A photoactivatable drug–caged fluorophore conjugate allows direct quantification of intracellular drug transport
Author(s) -
Sarit S. Agasti,
Ashley M. Laughney,
Rainer H. Köhler,
Ralph Weissleder
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemical communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.837
H-Index - 333
eISSN - 1364-548X
pISSN - 1359-7345
DOI - 10.1039/c3cc46089d
Subject(s) - fluorophore , intracellular , conjugate , chemistry , biophysics , drug , in vivo , drug delivery , fluorescence , mediated transport , intracellular transport , biochemistry , pharmacology , biology , membrane , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , microbiology and biotechnology , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
We report here a method that utilizes a photoactivatable drug-caged fluorophore conjugate to quantify intracellular drug trafficking processes at single cell resolution. Photoactivation is performed in labeled cellular compartments to visualize intracellular drug exchange under physiological conditions, without the need for washing, facilitating its translation into in vivo cancer models.
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