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Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen with Near-Infrared-II Excitation and Near-Infrared-I Emission for Ultradeep Intravital Two-Photon Microscopy

Qi, Ji, Sun, Chaowei, Li, Dongyu, Zhang, Hequn, Yu, Wenbin, Zebibula, Abudureheman, Lam, Jacky W. Y., Xi, Wang +9 more·2018·ACS Nano

Abstract

Currently, a serious problem obstructing the large-scale clinical applications of fluorescence technique is the shallow penetration depth. Two-photon fluorescence microscopic imaging with excitation in the longer-wavelength near-infrared (NIR) region (>1100 nm) and emission in the NIR-I region (650–950 nm) is a good choice to realize deep-tissue and high-resolution imaging. Here, we report ultradeep two-photon fluorescence bioimaging with 1300 nm NIR-II excitation and NIR-I emission (peak ∼810 nm) based on a NIR aggregation-induced emission luminogen (AIEgen). The crab-shaped AIEgen possesses a planar core structure and several twisting phenyl/naphthyl rotators, affording both high fluorescence quantum yield and efficient two-photon activity. The organic AIE dots show high stability, good biocompatibility, and a large two-photon absorption cross section of 1.22 × 10 3 GM. Under 1300 nm NIR-II excitation, in vivo two-photon fluorescence microscopic imaging helps to reconstruct the 3D vasculature with a high spatial resolution of sub-3.5 μm beyond the white matter (>840 μm) and even to the hippocampus (>960 μm) and visualize small vessels of ∼5 μm as deep as 1065 μm in mouse brain, which is among the largest penetration depths and best spatial resolution of in vivo two-photon imaging. Rational comparison with the AIE dots manifests that two-photon imaging outperforms the one-photon mode for high-resolution deep imaging. This work will inspire more sight and insight into the development of efficient NIR fluorophores for deep-tissue biomedical imaging.

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  • Imaging with excitation in SWIR and detection in NIR was demonstrated with 35 nm size AIEdots composed of crab-shaped D-A-type dye molecules TQ-BPN possessing a planar thiadiazolo[3,4-g]quinoxaline-based core and several twisting phenyl/naphthyl rings to afford both a high fluorescence quantum yield and efficient two-photon activity.

    “Imaging with excitation in SWIR and detection in NIR was demonstrated with 35 nm size AIEdots composed of crab-shaped D–A-type dye molecules TQ-BPN possessing a planar thiadiazolo [3,4-g]quinoxaline-based core and several twisting phenyl/naphthyl rings to afford both a high fluorescence quantum yield and efficient two-photon activity.200”
  • In vivo two-photon fluorescence microscopy imaging of mouse brain using 1300 nm excitation through a conical window recorded 3D vascular information with sub-3.5 μm spatial resolution at white matter (>840 μm) and hippocampus (>960 μm) regions and detected small blood vessels of ∼5 μm as deep as 1065 μm.

    “The in vivo two-photon fluorescence microscopy imaging of mouse brain using 1300 nm excitation through conical window allowed one to record 3D vascular information with superb spatial resolution (sub-3.5 μm) at white matter (>840 μm) and hippocampus (>960 μm) regions and detect small blood vessels of ∼5 μm as deep as 1065 μm in mouse brain.”

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Qi, J., Sun, C., Li, D., Zhang, H., Yu, W., Zebibula, A., Lam, J. W. Y., Xi, W., Zhu, L., Cai, F., Wei, P., Zhu, C., Kwok, R. T. K., Streich, L. L., Prevedel, R., Qian, J., & Tang, B. Z.
Affiliations
  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HK)
  • State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instruments (CN)
  • Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital (CN)
  • Interdisciplinary Institute of Neuroscience and Technology (ZIINT), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310020, China
  • Zhejiang University (CN)
  • Hainan University (CN)
  • Heidelberg University (DE)
  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Qian, Jun
  • Tang, Ben Zhong
Venue
ACS Nano
Published
2018-07-30
Volume
12
Issue
8
Pages
7936-7945
ISSN
  • 1936-0851 (ISSN-L)
  • 1936-086X
OpenAlex
W2882997234
Cited by
226
References
60
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 45 · 2020: 35 · 2019: 41 · 2018: 5
FWCI
11.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • ACS Nano (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (A-HKUST605/16, N-HKUST604/14, 16308016, 16305015)
  • Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2013CB834704)
  • Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC-CNERC14SC01, ITCPD117-9)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (61735016, 21788102)
  • Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LR17F050001)
  • Shenzhen Municipality (JCY20170818113602462, JCYJ20160229205601482)
  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
Keywords
aggregation-induced emission, two-photon fluorescence microscopy, deep tissue imaging, neuroimaging, hippocampus, small vessels, two-photon absorption cross section
MeSH terms
Animals, Female, Fluorescent Dyes, HeLa Cells, Humans, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Monte Carlo Method, Photons, Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared, Mice, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Optical Imaging

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