Original article

Au Nanocages Probes for Mitochondrial Imaging and Photothermal Damage Cells

  • Li Sun ,
  • Yajing Wang ,
  • Tao Li ,
  • Yingshu Guo ,
  • Shusheng Zhang
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  • a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi, Shandong 276005
    b School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353
Dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Acta Chimica Sinica.

Received date: 2023-05-12

  Online published: 2023-07-21

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China(22276102); Young Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province of China(tsqn202211212); Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(ZR2023JQ004); Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(ZR2022MB024); University Institute Innovation Team of Jinan(202228027); Development Plan of Youth Innovation Team in Colleges and Universities of Shandong Province(2020KJC003); Science, Education and Industry Integration Pilot Project Plan of Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences)(2023PYI002)

Abstract

Mitochondria are the key regulatory organelles of many cell behaviors, and the reduction of mitochondrial membrane potential is considered to be one of the earliest events of cell apoptosis. Therefore, mitochondrial imaging and the detection and analysis of mitochondrial membrane potential are of great scientific significance for the detection and treatment of diseases. In this work, AuNCs/PLEL/JC/KLA, a mitochondrial targeted fluorescent nanoprobe, was developed using Au nanocages (AuNCs) mediated photothermal damage combined with temperature-sensitive drug release. At the same time, the temperature-sensitive hydrogel poly(d,l-lactide)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(d,l-lactide) (PDLLA-PEG-PDLLA, PLEL) is used as the outer structure to control the release. A mitochondrial targeting peptide (KLAKLAKKLAKLAK, KLA) was introduced as the "pointer" of the nanoprobe to specifically target the mitochondria. The colocalization experiment showed that the nanoprobe was highly colocalized with mitochondria, indicating that the nanoprobe was selectively enriched in mitochondria. It is worth noting that the nanoprobe has excellent photothermal properties, and its photothermal conversion efficiency can be as high as 39.11%. Therefore, under the irradiation of near infrared light, the probe can absorb light energy into heat. Subsequently, the results of Cell Counting Kit 8 (CCK-8) confirmed that the nanoprobes could achieve local photothermal damage at mitochondrial sites, triggering high temperature mediated mitochondrial dysfunction and inducing apoptosis of cancer cells. Meanwhile, rheological analysis and fluorescence curve showed that high temperature promotes the gel-sol transformation of PLEL thermosensitive hydrogel and realizes the release of fluorescent dye (JC-10). The confocal images of the cells showed that the released JC-10 fluorescent dye can display red and green fluorescence signals based on mitochondrial activity. In conclusion, the fluorescence nanoprobe can not only achieve mitochondrial targeted fluorescence imaging and damage cells, but also monitor the changes of mitochondrial membrane potential.

Cite this article

Li Sun , Yajing Wang , Tao Li , Yingshu Guo , Shusheng Zhang . Au Nanocages Probes for Mitochondrial Imaging and Photothermal Damage Cells[J]. Acta Chimica Sinica, 2023 , 81(10) : 1301 -1310 . DOI: 10.6023/A23050222

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