近红外发光卟啉镱-铂配合物的合成及其光物理性质研究

稀土发光材料相比于传统有机荧光染料在生物成像、分子检测和传感等领域具有独特的优势。目前,稀土发光生物探针主要以可见光发射为主,此类探针受限于组织穿透深度,应用范围较窄。具有较大组织穿透能力的近红外(NIR)稀土发光生物探针,由于其发光效率较低而少有报到。本工作合成了一种新型近红外发光的卟啉镱-铂配合物,TFPYb-Pt,表征并测试了该配合物的光物理性质。实验证实TFPYb-Pt具有较大的NIR发光效率(980/1 030 nm,Фem=0.37)和较长的NIR发光寿命(τ=49μs),表明该配合物可望被用于开发新型生物NIR发光探针。     

铽(Ⅲ)离子及其复合物:从发光特性到传感应用

稀土元素也称镧系元素,因其独特的发光性质和配位性质,其发光复合物被广泛研究于生物技术领域。其中稀土铽(Ⅲ)离子复合物因具有优异的光谱特性,关于其研究呈现出快速的发展趋势。主要从其发光特性的角度出发,探讨了其发光机理,并对铽(Ⅲ)离子与不同有机化合物结合形成的发光铽配合物以及铽(Ⅲ)离子及其配合物与不同纳米材料形成的复合物进行了分类综述。此外,还详细地阐述了铽离子及其复合物在荧光探针、生物传感器、药物递送、细胞成像、癌症治疗等相关领域的应用。最后,对其今后发展趋势和潜在的研究价值进行了展望。     

稀土发光材料在荧光成像中的应用

稀土发光材料由于具有荧光寿命长、发射峰半峰宽窄和Stokes位移大等发光性质,在生命科学研究的各个领域,包括荧光免疫分析、离子识别、蛋白质活性测定、核酸检测等,有着广泛而重要的应用前景.本文以稀土配合物、稀土掺杂上转换材料和长余辉材料为代表,就当前稀土发光材料的发光性质及其在生物成像标记方面的研究做一综述,并对稀土发光...     

上转换发光成像技术与靶向成像应用

上转换发光是指稀土离子吸收两个或两个以上低能光子(近红外光)而辐射一个高能光子(可见光)的发光现象。与传统紫外激发相比,上转换发光由于采用近红外光激发而具有高的组织穿透深度、弱的生物样品损伤且无生物样品自发荧光,这些优点表明上转换发光在生物成像方面具有广阔的应用前景。文章介绍了基于稀土上转换发光过程的显微成像技术和活体成像技术,及其在肿瘤靶向成像领域的应用。     

含Dsred类似生色团的红色荧光蛋白的发展及应用

自从绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)被发现以来,荧光蛋白在生物医学领域已经成为一种重要的荧光成像工具．随着红色荧光蛋白DsRed的出现,各种优化的DsRed突变体和远红荧光蛋白也不断涌现．其中荧光蛋白生色团的形成机制对改建更优的荧光蛋白变种影响很大,对于红色荧光蛋白而言,大多数的红色荧光蛋白的生色团类型为DsRed类似生色团,在此基础上又出现了Far-red DsRed类似生色团．目前,含DsRed类似生色团的荧光蛋白主要有单体红色荧光蛋白、光转换荧光蛋白、斯托克斯红移蛋白、荧光计时器等．这些优化的荧光蛋白作为分子探针可以实现对活细胞、细胞器或胞内分子的时空标记和追踪,已经在生物工程学、细胞生物学、基础医学领域得到广泛应用．本文综述了含DsRed类似生色团的荧光蛋白的研究进展及其应用,以及由此发展起来的远红荧光蛋白在活体显微成像技术中的应用,并展望了荧光探针技术研究的新方向．     

多光子发光的稀土上转换纳米颗粒在生物光子学中的研究进展

生物医学光子学的发展,总是伴随并促进着光子学新技术的发展。光学生物成像技术在癌症肿瘤诊断上有着巨大应用,尤其是具有优良发光特性的稀土离子掺杂的上转换发光纳米颗粒与光学生物成像技术的结合进一步发展了生物光子学在这一领域的应用。鉴于近几年很多人对上转换发光纳米粒子的大量研究,本文对其进行了系统的阐述,综述了稀土上转换发光纳米粒子的光学特异性、发光原理及其在光学成像中不可替代的优势;描述了上转换纳米粒子的化学组成,介绍了几种基本的合成方法,重点说明了水热合成法和热分解法,并从材料和光学两方面分析了生物应用的效率优化;总结了目前上转换材料在生物光子学中的几大应用,着重介绍了生物传感、细胞成像、动物成像、漫射光层析成像、光动力治疗、多模式成像六个方面的应用。本文在最后也对今后的研究进行了展望。     

