Abstract
Nanoscale metal-organic frameworks (NMOFs) have been widely employed in biological diagnosis and treatment system. In this work, glutathione stabilized gold nanoclusters (GSH-AuNCs) were successfully encapsulated in NMOFs and the as-obtained nanocomposites (named as AuNCs@NMOFs) showed nearly 10 times enhancement in fluorescence intensity and longer fluorescence lifetime relative to GSH-AuNCs. In addition, the fluorescence intensity of AuNCs@NMOFs was quenched by highly reactive oxygen species (hROS) due to their strong oxidation ability. Based on the fact, the nanocomposites were used for the detection of hROS with a linear range from 80 nM to 1.0 μM toward hypochlorite (as the representative of hROS). The limit of detection (LOD) was about 30 nM, which was about 30 times lower than that of GSH-AuNCs (LOD = 0.96 μM). With the features of good biocompatibility, excellent luminescence and efficient cellular uptake, AuNCs@NMOFs were successfully applied in fluorescence imaging of hROS in living cells.
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