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Far-Red/Near-Infrared Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles for Long-Term In Situ Monitoring of Liver Tumor Growth
The design and synthesis is reported for a fl uorescent conjugated polymer (CP), poly{[4,4,9,9-tetrakis(4-(octyloxy)phenyl-4,9-dihydro- s -indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene)]- alt - co -[4,7-di(thiophen-2-yl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole]}(PIDT-DBT), with absorption and emission profi les fallen within far-red/near infrared (FR/NIR) region and further demonstrate its application in long-term in vitro cell tracing and in vivo imaging of liver tumor growth. PIDT-DBTTat nanoparticles (NPs) have an absorption maximum at ≈600 nm with an emission maximum at ≈720 nm in water. In vitro cell tracing studies reveal that PIDT-DBT-Tat NPs can trace HepG2 liver cancer cells over 8 d. In vivo
imaging results indicate that PIDT-DBT-Tat NPs can monitor liver tumor growth for more than 27 d in a real-time manner. Both in vitro and in vivo studies demonstrate that PIDT-DBT-Tat NPs are superior to commercial Qtracker 705 as fl uorescent probes. This study demonstrates for the fi rst time the feasibility for long-term in vivo imaging of tumor growth by utilizing CP-based fl uorescent probes, which will encourage the development of NIR fl uorescent CPs for in vivo bioimaging.
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