Unimolecular Organic Afterglow Luminophore With Anti‐Kasha/Kasha Emission for in Vivo Activatable Imaging
/sr, which is nearly three orders of magnitude higher than previously reported unimolecular organic afterglow probes. Leveraging the structural flexibility, a butyrylcholinesterase (BChE)-activatable afterglow probe (CyIAB-T) is fabricated. This probe enables a specific and sensitive detection of BChE in Alzheimer's disease (AD) model mice with higher contrast relative to fluorescence imaging. Importantly, this probe permits dynamic tracking of the age-dependent upregulation of BChE during AD progression. Therefore, this study establishes a versatile unimolecular organic afterglow scaffold with high intensity and structural flexibility for developing activatable afterglow probes for high-contrast biomedical imaging.
Authors
- Liangyou Zhao
- Gege Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3983-4988)
- Qi Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8776-8730)
- Weihao An
- Qingchuan Li
- Meng Zhao
- Yongqi Li
- Qingqing Miao
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Anhui Agricultural University (CN)
- Anhui Medical University (CN)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2026-04-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.3863987
- Primary Topic
- Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China