Name: synthesis and calibration of phosphorescent nanoprobes for oxygen imaging in biological systems
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1. General description of oxygen measurement protocol
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1.1) The probe is delivered into the medium of interest, for example, injected in the blood or interstitial fluid of an animal. 
1.2) The object (surface of the tissue) is illuminated with t...

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 <tr><td>Abbreviation</td>
 <td>Full name</td>
 </tr>
 <tr><td>NMP</td>
 <td>N-methylpyrrolidinone</td>
 </tr>
 <tr><td>TFA</td>
 <td>trifluoroacetic acid</td>
 </tr>
 <tr><td>DIPEA</td>
 <td>diisopropylethylamine</td>
 </tr>
 <tr><td>HBTU</td>
 <td>2-(1H-benzotriazol-1-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate</td>
 </tr>
 <tr><td>DMSO</td>
 <td>dimethylsulfoxide</td>
 </tr>
 <tr><td>CDMT</td>
 <td>CDMT=1-chloro-3,5-dimethoxytriazine</td>
 </tr>
 <tr><td>NMM</td>
 <td>NMM=N-methylmorfoline</td>
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synthesis and calibration of phosphorescent nanoprobes for oxygen imaging in biological systems

Oxygen measurement by phosphorescence quenching [1, 2] consists of the following steps: 1) the probe is delivered into the medium of interest (e.g. blood or interstitial fluid); 2) the object is illuminated with light of appropriate wavelength in order to excite the probe into its triplet state; 3) the emitted phosphorescence is collected, and its time course is analyzed to yield the phosphorescence lifetime, which is converted into the oxygen concentration (or partial pressure, pO2). The probe must not interact with the biological environment and in some cases to be 4) excreted from the medium upon the measurement completion. Each of these steps imposes requirements on the molecular design of the phosphorescent probes, which constitute the only invasive component of the measurement protocol. Here we review the design of dendritic phosphorescent nanosensors for oxygen measurements in biological systems. The probes consist of Pt or Pd porphyrin-based polyarylglycine (AG) dendrimers, modified peripherally with polyethylene glycol (PEG's) residues. For effective two-photon excitation, termini of the dendrimers may be modified with two-photon antenna chromophores, which capture the excitation energy and channel it to the triplet cores of the probes via intramolecular FRET (F&ouml;rster Resonance Energy Transfer). We describe the key photophysical properties of the probes and present detailed calibration protocols.

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Synthesis and Calibration of Phosphorescent Nanoprobes for Oxygen Imaging in Biological Systems

We present principles of oxygen measurements by phosphorescence quenching and review design of porphyrin-based dendritic nanosensors for oxygen imaging in biological systems.

Oxygen measurement by phosphorescence quenching [1, 2] consists of the following steps: 1) the probe is delivered into the medium of interest (e.g. blood ...

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