稀土抗菌效应及应用的研究进展

稀土元素具有多种生物效应, 除了对农作物的增产作用外, 在医药方面还具有抗菌的作用, 近年来, 不少学者针对稀土元素的抗菌效应展开了相关的研究。本文介绍了稀土在抗菌领域的研究及应用, 包括稀土化合物对微生物生长的Hormesis效应、稀土化合物与抗生素的协同作用、稀土配合物的合成、以及稀土在抗菌材料上的应用等几个方面的内容, 并对稀土化合物及其配合物的抗菌机理进行了探讨, 最后, 展望了稀土化合物及配合物在抗菌领域的应用前景及研究重要性。     

基于新型发光材料的荧光免疫吸附检测技术研究进展

摘要：荧光免疫吸附检测技术利用荧光物质标记识别分子,基于待测物与识别分子的特异性结合对待测物进行定性定量分析,具有操作简单、耗时少、成本低、稳定性好等优点。随着纳米材料的飞速发展及其在荧光免疫吸附检测技术中的广泛应用,该技术在生物检测的领域具有更加广阔的应用前景。本文介绍了量子点、碳点、稀土上转换纳米粒子、聚集诱导发光材料等新型发光材料的光学性能特点以及将其构建新型荧光免疫吸附检测平台,综述了近年来基于这些新型发光材料构建荧光免疫吸附检测平台对蛋白、核酸、病毒、细菌和小分子霉菌毒素等物质检测的研究进展,并讨论了该技术在未来的发展过程中需要解决的问题,包括进一步提高自动化水平争取实现实时检测,以及加快检测技术在诊断领域的临床转化等,希望本文的系统介绍可以助力高性能荧光免疫吸附检测技术的发展。     

综述——基于纳米材料的生物检测与医学诊断技术：贵金属团簇探针用于细胞成像及体外检测

贵金属团簇(noble metal clusters)是近年来新兴的一类荧光标记材料．由于具有物理尺寸小、荧光可调及生物相容性等优异的性能使得其在生物成像及检测领域都有着广泛的应用前景．本文讨论了贵金属团簇的制备和荧光特性,重点论述了其作为标记材料在细胞成像方面及体外检测应用中的研究进展．     

稀土离子与Ca~(2 )在生物体内的相互作用机制及应用

稀土元素在生物领域内的研究,可以分为两个方面：稀土的生物效应和稀土在其它研究中的应用．稀土元素的生物效应,主要集中在动物和医学领域．由于稀土元素的离子半径及化学性质和钙离子很相似,因此在研究稀土的生物效应时,对稀土离子与钙离子的关系颇为重视．稀土作为一种特殊的研究工具,在许多生物学研究领域中,克服了一些因其它方法的局限而不能得到的结果或简化了其中的过程．     

Visible‐near‐infrared luminescent lanthanide ternary complexes based on beta‐diketonate using visible‐light excitation

We used the synthesized dinaphthylmethane (Hdnm) ligand whose absorption extends to the visible‐light wavelength, to prepare a family of ternary lanthanide complexes, named as [Ln(dnm)₃phen] (Ln = Sm, Nd, Yb, Er, Tm, Pr). The properties of these complexes were investigated by Fourier transform infrared (FT‐IR) spectroscopy, diffuse reflectance (DR) spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analyses, and excitation and emission spectroscopy. Generally, excitation with visible light is much more advantageous than UV excitation. Importantly, upon excitation with visible light (401–460 nm), the complexes show characteristic visible (Sm³⁺) as well as near‐infrared (Sm³⁺, Nd³⁺, Yb³⁺, Er³⁺, Tm³⁺, Pr³⁺) luminescence of the corresponding lanthanide ions, attributed to the energy transfer from the ligands to the lanthanide ions, an antenna effect. Now, using these near‐infrared luminescent lanthanide complexes, the luminescent spectral region from 800 to 1650 nm, can be covered completely, which is of particular interest for biomedical imaging applications, laser systems, and optical amplification applications. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

