Abstract
(Equation Presented). Cell necrosis is central to the progression of numerous diseases, and imaging agents that can detect necrotic tissue have great clinical potential. We demonstrate here that a small molecule, termed Hoechst-IR, composed of the DNA binding dye Hoechst and the near-infrared dye IR-786, can image necrotic tissue in vivo via fluorescence imaging. Hoechst-IR detects necrosis by binding extracellular DNA released from necrotic cells and was able to image necrosis generated from a myocardial infarction and lipopolysaccharide/d-galactosamine (LPS-GalN) induced sepsis.
| Original language | British English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3300-3303 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 15 |
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| State | Published - 6 Aug 2010 |