Synthesis and characterisation of N-gene targeted NIR-II fluorescent probe for selective localisation of SARS-CoV-2

Parikshit Moitra; Maha Alafeef; Ketan Dighe; Zach Sheffield; Dipendra Dahal; Dipanjan Pan

doi:10.1039/d1cc01410b

Synthesis and characterisation of N-gene targeted NIR-II fluorescent probe for selective localisation of SARS-CoV-2

Parikshit Moitra, Maha Alafeef, Ketan Dighe, Zach Sheffield, Dipendra Dahal, Dipanjan Pan

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Tracking the viral progression of SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 infected body tissues is an emerging need of the current pandemic. Imaging at near infrared second biological window (NIR-II) offers striking benefits over the other technologies to explore deep-tissue information. Here we design, synthesise and characterise a molecular probe that selectively targets the N-gene of SARS-CoV-2. Highly specific antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) were conjugated to lead sulfide quantum dots using a UV-triggered thiol-ene click chemistry for the recognition of viral RNA. Our ex vivo imaging studies demonstrated that the probe exhibits aggregation induced NIR-II emission only in presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA which can be attributed to the efficient hybridisation of the ASOs with their target RNA strands.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	6229-6232
Number of pages	4
Journal	Chemical Communications
Volume	57
Issue number	51
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cc01410b
State	Published - Jun 28 2021

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Catalysis
Ceramics and Composites
General Chemistry
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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