Peroxynitrite Activatable NIR-II Fluorescent Molecular Probe for Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity Monitoring

Anal Chem. 2019 Apr 2;91(7):4771-4779. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00317. Epub 2019 Mar 12.

Abstract

Drug-induced hepatotoxicity represents an important challenge for safety in drug development. The production of peroxynitrite (ONOO-) is proposed as an early sign in the progression of drug-induced hepatotoxicity. Currently, reported ONOO- probes mainly emit in the visible range or the first NIR window, which have limited in vivo biosensing application due to the autofluorescence and photon scattering. Herein, we developed a peroxynitrite activatable second near-infrared window (NIR-II) molecular probe for drug-induced hepatotoxicity monitoring, based on the fusion of an NIR-II fluorescence turn-on benzothiopyrylium cyanines skeleton and the phenyl borate. In the presence of ONOO-, the probe IRBTP-B can turn on its NIR-II fluorescence by yielding its fluorophore IRBTP-O and display good linear response to ONOO-. Tissue phantom study confirmed reliable activated signals could be acquired at a penetration depth up to 5 mm. Using this probe, we disclose the upregulation of ONOO- in a preclinical drug-induced liver injury model and the remediation with N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) in vivo. We expect that this strategy will serve as a general method for the development of an activatable NIR-II probe based on the hydroxyl functionalized reactive sites by analyte-specific triggering.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetaminophen
  • Animals
  • Biosensing Techniques*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / diagnosis*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Fluorescence
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemical synthesis
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry
  • Fluorescent Dyes / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Infrared Rays
  • Mice
  • Mice, Nude
  • Peroxynitrous Acid / chemistry
  • Peroxynitrous Acid / metabolism*

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Peroxynitrous Acid
  • Acetaminophen