Simultaneous fluorescence imaging of selenol and hydrogen peroxide under normoxia and hypoxia in HepG2 cells and in vivo†
Abstract
Based on the rapid substitution reaction of the Au–S bond by selenol, we designed and synthesized a nanoprobe 5-FAM-peptide-AuNPs for selenol. Real-time imaging shows that this probe together with the molecular probe QCy7-H2O2 is able to simultaneously and differentially monitor the concentrations of selenol and H2O2 in living cells and in vivo.