Abstract
Real-time multiplex imaging is imperative to biology and diagnosis but remains challenging for optical modality. Herein, a unimolecular chemo-fluoro-luminescent reporter (CFR) is synthesized for duplex imaging of drug-induced hepatotoxicity (DIH), a long-term medical concern. CFR simultaneously detects superoxide anion (O2•-) and caspase-3 (casp3) through respective activation of its independent chemiluminescence and near-infrared fluorescence channels. Such a crosstalk-free duplex imaging capability of CFR enables longitudinal measurement of two correlated biomolecular events (oxidative stress and cellular apoptosis) during the progression of DIH, identifying O2•- as an earlier biomarker for detection of DIH both in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, CFR detects DIH 17.5 h earlier than histological changes. Thus, our study not only develops a sensitive optical reporter for early detection of DIH but also provides a general molecular design strategy for duplex imaging.
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