New 9- or 10-dentate luminescent lanthanide chelates

Polyaminocarboxylate-based luminescent lanthanide complexes have unusual emission properties, including millisecond excited-state lifetimes and sharply spiked spectra compared to common organic fluorophores. There are three distinct sections in the structure of the luminescent lanthanide chelates: a polyaminocarboxylate backbone to bind the lanthanide ions tightly, an antenna molecule to sensitize the emission of lanthanide ions, and a reactive group to attach to biomolecules. We have previously reported the modifications on the chelates, on the antenna molecules (commonly cs124), and on the reactive sites. In searching for stronger binding chelates and better protection from solvent hydration, here we report the modification of the coordination number of the chelates. A series of 9- and 10-dentate chelates were synthesized. Among them, the 1-oxa-4,7-diazacyclononane (N2O)-containing chelate provides the best protection to the lanthanide ions from solvent molecule attack, and forms the most stable lanthanide coordination compounds. The TTHA-based chelate provides moderately good protection to the lanthanide ions.     

Increasing the luminescence of lanthanide complexes.

This review compares the chemical and physical properties of lanthanide ion complexes and of other narrow-emitting species that can be used as labels for cytometry. A series of luminescent lanthanide ion macrocyclic complexes, Quantum Dyes, which do not release or exchange their central lanthanide ion, do accept energy transfer from ligands, and are capable of covalent binding to macromolecules, including proteins and nucleic acids, is described and their properties are discussed.Two methods are described for increasing the luminescence intensity of lanthanide ion complexes, which intrinsically is not as high as that of standard fluorophores or quantum dots. One method consists of adding a complex of a second lanthanide ion in a micellar solution (columinescence); the other method produces dry preparations by evaporation of a homogeneous solution containing an added complex of a second lanthanide ion or an excess of an unbound antenna ligand. Both methods involve the Resonance Energy Transfer Enhanced Luminescence, RETEL, effect as the mechanism for the luminescence enhancement.     

Structure and NIR luminescence of lanthanide(III) complexes with an organic tridentate ligand

Some lanthanide (Ln) complexes (Ln = Er, Nd, Yb) with an organic ligand, 6-diphenylamine carbonyl 2-pyridine carboxylic acid (HDPAP), have been synthesized. The crystal structure and near infrared luminescence of these complexes (Er-DPAP, Nd-DPAP and Yb-DPAP) have been investigated. The results showed that the lanthanide complexes have electroneutral structures and the near infrared (NIR) emission exhibits characteristic narrow emission of the lanthanide ions. The energy transfer mechanisms in the lanthanide complexes were discussed.     

Over 104-fold amplified upconversion luminescence of lanthanide nanocrystals through optical oscillator-like system

Recently, lanthanide (Ln) luminescent nanocrystals have attracted increasing attention in various fields such as biomedical imaging, lasers, and anticounterfeiting. However, due to the forbidden 4f–4f transition of lanthanide ions, the absorption cross-section and luminescence brightness of lanthanide nanocrystals are limited. To address the challenge, we constructed an optical oscillator-like system to repeatedly simulate lanthanide nanocrystals to enhance the absorption efficiency of lanthanide ions on excitation photons. In this optical system, the upconversion luminescence (UCL) of Tm³⁺ emission of ~450 nm excited by a 980 nm laser can be amplified by a factor beyond 10⁴. The corresponding downshifting luminescence of Tm³⁺ at 1460 nm was enhanced by three orders of magnitude. We also demonstrated that the significant luminescence enhancement in the designed optical oscillator-like system was general for various lanthanide nanocrystals including NaYF₄:Yb³⁺/Ln³⁺, NaErF₄@NaYF₄ and NaYF₄:Yb³⁺/Ln³⁺@NaYF₄:Yb³⁺@NaYF₄ (Ln = Er, Tm, Ho) regardless of the wavelengths of excitation sources (808 and 980 nm). The mechanism study revealed that both elevated laser power in the optical system and multiple excitations on lanthanide nanocrystals were the main reason for the luminescence amplification. Our findings may benefit the future development of low-threshold upconversion and downshifting luminescence of lanthanide nanocrystals and expand their applications.     

