Nanosensors Monitor Intracellular GSH Depletion: GSH Triggers Cu(II) for Tumor Imaging and Inhibition.

Glutathione (GSH) is the primary antioxidant in cells, and GSH consumption will break the redox balance in cells. Based on this, a method that uses high concentrations of GSH in the tumor microenvironment to trigger the redox reaction of Cu(II) to generate copper nanoprobes with fluorescence and tumor growth inhibition properties is proposed. The nanoprobe mainly exists in the form of Cu(I) and catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide into hydroxyl radicals. At the same time, a simple and controllable carbon micro-nano electrode is used to construct a single-cell sensing platform, which enable the detection of glutathione content in single living cells after Cu(II) treatment, providing an excellent example for detecting single-cell biomolecules. © 2024 Wiley‐VCH GmbH.

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Yihan Wang, Ke Huang, Tingya Wang, Liu Liu, Fangfang Yu, Wenyu Sun, Wenyan Yao, Hongjie Xiong, Xiaohui Liu, Hui Jiang, Xuemei Wang. Nanosensors Monitor Intracellular GSH Depletion: GSH Triggers Cu(II) for Tumor Imaging and Inhibition. Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany). 2024 Jul;20(27):e2310300

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