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide-Ferrocene Conjugates as Potential Multi-targeted Anticancer and Fluorescent Cellular Imaging Agents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Johnson ◽  
A. Joseph Buhagiar ◽  
David C Magri

Herein we present eight ferrocenyl 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimides. Designed as fluorescent logic gates for acidity and oxidisability, the molecules have been repurposed as antiproliferation and cellular imaging agents. The compounds were studied...

Nanoscale ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 563-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Martínez-Calvo ◽  
Kim N. Orange ◽  
Robert B. P. Elmes ◽  
Bjørn la Cour Poulsen ◽  
D. Clive Williams ◽  
...  

The development of 15 nm (average size) Ru(ii) functionalized gold nanoparticles 1–3·AuNP is described.


2014 ◽  
Vol 53 (7) ◽  
pp. 3788-3797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily E. Langdon-Jones ◽  
Nadine O. Symonds ◽  
Sara E. Yates ◽  
Anthony J. Hayes ◽  
David Lloyd ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Mark Green ◽  
Philip Howes ◽  
Catherine Berry ◽  
Orestis Argyros ◽  
Maya Thanou

The use of nanoparticles in biology, especially in cellular imaging, is extremely promising and offers numerous advantages over existing organic dye systems. There are, however, constraints that need to be addressed before the use of such materials in mainstream clinical applications can be realized. One of the main concerns is the use of metal-containing particles that are potentially toxic or interfere with other diagnostic processes. Here, we present the use of simple conjugated polymer nanoparticles as alternative photostable cellular optical imaging agents.


2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Terashima ◽  
Masaki Uchida ◽  
Hisanori Kosuge ◽  
Shay Keren ◽  
Philip S Tsao ◽  
...  

Inorganics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Chiara Caporale ◽  
Anna Maria Ranieri ◽  
Silvano Paternoster ◽  
Christie A. Bader ◽  
Marco Falasca ◽  
...  

Five cyclometalated Ir(III) tetrazolato complexes functionalised with fatty acid chains (octanoic, palmitic, stearic, palmitoleic, and oleic) have been synthesised. The fatty acids were chosen to evaluate the potential effect of the length and degree of unsaturation on the biological properties of the complexes for use as cellular imaging agents. The complexes were analysed in both organic and aqueous media to determine if the presence and nature of the fatty acid chains had a significant effect on their photophysical properties. The complexes display green–yellow emission in dichloromethane solutions with relatively long excited state decays, within the range 360–393 ns, and quantum yields between 5.4% and 6.7% (from degassed solutions). Temperature-dependent photophysical studies suggest that the emitting excited states of the complexes might be quenched by the thermal population of dark states. In water, the quantum yields drop within the range of 0.5%–2.4%, and the photophysical measurements are influenced by the variable degrees of aggregation. In general, the entire series displayed low cytotoxicity and relatively high photostability, which are favourable attributes in the design of cellular imaging agents. Images of live HeLa cells were obtained for all the complexes, but those functionalised with palmitic and stearic acids had limitations due the lower solubility conferred by the saturated aliphatic chains. The complexes were mainly detected within the endoplasmic reticulum.


2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 1601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swagata Banerjee ◽  
Emma B. Veale ◽  
Caroline M. Phelan ◽  
Samantha A. Murphy ◽  
Gillian M. Tocci ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (20) ◽  
pp. 2588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. P. Elmes ◽  
Marialuisa Erby ◽  
Sandra A. Bright ◽  
D. Clive Williams ◽  
Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson

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Vol 133 (40) ◽  
pp. 15862-15865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. P. Elmes ◽  
Kim N. Orange ◽  
Suzanne M. Cloonan ◽  
D. Clive Williams ◽  
Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson

Nanoscale ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (21) ◽  
pp. 11210-11216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-Tse Wu ◽  
Chandirasekar Shanmugam ◽  
Wei-Bin Tseng ◽  
Ming-Mu Hiseh ◽  
Wei-Lung Tseng

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