Title

Probing Intra-Cellular Drug Release Event Using Activatable (Off/On) Cds:Mn/Zns Quantum Dots (Qdots): Spectroscopic Studies To Investigate Interaction Of Qdots With Quencher

Keywords

fluorescence quenching; glutathione; GSH; N-Acetyl Cysteine; NAC; Qdot aggregation; Qdot self-quenching; Qdots; Quantum dots

Abstract

In recent years, activatable Quantum Dots (AQdots) are gaining popularity in a number of chemical and biological sensing applications. A basic design of AQdot probes involves a suitable quencher which is capable of altering optical properties of the Qdots. In our previous studies we have shown that CdS:Mn/ZnS fluorescence can be effectively quenched using small molecule quenchers (such as dopamine, chemotherapeutic drug) as well as iron oxide nanoparticle via electron/energy transfer process. We have also shown that the quenched Qdot fluorescence can be restored when the Qdots are separated from the quencher. Using Qdot based activatable probes, we detected intracellular drug release event. Qdot fluorescence was restored upon interaction with the intracellular glutathione (GSH). In this paper, we report a GSH induced quenching of water-soluble N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) surface-conjugated Cds:Mn/ZnS Qdots. Quenching of NAC-Qdots was due to aggregation of Qdots in solution. This aggregation induced fluorescence quenching phenomenon resembles with the self-quenching phenomenon of traditional organic fluorescence dyes at high concentrations. UV-VIS and fluorescence emission spectroscopy data support the interaction and binding of GSH with the NAC-Qdots. Increase in particle size due to GSH induced aggregation of NAC-Qdots was confirmed by the Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) data. © 2013 Copyright SPIE.

Publication Date

5-30-2013

Publication Title

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volume

8596

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2008983

Socpus ID

84878200420 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84878200420

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