Synthesis,characterization and luminescent properties of lanthanide complexes with an unsymmetrical tripodal ligand

Solid complexes of lanthanide nitrates with an novel unsymmetrical tripodal ligand, butyl‐N,N‐bis[(2′‐benzylaminofomyl)phenoxyl)ethyl]‐amine ( L ) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectra and molar conductivity measurements. At the same time, the luminescent properties of the Sm(III), Eu(III), Tb(III) and Dy(III) nitrate complexes in solid state were also investigated. Under the excitation of UV light, these complexes exhibited characteristic emission of central metal ions. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Near-infrared Yb(3+) vibronic sideband spectroscopy: application to Ca(2+)-binding proteins.

We have used near-infrared (NIR) vibronic fluorescence spectroscopy to study the vibrational structure of ligands associated with model complexes of the lanthanide Yb(3+). This technique exploits the similar binding properties of the lanthanide Yb(3+) to probe Ca(2+)-binding sites in proteins. The (NIR) fluorescence of complexed Yb(3+) exhibits, in addition to main 0-0 (2F5/2----2F7/2) electronic transition of Yb(3+), weak vibronic sidebands which provide infrared-like, local vibrational spectra of the chelates (inner sphere ligands) of Yb(3+). A similar approach has been used for the lanthanide Gd(3+) (MacGregor, R.B., Jr (1989) Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 274, 312-316) which fluoresces in the UV and which is usually complicated by amino-acid residues fluorescing in the same spectral region. In this same spectral region, other complications in studying photosynthetic membranes occur in the form of the excitation wavelength being actinic, promoting photodegradation of the membranes, as well as the reabsorption of Gd(3+) fluorescence. NIR excitation and fluorescence detection of Yb(3+) avoid these problems when studying photosynthetic membranes. A preliminary study has been conducted here on rat muscle parvalbumin.     

Action cross sections of two-photon excited luminescence of some Eu(III) and Tb(III) complexes.

Four different luminescent lanthanide complexes have been studied with respect to multiphoton excitation using near-infrared femtosecond pulses. The method for measuring action cross sections of two-photon excited fluorescence in solution relative to a known standard is reviewed. Two refractive index-related corrections are necessary in this method: one for the multiphoton excitation process, the other for the collection of the emitted light. It has been found that (2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)dipicolinic acid and Michler's ketone are reasonable sensitisers of two-photon excited lanthanide luminescence in solution, whereas dipicolinic acid and carbostyril-124 do not give rise to any detectable two-photon excited lanthanide luminescence using modest excitation powers (<20 mW focused at the sample) in the 700-1000 nm range.     

Evaluating the Performance of Time-Gated Live-Cell Microscopy with Lanthanide Probes

Probes and biosensors that incorporate luminescent Tb(III) or Eu(III) complexes are promising for cellular imaging because time-gated microscopes can detect their long-lifetime (approximately milliseconds) emission without interference from short-lifetime (approximately nanoseconds) fluorescence background. Moreover, the discrete, narrow emission bands of Tb(III) complexes make them uniquely suited for multiplexed imaging applications because they can serve as Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) donors to two or more differently colored acceptors. However, lanthanide complexes have low photon emission rates that can limit the image signal/noise ratio, which has a square-root dependence on photon counts. This work describes the performance of a wide-field, time-gated microscope with respect to its ability to image Tb(III) luminescence and Tb(III)-mediated FRET in cultured mammalian cells. The system employed a UV-emitting LED for low-power, pulsed excitation and an intensified CCD camera for gated detection. Exposure times of ∼1 s were needed to collect 5–25 photons per pixel from cells that contained micromolar concentrations of a Tb(III) complex. The observed photon counts matched those predicted by a theoretical model that incorporated the photophysical properties of the Tb(III) probe and the instrument’s light-collection characteristics. Despite low photon counts, images of Tb(III)/green fluorescent protein FRET with a signal/noise ratio ≥ 7 were acquired, and a 90% change in the ratiometric FRET signal was measured. This study shows that the sensitivity and precision of lanthanide-based cellular microscopy can approach that of conventional FRET microscopy with fluorescent proteins. The results should encourage further development of lanthanide biosensors that can measure analyte concentration, enzyme activation, and protein-protein interactions in live cells.