Polymeric pH nanosensor with extended measurement range bearing octaarginine as cell penetrating peptide

Peng Ke, Honghao Sun, Mingxing Liu, Zhengding Su, Kanghong Hu, Hongda Zhua, Huilin Guo, Hongmei Sun, Lars Thomas Andresen, Lars Folke Olsen

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Abstract

A synthetic peptide octaarginine which mimics human immunodeficiency virus-1, Tat protein is used as cell penetrating moiety for new pH nanosensors which demonstrate enhanced cellular uptake and expanded measurement range from pH 3.9 to pH 7.3 by simultaneously incorporating two complemental pH-sensitive fluorophores in a same nanoparticle. The authors believe that this triple fluorescent pH sensor provides a new tool to pH measurements that can have application in cellular uptake mechanism study and new nanomedicine design.

Original languageEnglish
JournalIET Nanobiotechnology
Volume10
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)8-12
ISSN1751-8741
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2016

Keywords

  • Biosensing Techniques/methods
  • Cell-Penetrating Peptides/chemistry
  • Fluorescent Dyes/chemistry
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Oligopeptides/chemistry

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